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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Good Luck!

Irish Road Sign Test

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What does this sign mean?

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

2 / 25

What does this hand signal mean?

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

3 / 25

What does this sign mean?

Lane reserved for pedestrians
School ahead
Pedestrian crossing ahead
Beware of pedestrians at night

4 / 25

What does this sign mean?

Parking for works vehicles on left
Three vehicles may queue ahead
Traffic queues likely ahead
Steep incline ahead

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What does this sign mean at a junction?

Slow down and yield to pedestrians.
Yield to traffic coming from your right only.
Yield to all heavy goods vehicles.
Yield to traffic on the major road.

At a junction, the YIELD sign tells you that you must give way to traffic on a major road ahead. This means that you must slow down and be prepared to stop.

6 / 25

What does this Garda signal mean?

Traffic approaching from the front must stop
Traffic approaching from behind must stop
Traffic approaching from the right may proceed
Traffic approaching from the front may proceed

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What does this hand signal mean?

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

8 / 25

What does this sign mean?

Series of rumble strips ahead.
Series of bumps or hollows ahead.
Steep hills ahead.
Road works ahead.

This sign gives advance warning of a series of bumps or hollows ahead. Be prepared to reduce your speed as necessary.

9 / 25

What does this sign mean?

No parking inside the white line
Tram lane on left
Bus and tram lane on left
Trams emerging from left

10 / 25

What does this sign mean?

Minimum permitted weight is 3 tonnes.
3-axled vehicles are not permitted.
Only 3-axled vehicles are permitted.
Maximum permitted weight is 3 tonnes.

This sign tells you that you must not enter this area if your vehicle is over 3 tonnes or 3,000 kg.

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What must a driver do when this sign is accompanied by a white stop line on the road?

Stop only if there is traffic on the major road
Stop at the line
Stop past the line
Stop no more than one car length past the line

12 / 25

What does this hand signal mean?

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

13 / 25

What does this sign mean?

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

14 / 25

What does this sign mean?

Crossroads with dual carriageway ahead.
T-junction ahead with roads of major importance.
Road passing under a bridge ahead.
Crossroads with major road ahead.

This sign gives advance warning of a crossroads junction with a major road ahead. Be prepared to stop.

15 / 25

What does this sign mean?

Traffic crossing from the left.
Steep decline from the left.
No right turn.
Keep right.

This sign tells you that you must keep right. It is usually found in a one-way system where the traffic is required to keep to the right and also used on occasion to control traffic at roadworks.

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What should a driver do at an amber traffic light?

Make sure to pass the lights before they turn red.
Continue only if sure that the junction is clear of pedestrians.
Stop at the line unless it is not safe to do so.
Continue as there is no traffic at the junction.

By law you must stop at an amber traffic light if it is safe to do so.

17 / 25

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

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

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What does this sign mean?

Traffic merging from the left.
Traffic merging from the right.
Traffic from the left has priority.
End of dual carriageway ahead.

This sign gives advance warning of traffic merging from the left. You should expect vehicles to join from the left. You may need to slow down, allowing them to merge safely.

19 / 25

What does this sign mean?

Dual carriageway ahead
Start of central reserve or obstruction
Heavy vehicles have priority
Mini-roundabout ahead

20 / 25

What does this sign mean?

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

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.

21 / 25

What does this sign mean?

Uneven surface ahead
Series of steep hills ahead
Industrial estate ahead
Pipe laying ahead

22 / 25

What does this sign mean?

Y-junction where heavy vehicles must go left.
Y-junction where vehicles must go left.
Y-junction where main road bears to the left.
Y-junction where main road bears to the right.

This sign gives advance warning of a Y-junction with a minor road ahead. The wider arm of the Y indicates the course of the main road.

23 / 25

What does this sign mean?

Motorway to the left
Traffic from the right has priority
Turn left only
Diversion ahead to the left

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What does this sign mean?

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

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

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What does this sign mean?

Y-junction ahead with roads of equal importance.
Junction ahead with dual carriageway.
Y-junction ahead with roads of lesser importance
Minor road ahead.

This sign gives advance warning of a Y-junction ahead with roads of equal importance. Approach such a junction with caution and be prepared to react to any changes in the traffic situation.

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