Roads and crossings guides

The roads and markings you meet on test: box junctions, bus lanes, pedestrian crossings, dual carriageways, speed limits and motorway lessons for learners.

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Yellow box junctions: when you can enter and when you must waitExplainerRoads and crossings

Yellow box junctions: when you can enter and when you must wait

The one check that decides whether you can enter a yellow box junction, when turning right lets you wait inside it, and how examiners mark box junction mistakes.

Intermediate·7 min readRead guide
Pedestrian crossings: zebra, pelican, puffin and toucan explainedExplainerRoads and crossings

Pedestrian crossings: zebra, pelican, puffin and toucan explained

Learn to tell each pedestrian crossing apart, when you must stop and when you may go, and the crossing mistakes examiners mark on the driving test.

Beginner·6 min readRead guide
The national speed limit: what it means on every roadExplainerRoads and crossings

The national speed limit: what it means on every road

What the national speed limit sign means for a car on each type of road, why 60 mph is often too fast on a country lane, and how examiners judge your speed.

Beginner·6 min readRead guide
Can a learner driver drive on the motorway?ExplainerRoads and crossings

Can a learner driver drive on the motorway?

Find out when a learner can drive on a motorway in England, who must be with you, what a motorway lesson covers and how it helps on the fast roads of your test.

All levels·7 min readRead guide
Dual carriageways: speed limits, lanes and slip roadsExplainerRoads and crossings

Dual carriageways: speed limits, lanes and slip roads

What makes a road a dual carriageway, the speed limit for cars, which lane to use, and how to join and leave from a slip road on your driving test.

Intermediate·7 min readRead guide
Bus lane rules: times, signs and contraflow lanes explainedExplainerRoads and crossings

Bus lane rules: times, signs and contraflow lanes explained

How to read a bus lane sign at a glance, when you can and cannot drive in a with-flow or contraflow bus lane, and what the examiner expects when you meet one on test.

Intermediate·7 min readRead guide
Mini roundabout sign or roundabout sign? How to tell them apartTipRoads and crossings

Mini roundabout sign or roundabout sign? How to tell them apart

One is a blue circle that gives an order, the other a red triangle that gives a warning. Tell the two apart at a glance, and know what each one asks you to do.

Beginner·4 min readRead guide