It has to be noted that a few of those signs are very rarely seen. You also forgot to add that BMW drivers are not subject to any kind of traffic control whatsoever although they do seem to have a minimum speed which is usually above the speed limit for everyone else.
The Highway Code is not compulsory for anyone driving any German car, as far as I can tell. Volvos too. If you drive a Nissan, you can park anywhere you like if you put on your hazard indicators.
Personally, My BMW came with hidden blues and twos, But you have to have a grade one to get the keys from the cop shop. Same for the Bikes. retired now, have an old beemer :-)
now you know, why you wonder, how so many passed their test. maybe if driving instructors actually taught their pupils to drive, instead of how to pass the test
Thank you very much. very informative. I've been driving 33yrs and its nice to have "public information" videos from informed sources to refresh your knowledge. Very much appreciated sir !
I wonder how the participants of the survey were selected. It's hard to believe that people didn't know the No Entry sign. Surely one of the most common and important signs on our roads.
I can't but wonder if there'd be even less excuse if there was some strange device beneath important road signs. In this case, something like the words "NO ENTRY" ? Doesn't seem like rocket science to me.
Just to add to the sign at 4:45, the word "local" on the bus means the lane can only be used by buses running on a local stage carriage service, i.e one running to a registered time table on a registered route, not private hire coaches etc. Without "local" anything that legally classes as a "bus" can use the lane, i.e anything with more than 8 seats, even one privately owned.
@@millomweb I would think an octagon is symmetrical with every line measuring the same, and octangular would be that and also a shape with 8 edges but not necessarily perfectly symmetrical?
@@BlackBeltBarrister Haha that was ridiculous. We have a ford near us and cars are forever getting stuck in it after a heavy rain. It is a myth that it is ok to drive in it, it i s often not shallow enough. It is quite funny to watch.
@@beaulieuonnp593 "It is a myth that it is ok to drive in it" The whole point of a ford and the associated signage is that this is a potentially safe place to cross--if it were not there wouldn't be a roadway leading into it! It is, of course, true that drivers should proceed with caution and assess conditions, particularly after rainfall.
Worrying isn’t it that most drivers don’t recognise these signs. To be honest I didn’t know the “No Vehicles allowed at all”. Great production, thanks for sharing BBB.
@@BlackBeltBarrister What DID they think a no entry sign was (amongst others)...? Could it be that there were conflicting answers that were somewhat correct, but not wholly correct?
As an newly qualified ADI BlackBeltBarrister, I really appreciate these videos. Thank you very much for them. I've learned a lot off them. Take care and keep safe.
@@ivorwhitecar They can be, as well as temporary diversions, they´re used to guide high vehicles on an alternate route to avoid a low bridge, or a bridge that has a severe weight restriction for instance.
7:30 the distinctive shape of the Stop sign is useful for the reasons you mentioned. However the historical reason for this sign being this shape is that it was plagiarised from the North American stop sign. The earlier UK stop sign (around 1966) was circular with a red circle surrounding a red triangle, all on a with background. This was superseded by the sign we all now (should) know only after most of Europe had already adopted it. So the other reason for adopting it is that is was the sign that we most wanted European visitors to understand.
I have a RoSPA Gold Motorcycle qualification and I was a volunteer Motorcycle Instructor so driver ignorance of road signs came as no surprise to me; even motorcyclists wishing to take Advanced Rider Training, never mind CBT candidates are alarmingly ignorant of the meaning of road signs. Great video, informative and very well presented.
👍 Or how about the classic 'man opening umbrella' warning sign (roadworks ahead)? Or 'naturists ahead' (uneven surface warning - triangular) sign? Neither featured in this video.
The " no motor vehicles " sign fell out of favour in the 70's - 80's when a lot of one-way streets systems were set up, where it was replaced by ' no entry ' signs. However it has found a resurgence, were it is used, with an exemption notice like ' residents only ' or ' local council & emergency service vehicles only '
I'm across the pond, and I knew what most of those signs meant. And we use a completely different system of signs! The circle with nothing in it threw me off though. I would have never guessed. And it is interesting how you use parentheses instead of the word "TO" to indicate a road that leads to something else. Interesting video.
Re the "No stopping" sign, it doesn't mean no stopping under any circumstances. It means No stopping except to set down or pick up passengers; buses, coaches, taxis, tractors any individual may do so but not remain "parked". Re the STOP sign comment, you mentioned that it's that shape as a Triangle, for instance, could be any sign. It can't, which is why the Give Way triangle is inverted, for precisely the same logical reason. Great stuff as always, it's refreshing to hear logic rather than hearsay!
The blank red circle was new to me, however I did have a good idea what it meant before you said so. Only been driving for 30 years! My biggest peeve is lane discipline and indicating. Thank you for your great video's.
I think our road signs are wonderful, so we'll designed and thought out. So much so that if you know the design rules behind the signs you can work any signs meaning without ever having seen it before.
Thank you. The survey results you quoted justify the need for videos like this and honestly, I probably didn't know half of them though I'm pleased to say that I do know the No Entry sign.
I did not know the empty circle sign. The octogon made sense but I saw one recently and was wondering about it. It was at a side road joining a National Speed Limit road on a bend leaving very obscured sight lines. Thank you.
@@millomweb they usually found on footpaths, or being pushed out 1st between 2 vehicles as the wean tries to climb up to the handlebars screaming car car. I call them the daft mam with the pram! 😉
I passed my test in 1986 and I knew perhaps 75% of what you have shown, I didn't know the hexagonal stop sign was that shape for a reason, Good explanation. 👍
Interesting note: The octagon shape for stop signs has been adopted worldwide. There are only two or three countries that do not use the red octagon to indicate stop. So no matter what language is written on the sign, a red octagon means stop.
The last sign indicating a mini-roundabout and the comment that you are allowed to drive over it reminded me of an old friend. He held many different jobs - salesman, bus driver, waiter, policeman and finally a vicar. When he was training to be a policeman, he drove over a roundabout. The problem was - it wasn't a mini-roundabout. He was "allowed" to move on to the next job.
I love these types of information videos most people don't know about signs because driving is not their profession. Another big sign that causes confusion is when on a dual road, then one lane ends with a painted white arrow indicating you need to merge in turn.
@@millomweb I see why you got confused, so the reason I did not state 'dual carriageway' is because I was not referring to one. imagine 2 lanes and the left lane is for busses/ cycles etc the right lane is for normal traffic but they both flow in the same direction! so 2 lanes... but at some point one lane ends and you are left with one lane, you see a big white painted arrow. so the point I was making is who has priority? answer, no one it means merge in turn. I'm not sure what your zip method is?
@@millomweb it difficult to explain more so instead check out a driver instructor on UA-cam called Ashley Neil he made a video called (2 into 1 priority) this is basically what my first comment was regarding. hope that helps. ua-cam.com/video/1O7jBSNfZgk/v-deo.html
I have been driving for 45 years and have never seen the blue circle 30mph sign, meaning you must maintain a minimum speed. Great video BBB, thank you.
The last time I drove through the Dartford Tunnel there was a blue minimum speed sign of 10mph. It was many years ago, but I do recall there being an old couple actually driving at 10mph with nothing in front of them which nearly caused a pile-up since everyone else was driving at 50mph.
Having had a stepfather who was a driving instructor and the highway code being a permanent fixture in the "bathroom library", I'm pleased to say I got 100% on the signs (although the no vehicles one had me thinking a bit).
Empty round vehicle allowance sign got me. Often you see the round red circle with a car and motorbike portrayed, sometimes with "except access" but yep, the empty one was a puzzler.
Theres normally text on a seperate sign on the same pole that contains exceptions under the Vienna Convention rules at least in Mainland Europe which may say things such as "Except for Access" or "Emergencies Only" but these signs are very rare especially in the UK
Yeah, the empty one is a stunningly badly designed sign. Most signs contain big hints about what they mean; that one gives you nothing at all. Yes, you're expected to know it and it's not hard to learn it, but some people will forget, especially as it's very rarely used.
I have been driving for over 55year. We all learnt the highway code and more or less learnt it back to front, but over the years we have forgotten all the wording for signs as we only remember the ones we need to. The others we understand with out thinking about them.
Love the last bit about the mini roundabout. I actually got marked down on a b+e test for not deviating around a painted island on a crossroads of terraced houses with parked cars on all sides! Even though there was no option to.
As an experienced HGV/PSV B plus E driving instructor with 36 experience in the UK and Europe...I have seen many fall foul of signs especially in Europe where an unpaid on the spot fine ends up in detention in a Police station
😁👍🏻 I got all but one. Very happy. Still sending my license back tomorrow if I'm sharing the road with people that don't know a no entry sign. Even my mrs knows that one... and she doesn't even drive!!
Living out in the back of beyond I don't see some of the signs you showed, so you taught me a few new ones. I have seen the octagonal stop sign but never bothered (or practiced due diligence as you would put it) to find out why, so thank you for reminding me of my obligations as a concientious driver.
Absolutely brilliant video, thanks for doing that thankfully I do know the vast majority of signs but have always been unsure of the yellow symbols for alternative routes so thanks for clearing that up and clarifying others, and I'm sure you know but the stop sign also requires that not only you stop but also apply your handbrake, thanks again keep up your great videos 😁
even though i am not a driver I found this video useful as it cleared up a number of things that had been puzzling me, or that i had always wondered about.
Thanks for that. In a Highway Code test a few years ago I got 100% correct but I didn't know some of these signs you have shown. Now I'll try to remember them.
having driven for 32 years and still driving now for my employment. i can honestly say the only sign you showed there that caught me slightly was the hexagonal one. i didnt know the reason as to why it was this shape. thanks for the clarification. mainly though i have never said this before but this video should be made compulsory viewing for all new learner drivers. nothing is left to chance and everything you say is concise and easily understood. many, many thanks for this.
All learners have to pass a theory test, so should know most signs. Only a guess, but the drivers who didn't get the signs correct could be older drivers.
Getting ones head into the Highway Code is only part of the solution, look at the stoping distances, my own vehicle will stop in 45mtrs from 70MPH and she weighs 2.1 tonnes. I haven’t checked this fact, however, the Highway Code probably hasn’t been updated for years. One major surprise was that 61% didn’t identify the “No Entry” that’s most concerning for all road users
@@mrichards913 You may be able to stop in 45m as long as you have advanced warning of the need to stop. However in an emergency situation you need to consider the time it needs to see the problem, then your brain to decide what to do, then send a signal to your muscles to start braking. It could take up to 2 seconds before you react, how far will your vehicle go in 2 seconds at 70 mph. (62.6metres) your stopping distance has more than doubled.
I agree the percentages were really high and I was surprised about the No Entry sign too, that is frightening for us going the right way. I found this informative and very helpful and the advice given very helpful and I have now a few new signs that I will be able to explain to my grand daughter at the start of her driving career and I will make sure she knows all the british road signs from the video all british road signs explained. I wish we had had these types of information so readily available when I learnt to drive back in 1967.
Having just taken a "no points on your license or fine retraining option for going faster than I should and getting nabbed by a speed camera" course....there's alot of changes that I was unaware of!
A STOP sign is octagonal internationally. It's one of the standard road signs no matter what country you are in. The letters inside the sign in many cases say "STOP" even though it's not that country's language. Some exceptions are Farnce and French territories that say ARRET; and CTOII (phonetically STOP) in Russia.
The signs that confuse many people, including those who install the signs, are the three signs placed on bollards on a traffic island. The Keep Left or Keep Right (one arrow)(Diagram 610) most people would recognise but its sister Pass Both Sides (two arrows)(Diagram 611) actually means that you can pass either side and you will end up in the same place - typically used on a refuge in the middle of a one-way street. The last of the trio is the 'blank aspect' sign (a white circle with no markings), which means you can pass either side but you won't end up in the same place - typically used on a 'splitter' island as you come off a roundabout. Look around and you will find these signs misused and causing confusion - the most common mistake is to put a Keep Left bollard on a splitter island coming off a roundabout, which means that every vehicle continuing on around the roundabout is committing an offence by ignoring the Keep Left regulatory sign. The most common incorrectly erected sign is the mini roundabout sign erected upside down. What would the court think if an incorrectly erected sign resulted in an accident or more likely, could a driver argue that an incorrectly erected sign led to confusion resulting in an accident, for which the driver would otherwise be held liable?
The red circle and white back ground means No! 30 in middle means no speed above 30mph, bike means no cycling, m/bike above a car means no motor vehicles. That one everyone should know
I love these Highway Code videos… very interesting. I learned about roundabouts from another video.. this is really useful to re visit as a driver. Thankyou
I've found your driving signs meanings very helpful, but have found that most people do not understand the road markings. In particular the white lines at junctions and the double and single white lines in the centre of the road. I was even stopped by the police for my wheels crossing a continuous white line. I pointed out that I was not overtaking and he remonstrated me that I should not cross a continuous white line.
@@beaulieuonnp593 I think the general rule is that you can cross a broken line, but not a solid line or hatched area. If there are two lines, the line on your side is the one that applies to you. I always wondered why the Americans had double yellow lines down the centres of some roads, and later learnt it means no overtaking on either side, so I guess the equivalent of our solid double white lines.
Always wondered what your white arrow arrow on the blue background meant ... 40 yrs ago on 1st trip to UK we decided these meant that it was always OK to follow this arrow regardless of colour of lights ... the driver made excellent time across Wales and into the centre of London ;)
When I was taking my test the phrase used for driving to slowly was "not making sufficient progress" I would think it is still inforceable on the Highway.
In Romania, I drove past the road to Peles Castle. That road has an enormous yellow triangle. Meaning a coach load of tourists can hurtle down to the junction and drive straight onto the main road in front of you without stopping for you.
4:20 I believe the "No Entry" sign must be in pairs to indicate where you are not allowed to enter, i.e. between the signs. If there was just one how would you know whether the part of the road you are not allowed to enter is to the left or to the right of the sign causing you to guess the wrong side.
LOL at showing a Ford (Mondeo) crossing the ford. One other sign I see few drivers understand is that for the national speed limit - white sign with black diagonal stripe. So many drive everywhere at 40mph regardless of speed limit in effect
I can understand why the percentages are high. A road by my house I use for cycling has traffic priority over a hump and narrow section. Yet most think it’s first come, first to have right of way. Many time I had to say reverse back when I am in the section and they think, bicycle get off and wait for them.
I wonder how many drivers know theat cars joining a motorway must give way to vehicles on the motorway, it is not required that vehicles on the motorway should change lane to allow them to join (although it would be a courtesy, just like using indicators when joining a motorway) and a solid white line on a slip road joining a motorway must not be crossed.
Thanks you were clear and precise The round blank white circle with red band is a bit vague for a strong decision...but I remember it in use as a street play area from old. Thanks for the info on the yellow and black diversion signs... I had an idea it was for this. Thanjs and hooe to see more if your brill informative signs for everyone.
I had a conversation with a driver the other day who said that there was no such thing as the Highway Code. Everyone just looked on YT. I suggested he looked at the HC because some of it might surprise him!!!
the American stop sign is not the only one used in the UK ; there is also the inverted triangle , earlier versions with a circle around them and a T shaped placard with either STOP , or HALT at major road ahead written out below it . These do still exist although most have been supplanted by the octagonal American sign .
The octagonal stop-sign is also one of the few signs, if not the only sign, that is the same in the UK and the USA - and in many other counries too, although the word 'stop' _may_ not be in English.
It's baffling that the STOP signs around here have all been replaced with an octagon on a rectangular background. The rectangle is yellow, presumably to make it more visible but once covered in crud, they are just another rectangle.
A few local authorities have done this. My local authority has non-valid variations on the 20mph zone sign with none of the street furniture that a zone should have.
i got the blue square cycle wrong, didn't know about that one the diversion signs are a great idea unless the council leaves them up on the sign and then months later puts up other diversion/s nearby confusing the issue (just look around the Birmingham signs to see how many are left up?) great vids ,keep them coming
Rectangle not square. I need to check this, but in actuality the signs appear as opposite logic. The circles are used on paths/pavements that traditionally don't have road signs, but the rectangle is used on roads in conjunction with mandatory and advisory cycle lanes, which defies the normal circle and triangle nature of signs but fits in with the bus lane and contraflow bus lane format.
@@COIcultist oh I see thanks, square and rectangle.. will look out for this. I didn't realise that a lot of the pavement signs are circles, but they are.
That's why there are different symbols. They will use one symbol for one diversion and a different symbol for another diversion. At least that's how it's supposed to work.
Very relieved that I knew them all - even the diversion route signs (you could have included the Holiday route signs there too) and the mini roundabout. Mind you, I did pass my test in 1977 and I did recently help my daughter to learn the signs for hers; she passed.
I suspect more drivers would recognise the signs if they saw them while driving. Out of context, in a survey, it's harder. (For me the empty red circle was the head-scratcher.) As for the stop sign, in the UK it's very rare but in the USA they put them in all over place when they don't want to spend the money for more sensible road furniture, eg, can't afford a pelican crossing outside a school? Just put a random STOP sign by the front gate, nowhere near a junction. Most drivers will stop most of the time.
very interesting point. There has to be a good reason why there should be a stop sign. I don't think in the UK we have enough because we regularly get crashes at junctions, as the roads in the south east have a lot more traffic now. I think we have some dodgy junctions in our village and I am going to see if I can get a STOP sign on them.
I agree, I don't recall the last time I saw a Stop sign here in the UK but they seem very common in the US. I particularly loved their 4 way stop signs at crossroads--whoever claims to be first has priority... no chance of confusion or contention there then!
Other interesting facts about US stop signs: pedestrians have right-of-way and can cross the road in front of the stopped car even if there is no "crosswalk" painted on the road, and in a small number of states cyclists don't have to stop at stop signs.
There's one not far from me. Trust me, it's there for a damned good reason. Narrow country crossroad. The affected road has a cottage on the right and left with high bushes blocking the view. Even at the stop sign vision is blocked. You have to carefully inch forward and be ready to stop again if vehicles are approaching. Very dangerous. Fortunately everyone seems to know it and treat it with respect because I haven't heard of any accidents there.
To be fair most people are probably not accustomed to seeing the No Vehicles sign on its own without at least the "No Vehicles" rider text on the same fixture although it may be a separate rectangular plate mounted bellow it on the pole.
As with many drivers of a certain age I have been driving for many years long before mini roundabouts were invented. It wasn’t long before people were executing what are effectively ‘U’ turns on these roundabouts, which before junctions were suitably modified - and many remain unchanged - were no more than ‘T’ junctions. Once bitten twice shy but a near miss at a regularly used ‘T’ junction on my daily commuter route, which had simply had a ‘roundel’ added at its approximate geometric centre, when a delivery van indicating ( for all intents and purposes that he was turning into the road from which I at the same moment was exiting) nearly went into the side of me as I turned left into the road he was “apparently” leaving, but in fact was returning to via the means of a ‘U - turn’ which the driver was executing “at speed”. The very short distance he had to cover at the speed he was travelling, meant I had no time to complete my manoeuvre without risk of a collision. So far no one has invented a signal indicating the driver is about to execute a ‘U’ turn. What I tend to do now is instead of assuming a driver coming from the direction I want to go when at such a junction is wait until I am certain the driver really is turning right and NOT executing a ‘U’ turn……simples. Takes giving priority to the right to another level!
Do not know about survey, but from my experience driving 45000 a year topically in a country and often at night... Large number of drivers have no a slightest clue, that they have to switch to low beam when they see oncoming traffic.
I figured out the empty red circle after thinking for a bit. At first, it looked like a 'no motor vehicles' with the pictograms scrubbed off, then I extrapolated from that. It's a less. common sign, though. I have definitely seen them around, and knew what they were when driving, but it took me time looking at an image. I wonder if this happened with some survey respondents? They know what the signs are when driving, but not when asked. Like checking your watch, then someone Immediately asks you for the time, and you have to look again.
No problems! But then again I am a professional driver! I'd be worried if I got something wrong! At least once a year I give myself a refresher.. Not just UK but for Europe too (I'm in France permanently) as I can visit any where if my job calls for it! If I do come across a sign I've never seen before... I make sure I learn it asap! Scary percentages though, but not totally surprising!
As they try to design out the stop signs where possible someone said they were no longer in use NO if you see one it is imperative that you stop, in the UK they are only seen at blind junctions and the like
*as a non-UK resident, I have not been on the sceptred isle for 30 years. I was interested about the blue signs 😁 we don't have these here in floorda, however, signs which say "Speed Limit 70" are often interpreted as meaning :minimum speed 70:*
Near my home there is a crossroads with 4 no entry signs side by side and you have to drive between the middle two. Left two are for the Manchester tramway and right two are for oncoming traffic. Very confusing as you are also crossing a major road which is a bit higher so you can't see the road layout you are entering!
I knew all the signs including the reason for the unique shape re. the STOP sign. In the UK this is the land of the more common Give Way sign. However in Canada (I lived there from 2004 to 2018) there it is the land of the Stop sign far more than the Yield (Give Way) sign. In Canada the STOP sign can be covered for 4 to 6 months in frozen snow in places where the sun does not shine on it at all for the whole day! Luckily a vast majority of Canadians know what this sign indicates.
The only one I might have got wrong was the with flow bus, taxi and cycle lane. I had seen the black shapes on yellow signs, and wondered about them, but when I looked them up in the highway code, could find nothing (this was long before I left the UK in 1995). So thanks for that.
Yeah he got it wrong. The reason they are not in the highway code is because they are not aimed at road users per se. It's to indicate routes for emergency services
We have a lot of junctions around here in Devon of a minor road going right with the double lines and cross hatching allowing good space in the middle of the road. Since the Highway Code says you can drive over it "as long as it is safe to do so", I often overtake slow moving traffic after checking none is turning right. I get horns, flashing lights especially from BMW drivers, angry that a little Picanto has overtaken them.
I think you've miss read highway code rule 129. You can only cross double white lines to pass a stationary vehicle, pedal cycle, horse or maintenance vehicle if they are travelling 10 mph or less
@@BrantwoodRob I think he means the cross hatching. I have taken the hatching to be crossable if the line on the carriageway is a broken line, if the hatchings are in a solid, uncrossable,except for the allowed exception on double whites
Tactical diversions or specific diversion signs to be used for emergency purposes Birmingham spaghetti junction has numerous ones encase of terrorist attack or structural failures
Living in the United States, I've often wondered what some of the UK signs and road markings mean when seeing them on You Tube videos. Here in the US, a speed limit sign says Speed Limit or Maximum Speed Limit with the number at the bottom. Truck speed limit signs say Truck Speed Limit with the number at the bottom. Minimum speed limit signs say Minimum Speed Limit with the number at the bottom. Routes that don't allow trucks say No Trucks. Streets that don't allow motorized vehicles have signs that say No Motorized Vehicles. Paths that only allow bicycles have a sign saying Bicycles Only. One way streets have signs that say One Way. On the other direction on a one way street there are signs saying Wrong Way Do Not Enter. Railroad crossing signs are either an X shaped sign that says Railroad Crossing or a round yellow sign with a black X With a large R on either side of the X. Deer crossing signs are a square sign turned at 45 degrees with a picture of a deer and a sign below it that says Deer Crossing Next whatever miles. They don't do any good because deer can't read and tend to cross wherever they feel like. Where there is a bump in the road, they put up signs that say BUMP, usually well after the bump so you know you just went over a bump or possibly so you know that the authorities know there is a bump there so you don't contact them to report the bump. I guess signs are cheaper than repairing the roadway. It seems that saying what the sign means on a sign is a good practice.
I didn’t know about the cycle in the oblong and never seen one. Also not seen the plain red circled round sign. I can’t get over, that there would be drivers and other road users, that did not know what the ‘No Entry’ sign; nor the speed signs.
These are the video's i enjoy, informative with good diction, well done and thank you.
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Vienna convention road signs are defined by shapes, indeed, however, the ROUND signs are divided into two categories. The blue ones indicate an order to comply with, while the white ones with red border indicate a prohibition. Speed limit indicates a prohibition to exceed the indicated speed, while "minimum speed" indicates an order to exceed it. A blue round sign with an arrow to the left says "you must turn left here" while a white sign with red border indicates the opposite - "you must NOT turn left here". In the Netherlands, the signs are taught this way: "Rectangular signs are FRIENDLY suggestions and helpful info, round signs are ANGRY orders, and triangular signs are WARNING of impending danger". In one sentence, just by seeing the shape of the sign (assuming it has been snowed over), driver may infer what might be the current road situation. The second sentence during theory training in Dutch is: "signs apply to DRIVERS, unless it is a sign with a pedestrian on it". Therefore, a round, white sign with red border on it, means "no drivers allowed past". In all your theory books, definitions of "pedestrian" and "driver" are clearly given, hopefully. Therefore, the pictogram of a specific vehicle type refers to drivers of such vehicles. Suppose you approach a road which indicates no entry for drivers of motorcycles. You may still tow a motorcycle on top of a trailer in that road and leave it on the curb, but you may not drive your motorcycle into said road.
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Simply thank you,
Keep up the great work,
It has to be noted that a few of those signs are very rarely seen. You also forgot to add that BMW drivers are not subject to any kind of traffic control whatsoever although they do seem to have a minimum speed which is usually above the speed limit for everyone else.
The Highway Code is not compulsory for anyone driving any German car, as far as I can tell. Volvos too.
If you drive a Nissan, you can park anywhere you like if you put on your hazard indicators.
Personally, My BMW came with hidden blues and twos, But you have to have a grade one to get the keys from the cop shop. Same for the Bikes.
retired now, have an old beemer :-)
Why have a go at BMW drivers?! Don't you know that indicators are an optional extra on Beamers!
@@jaysondudley4176 it’s because the blinking fluid runs out quickly
true that.....about bmw drivers
Those percentages were frightening. 62% didn't know what a No Entry looked like. 😯
Yes that is shocking.
now you know, why you wonder, how so many passed their test. maybe if driving instructors actually taught their pupils to drive, instead of how to pass the test
I'm not surprised considering the number of vehicles that drive into my road the wrong way to drive to a school.
@@devnull08 That's a good point -- it would be good to know what the wrong answers were. Probably still scary, though...
especially cyclists. (dig, dig)
Thank you very much. very informative. I've been driving 33yrs and its nice to have "public information" videos from informed sources to refresh your knowledge. Very much appreciated sir !
Glad it was helpful!
I wonder how the participants of the survey were selected. It's hard to believe that people didn't know the No Entry sign. Surely one of the most common and important signs on our roads.
I can't but wonder if there'd be even less excuse if there was some strange device beneath important road signs. In this case, something like the words "NO ENTRY" ? Doesn't seem like rocket science to me.
Just to add to the sign at 4:45, the word "local" on the bus means the lane can only be used by buses running on a local stage carriage service, i.e one running to a registered time table on a registered route, not private hire coaches etc. Without "local" anything that legally classes as a "bus" can use the lane, i.e anything with more than 8 seats, even one privately owned.
100% correct, its a shame that bus lanes here in York are not enforced.
But that is the failure of York Council.
In the Netherlands, the word "LIJN" will be added, indicating that only buses with registered line numbers within the city may use the lane.
I learnt a new word today. Octangular. Always used octagonal myself. Every day is a learning day.👍
Me too. I even Googled it! :-)
@@aliwhitwell I've intentionally not done that, is it an Americanisation or just a bastardisation?
Does it mean the same exactly?
@@millomweb I would think an octagon is symmetrical with every line measuring the same, and octangular would be that and also a shape with 8 edges but not necessarily perfectly symmetrical?
I love how you showed a clip of a Ford in the ford.
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@@BlackBeltBarrister Haha that was ridiculous. We have a ford near us and cars are forever getting stuck in it after a heavy rain. It is a myth that it is ok to drive in it, it i s often not shallow enough. It is quite funny to watch.
@@beaulieuonnp593 "It is a myth that it is ok to drive in it" The whole point of a ford and the associated signage is that this is a potentially safe place to cross--if it were not there wouldn't be a roadway leading into it! It is, of course, true that drivers should proceed with caution and assess conditions, particularly after rainfall.
Black belt BANTister at work there 💁🏻♂️
@@MrPaulMorris , check out the Rufford Ford videos on YT. :D
Worrying isn’t it that most drivers don’t recognise these signs. To be honest I didn’t know the “No Vehicles allowed at all”. Great production, thanks for sharing BBB.
Thank you 👍
@@xTerminatorAndy They were active drivers.
It seems a redundant sign. We have the much better recognised 'no entry' which seems to achieve the same result.
@@WideCuriosity No entry would prevent a horse rider, no vehicles doesn't, maybe a subtle difference but still important.
@@BlackBeltBarrister What DID they think a no entry sign was (amongst others)...? Could it be that there were conflicting answers that were somewhat correct, but not wholly correct?
As an newly qualified ADI BlackBeltBarrister, I really appreciate these videos. Thank you very much for them. I've learned a lot off them. Take care and keep safe.
I've been driving for over 30 years and until now never properly understood what the set of yellow signs really meant. Thank you.
Yes same here, been driving for nearly 20 years, never come across an explanation for these yellow diversion signs.
I always thought they were for goods vehicle routes.
@@ivorwhitecar They can be, as well as temporary diversions, they´re used to guide high vehicles on an alternate route to avoid a low bridge, or a bridge that has a severe weight restriction for instance.
@@millomweb Yup, some of us actually got a life and have other things to do. You should try it - it's very rewarding.
I thought they were principally for Lorries.
7:30 the distinctive shape of the Stop sign is useful for the reasons you mentioned.
However the historical reason for this sign being this shape is that it was plagiarised from the North American stop sign. The earlier UK stop sign (around 1966) was circular with a red circle surrounding a red triangle, all on a with background. This was superseded by the sign we all now (should) know only after most of Europe had already adopted it. So the other reason for adopting it is that is was the sign that we most wanted European visitors to understand.
I have a RoSPA Gold Motorcycle qualification and I was a volunteer Motorcycle Instructor so driver ignorance of road signs came as no surprise to me; even motorcyclists wishing to take Advanced Rider Training, never mind CBT candidates are alarmingly ignorant of the meaning of road signs.
Great video, informative and very well presented.
A lot of power rangers on sport bikes are usually going too fast to see any road signs never mind understand them anyway ..
I didn’t know the empty red circle sign or the yellow diversion route signs - thanks for educating me on them
6:07 The more commonly found 'No jumping over cars on your motorcycle' sign
Yes I remember that public information ad.🙂
👍 Or how about the classic 'man opening umbrella' warning sign (roadworks ahead)? Or 'naturists ahead' (uneven surface warning - triangular) sign? Neither featured in this video.
The " no motor vehicles " sign fell out of favour in the 70's - 80's when a lot of one-way streets systems were set up, where it was replaced by ' no entry ' signs. However it has found a resurgence, were it is used, with an exemption notice like ' residents only ' or ' local council & emergency service vehicles only '
Evel Knievil prohibition sign.
@@ianl1052 Also, the whacking something with a hammer sign (loose chippings).
I'm across the pond, and I knew what most of those signs meant. And we use a completely different system of signs! The circle with nothing in it threw me off though. I would have never guessed. And it is interesting how you use parentheses instead of the word "TO" to indicate a road that leads to something else. Interesting video.
Re the "No stopping" sign, it doesn't mean no stopping under any circumstances. It means No stopping except to set down or pick up passengers; buses, coaches, taxis, tractors any individual may do so but not remain "parked".
Re the STOP sign comment, you mentioned that it's that shape as a Triangle, for instance, could be any sign. It can't, which is why the Give Way triangle is inverted, for precisely the same logical reason.
Great stuff as always, it's refreshing to hear logic rather than hearsay!
My husband and I always wondered about the little black triangle..
We thought that it was a tent.
Directions to a campsite.
Thanks for this👍
this answers my question as to why it seems no one can "drive" these days, they are just machine operators
The blank red circle was new to me, however I did have a good idea what it meant before you said so. Only been driving for 30 years! My biggest peeve is lane discipline and indicating. Thank you for your great video's.
I think our road signs are wonderful, so we'll designed and thought out. So much so that if you know the design rules behind the signs you can work any signs meaning without ever having seen it before.
I'm pleased that someone is going to tell us what the symbols mean when I put my class 2 years ago it was never discussed
Thank you. The survey results you quoted justify the need for videos like this and honestly, I probably didn't know half of them though I'm pleased to say that I do know the No Entry sign.
I did not know the empty circle sign. The octogon made sense but I saw one recently and was wondering about it. It was at a side road joining a National Speed Limit road on a bend leaving very obscured sight lines. Thank you.
Same here
Yes, I didn't know the reason for the octogon shape until I saw this video.
@@millomweb WHITE RED CIRCLE,says no vihicles ,except pushing a dismounted bycycle
@@millomweb they usually found on footpaths, or being pushed out 1st between 2 vehicles as the wean tries to climb up to the handlebars screaming car car. I call them the daft mam with the pram! 😉
At 7.43 those signs did puzzle me, thanks for the info. The rest are pretty straightforward.
I passed my test in 1986 and I knew perhaps 75% of what you have shown, I didn't know the hexagonal stop sign was that shape for a reason, Good explanation. 👍
thank you!
Interesting note: The octagon shape for stop signs has been adopted worldwide. There are only two or three countries that do not use the red octagon to indicate stop. So no matter what language is written on the sign, a red octagon means stop.
The stop sign is that distinctive shape so that it can be recognised even if partially obscured, e.g. by vegetation or snow.
The last sign indicating a mini-roundabout and the comment that you are allowed to drive over it reminded me of an old friend. He held many different jobs - salesman, bus driver, waiter, policeman and finally a vicar. When he was training to be a policeman, he drove over a roundabout. The problem was - it wasn't a mini-roundabout. He was "allowed" to move on to the next job.
Thanks for this. I learnt a great deal and would be embarrassed to list all the signs I previously misunderstood
2:50. “It’s in a round circle”. Phew , that’s a relief - I’d be confused if it were in a square one.
I love these types of information videos most people don't know about signs because driving is not their profession. Another big sign that causes confusion is when on a dual road, then one lane ends with a painted white arrow indicating you need to merge in turn.
@@millomweb maybe you did not understand my comment?
@@millomweb I see why you got confused, so the reason I did not state 'dual carriageway' is because I was not referring to one. imagine 2 lanes and the left lane is for busses/ cycles etc the right lane is for normal traffic but they both flow in the same direction! so 2 lanes... but at some point one lane ends and you are left with one lane, you see a big white painted arrow. so the point I was making is who has priority? answer, no one it means merge in turn. I'm not sure what your zip method is?
@@millomweb it difficult to explain more so instead check out a driver instructor on UA-cam called Ashley Neil he made a video called (2 into 1 priority) this is basically what my first comment was regarding.
hope that helps.
ua-cam.com/video/1O7jBSNfZgk/v-deo.html
@@millomweb did you check out the video? I thought he made a strong point.
@@millomweb I'm surprised by your comment, what is your driving back ground ?
I have been driving for 45 years and have never seen the blue circle 30mph sign, meaning you must maintain a minimum speed. Great video BBB, thank you.
I've only seen it on Italian motorways where the fast lane has a minimum speed.
The only one I ever saw was coming off the eastbound M62 onto the M1/ M621 towards Leeds but even that has gone now.
The last time I drove through the Dartford Tunnel there was a blue minimum speed sign of 10mph. It was many years ago, but I do recall there being an old couple actually driving at 10mph with nothing in front of them which nearly caused a pile-up since everyone else was driving at 50mph.
Having had a stepfather who was a driving instructor and the highway code being a permanent fixture in the "bathroom library", I'm pleased to say I got 100% on the signs (although the no vehicles one had me thinking a bit).
Square signs inform, triangles warn, circles command. If you remember that you can normally figure out nearly all British road signs.
Being pedantic, it is circles and octagons that command - Stop is octagonal.
Only signs contained in this video i didn't know, was the yellow background signs, thanks for clearing that up.
Actually found the video useful. As a motorist🏍️🚘🚙🚛 of over 40 years. I learned there is minimum speed limit sign!
Empty round vehicle allowance sign got me. Often you see the round red circle with a car and motorbike portrayed, sometimes with "except access" but yep, the empty one was a puzzler.
That's the one that caught me out as well. I don't think I have ever seen one.
Theres normally text on a seperate sign on the same pole that contains exceptions under the Vienna Convention rules at least in Mainland Europe which may say things such as "Except for Access" or "Emergencies Only" but these signs are very rare especially in the UK
Yeah, the empty one is a stunningly badly designed sign. Most signs contain big hints about what they mean; that one gives you nothing at all. Yes, you're expected to know it and it's not hard to learn it, but some people will forget, especially as it's very rarely used.
I have been driving for over 55year. We all learnt the highway code and more or less learnt it back to front, but over the years we have forgotten all the wording for signs as we only remember the ones we need to. The others we understand with out thinking about them.
Love the last bit about the mini roundabout. I actually got marked down on a b+e test for not deviating around a painted island on a crossroads of terraced houses with parked cars on all sides! Even though there was no option to.
As an experienced HGV/PSV B plus E driving instructor with 36 experience in the UK and Europe...I have seen many fall foul of signs especially in Europe where an unpaid on the spot fine ends up in detention in a Police station
😁👍🏻 I got all but one. Very happy. Still sending my license back tomorrow if I'm sharing the road with people that don't know a no entry sign. Even my mrs knows that one... and she doesn't even drive!!
Living out in the back of beyond I don't see some of the signs you showed, so you taught me a few new ones. I have seen the octagonal stop sign but never bothered (or practiced due diligence as you would put it) to find out why, so thank you for reminding me of my obligations as a concientious driver.
Absolutely brilliant video, thanks for doing that thankfully I do know the vast majority of signs but have always been unsure of the yellow symbols for alternative routes so thanks for clearing that up and clarifying others, and I'm sure you know but the stop sign also requires that not only you stop but also apply your handbrake, thanks again keep up your great videos 😁
Thank you, I dont drive but am a confident and fast road cyclist . I know most of the road signs but feel I should understand them all.
Ditto. Never in my life seen a minimum speeed limit sign, but those roads are probably banned for cyclists anyway.
This is without doubt one of the most useful and informative / valuable channels on UA-cam!
even though i am not a driver I found this video useful as it cleared up a number of things that had been puzzling me, or that i had always wondered about.
Thanks for that. In a Highway Code test a few years ago I got 100% correct but I didn't know some of these signs you have shown. Now I'll try to remember them.
having driven for 32 years and still driving now for my employment. i can honestly say the only sign you showed there that caught me slightly was the hexagonal one. i didnt know the reason as to why it was this shape. thanks for the clarification. mainly though i have never said this before but this video should be made compulsory viewing for all new learner drivers. nothing is left to chance and everything you say is concise and easily understood. many, many thanks for this.
I think you might find the sign you are thinking about "the hexagonal one" (having six sides) is actually "the octagonal one" (having eight sides)
All learners have to pass a theory test, so should know most signs. Only a guess, but the drivers who didn't get the signs correct could be older drivers.
Thank you, well worth the refresher, I too knew most, however, the empty circle was clearly one l had forgotten.
Getting ones head into the Highway Code is only part of the solution, look at the stoping distances, my own vehicle will stop in 45mtrs from 70MPH and she weighs 2.1 tonnes.
I haven’t checked this fact, however, the Highway Code probably hasn’t been updated for years.
One major surprise was that 61% didn’t identify the “No Entry” that’s most concerning for all road users
@@mrichards913 You may be able to stop in 45m as long as you have advanced warning of the need to stop. However in an emergency situation you need to consider the time it needs to see the problem, then your brain to decide what to do, then send a signal to your muscles to start braking. It could take up to 2 seconds before you react, how far will your vehicle go in 2 seconds at 70 mph. (62.6metres) your stopping distance has more than doubled.
I agree the percentages were really high and I was surprised about the No Entry sign too, that is frightening for us going the right way. I found this informative and very helpful and the advice given very helpful and I have now a few new signs that I will be able to explain to my grand daughter at the start of her driving career and I will make sure she knows all the british road signs from the video all british road signs explained. I wish we had had these types of information so readily available when I learnt to drive back in 1967.
Thanks. A useful video for me, a driving instructor
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great
The best sign is often during sections of roadworks on a dual carriageway or motorway that says 'sign not in use'
Yes. TopGear even mentioned that one.
Having just taken a "no points on your license or fine retraining option for going faster than I should and getting nabbed by a speed camera" course....there's alot of changes that I was unaware of!
I was taught on a mini roundabout , two wheels allowed 'on' the roundabout. Thanks for the reminders. 👍
The important aspect of a mini round about sign is the changing of priority from say a T-junction.
A STOP sign is octagonal internationally. It's one of the standard road signs no matter what country you are in. The letters inside the sign in many cases say "STOP" even though it's not that country's language. Some exceptions are Farnce and French territories that say ARRET; and CTOII (phonetically STOP) in Russia.
The signs that confuse many people, including those who install the signs, are the three signs placed on bollards on a traffic island. The Keep Left or Keep Right (one arrow)(Diagram 610) most people would recognise but its sister Pass Both Sides (two arrows)(Diagram 611) actually means that you can pass either side and you will end up in the same place - typically used on a refuge in the middle of a one-way street. The last of the trio is the 'blank aspect' sign (a white circle with no markings), which means you can pass either side but you won't end up in the same place - typically used on a 'splitter' island as you come off a roundabout. Look around and you will find these signs misused and causing confusion - the most common mistake is to put a Keep Left bollard on a splitter island coming off a roundabout, which means that every vehicle continuing on around the roundabout is committing an offence by ignoring the Keep Left regulatory sign. The most common incorrectly erected sign is the mini roundabout sign erected upside down. What would the court think if an incorrectly erected sign resulted in an accident or more likely, could a driver argue that an incorrectly erected sign led to confusion resulting in an accident, for which the driver would otherwise be held liable?
Thank you very knowledgable, I didn’t know few signs. Lol, you cleared my memory now.
The red circle and white back ground means No! 30 in middle means no speed above 30mph, bike means no cycling, m/bike above a car means no motor vehicles. That one everyone should know
Maybe, but not so clearly as you obviously do!
@@Arcticnick you need to read the highway code again. Its very enlightening once youre used to driving .
Thanks for all the info, I'm confident I'll pass my driving test for sure. I've never seen a lot of these symbols. That would have been embarrassing.
I love these Highway Code videos… very interesting. I learned about roundabouts from another video.. this is really useful to re visit as a driver. Thankyou
I've found your driving signs meanings very helpful, but have found that most people do not understand the road markings. In particular the white lines at junctions and the double and single white lines in the centre of the road. I was even stopped by the police for my wheels crossing a continuous white line. I pointed out that I was not overtaking and he remonstrated me that I should not cross a continuous white line.
Yes I think we need a refresher on the white road markings
@@beaulieuonnp593 I think the general rule is that you can cross a broken line, but not a solid line or hatched area. If there are two lines, the line on your side is the one that applies to you. I always wondered why the Americans had double yellow lines down the centres of some roads, and later learnt it means no overtaking on either side, so I guess the equivalent of our solid double white lines.
Highway code rule 129!
Always wondered what your white arrow arrow on the blue background meant ... 40 yrs ago on 1st trip to UK we decided these meant that it was always OK to follow this arrow regardless of colour of lights ... the driver made excellent time across Wales and into the centre of London ;)
Thank you. I have been driving since the 1970s and never knew about the yellow diversions
When I was taking my test the phrase used for driving to slowly was "not making sufficient progress" I would think it is still inforceable on the Highway.
Thought that you could fail a driving test for what used to be called non progression or driving too slowly.
@@millomweb I imagine they change the phrase from year to year so thumbs up!
i wish some of the "duffers" in my county would grasp that point. (10 mph under the limit on any road they travel)
I used to have trouble with the yellow signs but now I won't ty for yet another amazing video
Thank you for taking the time to direct us to further info channels.
In Romania, I drove past the road to Peles Castle. That road has an enormous yellow triangle. Meaning a coach load of tourists can hurtle down to the junction and drive straight onto the main road in front of you without stopping for you.
Very informative, even/especially for someone who has been driving for decades as some of the signs are not frequently seen.
Thank you.
4:20 I believe the "No Entry" sign must be in pairs to indicate where you are not allowed to enter, i.e. between the signs. If there was just one how would you know whether the part of the road you are not allowed to enter is to the left or to the right of the sign causing you to guess the wrong side.
LOL at showing a Ford (Mondeo) crossing the ford. One other sign I see few drivers understand is that for the national speed limit - white sign with black diagonal stripe. So many drive everywhere at 40mph regardless of speed limit in effect
I can understand why the percentages are high. A road by my house I use for cycling has traffic priority over a hump and narrow section. Yet most think it’s first come, first to have right of way. Many time I had to say reverse back when I am in the section and they think, bicycle get off and wait for them.
Incredible that so many people don't know what most of these are. A few are very rare and those are understandable.
I wonder how many drivers know theat cars joining a motorway must give way to vehicles on the motorway, it is not required that vehicles on the motorway should change lane to allow them to join (although it would be a courtesy, just like using indicators when joining a motorway) and a solid white line on a slip road joining a motorway must not be crossed.
Thanks you were clear and precise
The round blank white circle with red band is a bit vague for a strong decision...but I remember it in use as a street play area from old.
Thanks for the info on the yellow and black diversion signs...
I had an idea it was for this.
Thanjs and hooe to see more if your brill informative signs for everyone.
Soz for fat finger spelling 😀
I had a conversation with a driver the other day who said that there was no such thing as the Highway Code. Everyone just looked on YT. I suggested he looked at the HC because some of it might surprise him!!!
the American stop sign is not the only one used in the UK ; there is also the inverted triangle , earlier versions with a circle around them and a T shaped placard with either STOP , or HALT at major road ahead written out below it . These do still exist although most have been supplanted by the octagonal American sign .
The octagonal stop-sign is also one of the few signs, if not the only sign, that is the same in the UK and the USA - and in many other counries too, although the word 'stop' _may_ not be in English.
It's baffling that the STOP signs around here have all been replaced with an octagon on a rectangular background. The rectangle is yellow, presumably to make it more visible but once covered in crud, they are just another rectangle.
A few local authorities have done this. My local authority has non-valid variations on the 20mph zone sign with none of the street furniture that a zone should have.
i got the blue square cycle wrong,
didn't know about that one
the diversion signs are a great idea unless the council leaves them up on the sign
and then months later puts up other diversion/s nearby confusing the issue
(just look around the Birmingham signs to see how many are left up?)
great vids ,keep them coming
Rectangle not square. I need to check this, but in actuality the signs appear as opposite logic. The circles are used on paths/pavements that traditionally don't have road signs, but the rectangle is used on roads in conjunction with mandatory and advisory cycle lanes, which defies the normal circle and triangle nature of signs but fits in with the bus lane and contraflow bus lane format.
@@COIcultist oh I see thanks, square and rectangle.. will look out for this. I didn't realise that a lot of the pavement signs are circles, but they are.
That's why there are different symbols. They will use one symbol for one diversion and a different symbol for another diversion. At least that's how it's supposed to work.
Very relieved that I knew them all - even the diversion route signs (you could have included the Holiday route signs there too) and the mini roundabout. Mind you, I did pass my test in 1977 and I did recently help my daughter to learn the signs for hers; she passed.
That many people getting these wrong explains a lot about modern driving (so many people found their licence in a cereal packet)
Driver's Education is not always required here in the U.S. Yikes!
I suspect more drivers would recognise the signs if they saw them while driving. Out of context, in a survey, it's harder. (For me the empty red circle was the head-scratcher.) As for the stop sign, in the UK it's very rare but in the USA they put them in all over place when they don't want to spend the money for more sensible road furniture, eg, can't afford a pelican crossing outside a school? Just put a random STOP sign by the front gate, nowhere near a junction. Most drivers will stop most of the time.
very interesting point. There has to be a good reason why there should be a stop sign. I don't think in the UK we have enough because we regularly get crashes at junctions, as the roads in the south east have a lot more traffic now. I think we have some dodgy junctions in our village and I am going to see if I can get a STOP sign on them.
I agree, I don't recall the last time I saw a Stop sign here in the UK but they seem very common in the US. I particularly loved their 4 way stop signs at crossroads--whoever claims to be first has priority... no chance of confusion or contention there then!
Other interesting facts about US stop signs: pedestrians have right-of-way and can cross the road in front of the stopped car even if there is no "crosswalk" painted on the road, and in a small number of states cyclists don't have to stop at stop signs.
There's one not far from me. Trust me, it's there for a damned good reason. Narrow country crossroad. The affected road has a cottage on the right and left with high bushes blocking the view. Even at the stop sign vision is blocked. You have to carefully inch forward and be ready to stop again if vehicles are approaching. Very dangerous. Fortunately everyone seems to know it and treat it with respect because I haven't heard of any accidents there.
To be fair most people are probably not accustomed to seeing the No Vehicles sign on its own without at least the "No Vehicles" rider text on the same fixture although it may be a separate rectangular plate mounted bellow it on the pole.
OMG I need to retake my Highway Code test because my failure at recognising those signs was WOEFUL. I’m so ashamed 😞😔
As with many drivers of a certain age I have been driving for many years long before mini roundabouts were invented. It wasn’t long before people were executing what are effectively ‘U’ turns on these roundabouts, which before junctions were suitably modified - and many remain unchanged - were no more than ‘T’ junctions. Once bitten twice shy but a near miss at a regularly used ‘T’ junction on my daily commuter route, which had simply had a ‘roundel’ added at its approximate geometric centre, when a delivery van indicating ( for all intents and purposes that he was turning into the road from which I at the same moment was exiting) nearly went into the side of me as I turned left into the road he was “apparently” leaving, but in fact was returning to via the means of a ‘U - turn’ which the driver was executing “at speed”. The very short distance he had to cover at the speed he was travelling, meant I had no time to complete my manoeuvre without risk of a collision. So far no one has invented a signal indicating the driver is about to execute a ‘U’ turn. What I tend to do now is instead of assuming a driver coming from the direction I want to go when at such a junction is wait until I am certain the driver really is turning right and NOT executing a ‘U’ turn……simples. Takes giving priority to the right to another level!
Been driving 38 years and wasn't 100% on them all. Great, interesting video though. Thankyou sir.
Have you ever seen a minimum speed limit in that time? I've never seen one in my life.
Do not know about survey, but from my experience driving 45000 a year topically in a country and often at night... Large number of drivers have no a slightest clue, that they have to switch to low beam when they see oncoming traffic.
I figured out the empty red circle after thinking for a bit. At first, it looked like a 'no motor vehicles' with the pictograms scrubbed off, then I extrapolated from that.
It's a less. common sign, though. I have definitely seen them around, and knew what they were when driving, but it took me time looking at an image. I wonder if this happened with some survey respondents? They know what the signs are when driving, but not when asked.
Like checking your watch, then someone Immediately asks you for the time, and you have to look again.
No problems! But then again I am a professional driver! I'd be worried if I got something wrong! At least once a year I give myself a refresher.. Not just UK but for Europe too (I'm in France permanently) as I can visit any where if my job calls for it! If I do come across a sign I've never seen before... I make sure I learn it asap! Scary percentages though, but not totally surprising!
As they try to design out the stop signs where possible someone said they were no longer in use NO if you see one it is imperative that you stop, in the UK they are only seen at blind junctions and the like
*as a non-UK resident, I have not been on the sceptred isle for 30 years. I was interested about the blue signs 😁 we don't have these here in floorda, however, signs which say "Speed Limit 70" are often interpreted as meaning :minimum speed 70:*
Near my home there is a crossroads with 4 no entry signs side by side and you have to drive between the middle two. Left two are for the Manchester tramway and right two are for oncoming traffic. Very confusing as you are also crossing a major road which is a bit higher so you can't see the road layout you are entering!
I knew all the signs including the reason for the unique shape re. the STOP sign. In the UK this is the land of the more common Give Way sign. However in Canada (I lived there from 2004 to 2018) there it is the land of the Stop sign far more than the Yield (Give Way) sign. In Canada the STOP sign can be covered for 4 to 6 months in frozen snow in places where the sun does not shine on it at all for the whole day! Luckily a vast majority of Canadians know what this sign indicates.
The only one I might have got wrong was the with flow bus, taxi and cycle lane.
I had seen the black shapes on yellow signs, and wondered about them, but when I looked them up in the highway code, could find nothing (this was long before I left the UK in 1995).
So thanks for that.
Yeah he got it wrong. The reason they are not in the highway code is because they are not aimed at road users per se. It's to indicate routes for emergency services
We have a lot of junctions around here in Devon of a minor road going right with the double lines and cross hatching allowing good space in the middle of the road. Since the Highway Code says you can drive over it "as long as it is safe to do so", I often overtake slow moving traffic after checking none is turning right. I get horns, flashing lights especially from BMW drivers, angry that a little Picanto has overtaken them.
I think you've miss read highway code rule 129. You can only cross double white lines to pass a stationary vehicle, pedal cycle, horse or maintenance vehicle if they are travelling 10 mph or less
@@BrantwoodRob I think he means the cross hatching. I have taken the hatching to be crossable if the line on the carriageway is a broken line, if the hatchings are in a solid, uncrossable,except for the allowed exception on double whites
@@highpath4776 Correct
Good on you for being bold and not being a sheep. You helped to reduce traffic that day.
Tactical diversions or specific diversion signs to be used for emergency purposes Birmingham spaghetti junction has numerous ones encase of terrorist attack or structural failures
interesting
Living in the United States, I've often wondered what some of the UK signs and road markings mean when seeing them on You Tube videos.
Here in the US, a speed limit sign says Speed Limit or Maximum Speed Limit with the number at the bottom.
Truck speed limit signs say Truck Speed Limit with the number at the bottom.
Minimum speed limit signs say Minimum Speed Limit with the number at the bottom.
Routes that don't allow trucks say No Trucks.
Streets that don't allow motorized vehicles have signs that say No Motorized Vehicles. Paths that only allow bicycles have a sign saying Bicycles Only.
One way streets have signs that say One Way. On the other direction on a one way street there are signs saying Wrong Way Do Not Enter.
Railroad crossing signs are either an X shaped sign that says Railroad Crossing or a round yellow sign with a black X With a large R on either side of the X.
Deer crossing signs are a square sign turned at 45 degrees with a picture of a deer and a sign below it that says Deer Crossing Next whatever miles. They don't do any good because deer can't read and tend to cross wherever they feel like.
Where there is a bump in the road, they put up signs that say BUMP, usually well after the bump so you know you just went over a bump or possibly so you know that the authorities know there is a bump there so you don't contact them to report the bump. I guess signs are cheaper than repairing the roadway.
It seems that saying what the sign means on a sign is a good practice.
Thankyou.Keep up with all the videos.Learning a lot
I didn’t know about the cycle in the oblong and never seen one. Also not seen the plain red circled round sign.
I can’t get over, that there would be drivers and other road users, that did not know what the ‘No Entry’ sign; nor the speed signs.
These are the video's i enjoy, informative with good diction, well done and thank you.
Vienna convention road signs are defined by shapes, indeed, however, the ROUND signs are divided into two categories. The blue ones indicate an order to comply with, while the white ones with red border indicate a prohibition. Speed limit indicates a prohibition to exceed the indicated speed, while "minimum speed" indicates an order to exceed it. A blue round sign with an arrow to the left says "you must turn left here" while a white sign with red border indicates the opposite - "you must NOT turn left here".
In the Netherlands, the signs are taught this way: "Rectangular signs are FRIENDLY suggestions and helpful info, round signs are ANGRY orders, and triangular signs are WARNING of impending danger". In one sentence, just by seeing the shape of the sign (assuming it has been snowed over), driver may infer what might be the current road situation.
The second sentence during theory training in Dutch is: "signs apply to DRIVERS, unless it is a sign with a pedestrian on it". Therefore, a round, white sign with red border on it, means "no drivers allowed past". In all your theory books, definitions of "pedestrian" and "driver" are clearly given, hopefully. Therefore, the pictogram of a specific vehicle type refers to drivers of such vehicles.
Suppose you approach a road which indicates no entry for drivers of motorcycles. You may still tow a motorcycle on top of a trailer in that road and leave it on the curb, but you may not drive your motorcycle into said road.