Motorway signs
Drivers should keep a distance of two chevron markings from the vehicle in front
What it means
Chevrons are painted along the road, and this tells you to keep two of them between you and the car in front. You will see it on motorway stretches with a history of nose-to-tail crashes. Drop back until two full chevrons sit in the gap; if you cannot see two, you are too close.
Highway Code Rule 126 — 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
- Closure of right hand lane of a two lane carriageway ahead
- Direction to a motorway at the junction shown, indicating route number
- Drivers should check their distance from the vehicle in front
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