Road markings

Advanced stop line for cyclists

Advanced stop line for cyclists

What it means

At some traffic lights there are two stop lines, with a box between them - coloured red in this picture, with a cycle symbol - where cyclists can wait ahead of other traffic. If the lights are amber or red you MUST stop at the first white line you reach (Rule 178), outside the box. If you had already crossed the first line when the lights turned red, stop as soon as possible: you MUST stop at the second line. When the lights go green, give cyclists alongside and ahead of you time and space to move off. The picture shows the wrong way on the left and the right way on the right.

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Highway Code Rule 178 — read it on GOV.UK

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Road marking pictures: The Highway Code (Department for Transport and Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency), © Crown copyright. Used under the Open Government Licence v3.0.