Road And Traffic Signs Practice Questions
About This Topic
The largest topic in the test, with questions on warning signs, orders in red circles, blue instruction signs, motorway and direction signage, road markings and signals given by police officers and other drivers. Shape and colour carry meaning — once you learn the pattern, unfamiliar signs become easy to decode.
What the DVSA tests here
- The difference between circular, triangular and rectangular signs
- Road markings: centre lines, hatched areas, box junctions and stop lines
- Signals from police officers, traffic officers and school crossing patrols
Practising this topic
This section holds 133 practice questions on road and traffic signs, each followed by a clear explanation of the right answer. In the real car theory test the DVSA mixes all fourteen topics into one 50-question paper with a pass mark of 43, so no single subject can be skipped. Revisit your wrong answers a day or two later — spaced repetition works far better than answering the same questions back to back.
In the run-up to test day
Most learners find that little and often beats long cramming sessions: two or three short rounds of questions a day keep the rules fresh without wearing you out. Pair this topic with the matching chapters of the Highway Code, and use hazard perception clips to watch the same ideas play out on real roads. In the final week before your booking, switch from topic practice to full mock tests so you get used to the 57-minute time limit and to questions arriving in no particular order.