3. Warning signs

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Distance to ‘STOP’ line ahead

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Dual carriageway ends

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Road narrows on right

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Road narrows on both sides

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Distance to ‘give way’ line ahead

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School crossing patrol ahead

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Frail (or blind or disabled) pedestrians likely to cross road ahead

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Pedestrians in road ahead

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Zebra crossing

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Overhead electric cable; plate indicates maximum height of vehicles which can pass safely

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Crossroads

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Junction on bend ahead

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T-junction with priority over vehicles from the right

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Staggered junction

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Traffic merging from left ahead

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Available width of headroom indicated

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Double bend first to left

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Bend to right

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Roundabout

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Uneven road

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Reduce speed now; plate below some signs

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Sharp deviation of route to left

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Light signals ahead at level crossing, airfield or bridge

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Miniature warning lights at level crossings

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Two-way traffic crosses one-way road

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Two-way traffic straight ahead

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Opening or swing bridge ahead

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Low-flying air craft or sudden aircraft noise

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Falling or fallen rocks

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Cattle

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Wild animals

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Wild horses or ponies

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Accompanied horses or ponies

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Cycle route ahead

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Traffic signals not in use

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Traffic signals

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Slippery road

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Steep hill downwards

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Steep hill upwards

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Risk of ice

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Traffic queues likely ahead

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Distance over which road humps extend

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Other danger; plate indicates nature of danger

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Soft verges

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Tunnel ahead

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Trams crossing ahead

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Side winds

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Hump bridge

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Worded warning sign

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Quayside or river bank

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Risk of grounding

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Give way to traffic on major road

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Side road

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Risk of lorries overturning on bend to the left

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Single-file traffic in each direction

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Road wide enough for only one line of vehicles

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Near-side edge of carriageway or obstruction near that edge (alternative shapes). White markers are used on the off-side edge and amber ones on the off-side edge of a dual carriageway

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Try brakes after crossing a ford or before descending a steep hill

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Sign used with ‘steep hill’ or ‘try your brakes’ signs

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End of bridge parapet, abutment wall, tunnel mouth etc.

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Gliders likely

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Low-flying helicopters or sudden helicopter noise

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Slow-moving military vehicles likely to be in or crossing the road

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Slow-moving vehicles for distance shown

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Lights warning of children likely to be crossing the road on their way to or from school (used with ‘school’ sign)

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Pedestrians likely to be crossing a high-speed road where there is no formal crossing point

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Horse-drawn vehicles likely to be in the road

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Small wild animals

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Agricultural vehicles

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Area infected by animal disease

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Sheep

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Wild fowl

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Migratory toad crossing