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The road: terms that change the rule

Keep left, overtake right

Overtaking and being overtaken

Signals, horns and clear intentions

Following distance and stopping space

Junctions, circles and crossing a road

Pedestrians, crossings and animals

Where you may not stop

Parking without blocking or hiding danger

Vehicles, masses and dimensions

Speed limits and vehicle-class caps

Freeway access, merging and emergencies

Control, consideration and fitness to drive

Seat belts and child restraints

Motorcycle riders, passengers and loads

Roadworthiness and the pre-journey decision

Clear view, mirrors and the windscreen

Lamps, reflectors and visibility

Steering and braking requirements

Tyres, tread and safe condition

Engine, exhaust, fuel and electrical safety

Vehicle dimensions and measured limits

Secure loads, overhang and passengers in goods vehicles

Reflective markings on goods and passenger vehicles

Breakdowns, warning triangles and abandoned vehicles

Towing and drawing vehicles

Duties after a collision

Learner codes and lawful driving authority

Applications, vehicle licences and professional permits

Read the road-sign system

Stops, yields and priority

Stop/yield sign

STOP/RY-GO sign

Yield to pedestrians

Yield at traffic circle

One-way roadway

Pedestrian priority

Yield to oncoming traffic

Traffic signals: permission, priority and stopping

Traffic officers and flag signals

Overhead lane control

Commands and prohibitions

Read plates, combinations and cancellation

Minimum speed sign

Vehicles exceeding mass only

Keep left / keep right

Proceed left only / proceed right only / proceed straight only

Turn left only / turn right only

Pedestrians only

Cyclists and pedestrians only

Motorcycles only

Motor cars only

Delivery vehicles only

Goods vehicles only

Goods vehicles exceeding an indicated GVM

Construction vehicles only

Vehicles transporting dangerous substances only

Abnormal vehicles only

Tour buses only

Agricultural vehicles only

Animal-drawn vehicles only

Buses and minibuses only

Buses and midibuses only

Buses, midibuses and minibuses only

Switch headlamps on

Axle mass limit

Excessive noise prohibited

Hitch-hiking prohibited

Unauthorised vehicles prohibited

Left turn ahead prohibited and right turn ahead prohibited

Left turn prohibited and right turn prohibited

U-turn prohibited

Overtaking prohibited

Parking prohibited

Stopping prohibited

Pedestrians prohibited

Pedal cycles prohibited

Pedal cycles and pedestrians prohibited

Motorcycles prohibited

Motorcars prohibited

Taxis prohibited

Minibuses prohibited

Midibuses prohibited

Buses prohibited

Delivery vehicles prohibited

Goods vehicles prohibited

Goods vehicles exceeding an indicated GVM

Construction vehicles prohibited

Vehicles transporting dangerous substances prohibited

Abnormal vehicles prohibited

Rickshaws prohibited

Tour buses prohibited

Agricultural vehicles prohibited

Animal-drawn vehicles prohibited

Horses and riders prohibited

Towed vehicles prohibited

Hawkers prohibited

Reserved areas and comprehensive controls

Bus reservation and bus parking reservation

Bus lane reservation and beginning of bus lane reservation

Pedal cycle lane reservation and pedal cycle parking reservation

Parking and limited parking reservation

Motorcycle reservation and motorcycle parking reservation

Motor car reservation

Taxi reservation

Minibus reservation

Midibus reservation

Delivery vehicle reservation

Goods vehicles reservation

Goods vehicles over the indicated gross vehicle mass reservation

Construction vehicle reservation

Vehicles conveying hazardous substances reservation

Abnormal vehicle reservation

Rickshaw reservation

Tour bus reservation

High-occupancy vehicle reservation

Ambulances and emergency vehicles reservation

Vehicles for people with disabilities reservation

Authorised vehicle reservation

Buses and minibuses reservation

Bus and minibus lane reservation

Beginning of bus and minibus lane reservation

Buses and midibuses reservation

Bus and midibus lane reservation

Beginning of bus and midibus lane reservation

Buses, midibuses and minibuses reservation

Bus, midibus and minibus lane reservation

Beginning of bus, midibus and minibus lane reservation

Bus stop and bus parking reservation

Minibus stop reservation

Dual-carriageway freeway begins

Single-carriageway freeway begins

Time limit subgroup • Two-time periods • Two-time periods/days

Maximum stay during two periods/days

Reduced visibility

Reserved movement left by vehicle class • Reserved movement right by vehicle class • Reserved movement to left and right by vehicle class

Pay and display

Operator identity (logo) Operator identity (text)

Maximum number of vehicles

De-restriction signs

Regulatory road markings

Warning and guidance markings

Pedestrian crossing lines, Block pedestrian crossing

No overtaking lines

No crossing lines

Channelising line

Left-edge and right-edge line marking

Exclusive parking bay • A - AMBULANCE • B - BUS • L - LOADING ZONE • T - TAXI • F - FIRE-FIGHTING • R - RICKSHAW • CD - DIPLOMATIC • MB - MINIBUS • SOS - SOS PHONE • D - DEFENCE FORCE • P - SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

Mandatory direction arrows

Bus lane marking

Pedestrian crossing ahead lines

No stopping lines

No parking line

No motorcycles road marking

Traffic circle mandatory directional arrows

Railway crossing ahead

Continuity lines

Reversible lane lines

Yield control ahead

Lane reduction arrows

Mandatory direction arrow ahead

No overtaking or no crossing line ahead

Arrestor bed ahead

Bifurcation arrows

Information arrows

Bicycle crossing lines

Road marking symbols

Read a warning before reaching the hazard

Warning combinations in real approaches

Priority crossroad

Secondary crossroad

Skew T-junction

Side road junction from the left or Side road junction from the right

Staggered junctions

Sharp junctions

End of dual roadway

Beginning of dual roadway

Combined curves

Two-way traffic

Two-way traffic crossroad

Concealed driveway

Traffic signals ahead

Traffic control “STOP” ahead

Traffic control “YIELD” ahead

Traffic control ahead

Scholar patrol ahead

Pedestrian crossing

Domestic animals

Railway crossing

Height restricted

Length restricted

Steep ascent and descent

Slow-moving heavy vehicles

Gravel road begins

One vehicle width structure

Road narrows from both sides

Road narrows from one side only

General warning

Stop/Ry-Go control ahead

Emergency flashing light

Temporary police flashing light

Jetty edge or river bank

Low-flying aircraft

Agricultural vehicles

Reduced visibility

Horses and riders

Electrical shock

Gravel road ends

Danger plates • Delineator plates

Railway crossing

Sharp curve chevron • Left, • Right

T-junction chevron

Dead-end, Road closed chevron

Temporary barricade

Traffic signals out of order

Follow a route through junctions and interchanges

Location and destination symbols

Tourism and guidance safety symbols

Advance trailblazer

Advance transport trailblazer

Transport trail blazer

Map-type advance trail blazer

Confirmation route marker

Direction route marker

Advance direction route marker

Overhead route marker

Alternative route marker

Bicycle route marker

Stack-type advance direction

Stack-type direction

Map-type advance direction

Overhead direction

Pre-advance exit direction

Advance exit direction

Supplementary exit direction

Advance off-ramp terminal direction - Rural, Urban

Off-ramp terminal direction, Urban, Rural

Cross-route advance direction Rural, Urban

Near-side on-ramp direction

Far-side advance on-ramp direction

Far-side on-ramp direction

Overhead freeway direction

Engage lower gear

Overhead arrestor bed exit

Overhead lane use control by regulation

Information, distances and transfers

Countdown signs (blue-yellow-brown)

Supplementary plates

Information centre

Road experiment

Co-ordinated traffic signals

Multi-phase traffic signals

Motorcycle components and controls

Light-vehicle controls: manual and automatic

Heavy-vehicle controls: manual and automatic