Direction signs

Primary route sign on the approach to a junction

On approaches to junctions

What does this sign mean?

This advance direction sign appears before a junction on a primary route and shows the layout ahead in map form, with the destination on each arm. It gives you time to choose a lane, check mirrors and signal without rushing. Read it early, since the junction may follow within a few hundred yards. Advance signs are what the theory test means when it asks how you should prepare for a junction you have not yet reached.

Highway Code references

• Rule 134 from General rules, techniques and advice for all drivers and riders (103 to 158)

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