Irish Road Sign Test

Get Ready for Your Driving Test

Our Irish road sign test allows you to practice the road signs that you may be asked on your driving test. You have 15 minutes to answer 25 questions and must answer 70% correctly to pass.

On your driving test, you are likely to be asked between 5 and 10 road sign questions before you leave the test centre.

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Irish Road Sign Test

1 / 25

What does this road marking and information plate together mean?

Taxi rank at times shown
No parking at any time
Parking not allowed at the times shown
Loading bay at times shown

2 / 25

What does this hand signal mean?

The driver intends to turn right
The driver intends to slow down
The driver intends to turn left
The driver will begin to reverse

3 / 25

What does this sign mean?

Yield to merging/diverging traffic ahead.
Traffic merging/diverging ahead.
Diversion at junction ahead.
Road narrows briefly ahead.

This sign gives advance warning of roads both merging (entering onto the main road) and diverging (exiting the main road). Drivers should be prepared for traffic changing speed and direction as vehicles enter or exit at the junctions on the left ahead.

4 / 25

What does this sign mean?

Only double-decker buses and cyclists may use lane.
With-flow bus and cycle lane ahead on left.
Only buses and cyclists may park.
Cyclists and buses must turn left.

This sign tells you there is a with-flow nearside bus lane ahead to the left. Only buses, taxis and cyclists may use the bus lane during the stated operational hours.

5 / 25

What does this hand signal mean?

The driver intends to turn right
The driver intends to go straight ahead
The driver intends to slow down or stop
The driver intends to turn left

6 / 25

If driving from A to B, what do these road markings mean?

Road narrows ahead
A driver may overtake if it is safe to do so
Dual carriageway ahead
A driver may not overtake

7 / 25

What does this sign mean?

Private vehicles prohibited
Public service vehicles prohibited
Parking permitted
Parking prohibited

8 / 25

What does this sign mean?

Double-decker buses only.
Two-way traffic system.
With-flow bus lane.
Contra-flow bus lane.

This sign tells you that you must drive on the left and not use the contra-flow bus lane day or night. A contra-flow bus lane is one where the buses are going in the opposite direction.

9 / 25

What does this sign mean?

Loose chippings on road
Flooding up ahead on left
Vehicle broken down ahead on right
Uneven surface on left

10 / 25

What does this sign mean?

Turn right only.
Diversion ahead to the right.
Major road joining from the left.
Overtake only on the right.

This sign tells you that you must turn right. It is usually displayed at a junction where all traffic must turn right ? for example, in a one-way system that incorporates a junction.

11 / 25

What does this hand signal mean?

The driver intends to turn left
The driver intends to stop
The driver intends to slow down
The driver intends to turn right

12 / 25

What does this sign mean?

Level crossing ahead protected by lights and barriers.
Railway station ahead.
Level crossing ahead unprotected by lights and barriers.
Railway bridge ahead.

This sign gives advance warning of a railway level crossing ahead protected by lights and barriers. The crossing may also have an audible warning alarm. You should be prepared to stop.

13 / 25

What does this sign mean?

The driver must overtake on the right only.
Road narrows on the left.
Merging traffic from the left.
End of dual carriageway.

This sign gives advance warning that the road narrows on the left ahead. You should show caution and prepare to adjust your road position.

14 / 25

What does this sign mean?

Racecourse ahead
Riding path - no vehicles allowed
Accompanied horses and ponies ahead
Entrance to horse riding school

15 / 25

What does this hand signal mean?

The driver intends to do a U-turn
The driver intends to stop ahead
The driver intends to move out or turn right
The driver intends to turn left

16 / 25

What do these signs together mean?

Pedestrianised street ahead - traffic not allowed except during times shown.
Clearway ahead - no stopping or parking during times shown.
Parking not allowed during times shown.
Access for buses and taxis only during times shown.

When posted together these signs tells you that there is a pedestrianised street ahead and that traffic is not allowed to enter except during the times stated on the information plate.

17 / 25

What does this hand signal mean?

The cyclist intends to dismount
The cyclist intends to overtake
The cyclist intends to stop
The cyclist intends to turn left

18 / 25

What does this sign mean?

Oncoming traffic has priority
Dual carriageway ends
Tunnel ahead
Road narrows ahead

19 / 25

What does this sign mean?

Unguarded level crossing ahead.
Crossroads with dual carriageway ahead.
Level crossing ahead guarded by gates.
T-junction with crossroads ahead.

This sign gives advance warning of a crossroads junction at a dual carriageway ahead. Drivers need to be observant, taking extra care for traffic coming from each direction. Yield and/or stop as appropriate.

20 / 25

What does this sign mean?

Stop and wait for green light before proceeding
Emerging vehicles have priority. The driver must stop if necessary
The driver must stop when vehicles ahead show brake lights
The driver must stop when red lights show

21 / 25

What does this sign mean?

Low bridge ahead.
Unguarded level crossing ahead.
Guarded level crossing ahead.
T-junction with dual carriageway ahead.

22 / 25

What does this Garda signal mean?

The Garda is beckoning on traffic approaching from either side
The driver must not proceed to the left
The Garda is beckoning on traffic from the front
The driver must not proceed to the right

23 / 25

What does this sign mean?

Three lanes ahead
Three hundred meters to the next exit
Parking for three vehicles only
Crossing traffic ahead

24 / 25

What does this sign mean?

Railway tunnel ahead.
Road divides ahead.
Tramline ahead.
Overtake only on the left ahead.

This sign gives advance warning that the road divides ahead. You should prepare to move to the left.

25 / 25

What does this sign mean?

Parking in loading area is not allowed.
Passing other traffic that exceeds the weight shown is not allowed.
Parking of vehicles exceeding the weight shown is not allowed.
Parking of vehicles under the weight shown is not allowed.

This sign tells you that you must not park in this area if your vehicle is over the weight limit indicated.

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