Information signs
As their name suggests, these signs give information about directions and distances from your current location.
What they look like
There are three formats for information signs:
- blue signs with white letters on motorways,
- green signs with white letters, which are on national roads, and
- white signs with black letters, which are on local and regional roads.
Advanced direction signs
Motorway information signs
All motorway signs are blue. The following table identifies the most common signs and what they mean.
| Motorway signs | What they mean | |
|---|---|---|
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Motorway ahead | There is an entrance to a motorway ahead and the road users listed on the sign must not enter the motorway. |
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Entry to motorway | The road user is now entering a motorway and must obey motorway rules. This sign usually appears beside the "Motorway ahead" sign. |
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Countdown sign | The driver is 300 metres from the next exit off the motorway |
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Countdown sign | The driver is 200 metres from the next exit |
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Countdown sign | The driver is 100 metres from the next exit |
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Motorway ends 500m ahead | There are 500 metres to the end of the motorway |
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End of motorway | The driver has reached the end of the motorway |
The Motorways section covers the main rules on motorway driving. It is an offence to disobey these rules.
Markings for merging and diverging traffic (hatched markings)
The diagrams show how the markings can be used for:
- merging traffic, for example, where two lanes of traffic become one,
- diverging traffic, for example where channelling traffic taking a left turn
away from traffic going straight ahead, and
- separating traffic travelling in opposite directions (in what are called central median islands).
If you see these markings on a road, you must not enter the area they cover.
Road markings on '2-plus-1 roads'
A 2-plus-1 road consists of two lanes in one direction of travel and one lane in the other direction. The two-lane section allows for safe overtaking and alternates with a one-lane section roughly every 2 kilometres.
There may be a safety barrier in the centre of the road which separates the two directions of traffic and prevents drivers from overtaking in the one-lane section. If vehicles need to turn right, they can do so at junctions.
In other cases vehicles which need to turn right or turnaround may first turn left onto a minor road and perform a U-turn in the area provided for that purpose. They can then resume their journey as originally intended.
A form of 2-plus-1 road already exists on some climbing national primary roads - the uphill stretch is two lanes and the downhill stretch is just one.