Motorway signs
Closure of right hand lane of a two lane carriageway ahead
What it means
Amber lights are flashing and the diagram shows the right-hand lane blocked further on. This is your advance warning, so you have time to sort it out. Ease off, check your mirrors and blind spot, and move left early rather than forcing your way in at the cones.
Highway Code Rule 257 — read it on GOV.UK
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Other motorway signs
- Additional traffic lanes joining from the right ahead. Traffic on the main carriageway has priority over joining traffic
- Appropriate traffic lanes for different manoeuvres at a junction ahead
- Closure of all lanes of a three lane carriageway ahead
- Direction to a motorway at the junction shown, indicating route number
- Drivers should check their distance from the vehicle in front
- Drivers should keep a distance of two chevron markings from the vehicle in front
