Motorway signs
Entrance to a motorway service area
What it means
The chevron points to the way into the services, where you stop for fuel, food or a rest on a long run. Come off gently and watch your speed, because after a spell at 70 the car park will feel painfully slow. You MUST NOT stop on the carriageway except in an emergency.
Highway Code Rule 271 — 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
Sign images: Department for Transport, © Crown copyright. Used under the Open Government Licence v3.0.