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LanekindThe Highway CodeGeneral rules, techniques and advice for all drivers and ridersRule 104

General rules, techniques and advice for all drivers and riders · Signals

Rule 104: You should also watch out for signals given by other road users and…

You should also

watch out for signals given by other road users and proceed only when you are satisfied that it is safe
be aware that an indicator on another vehicle may not have been cancelled.

In the Highway Code, MUST and MUST NOT identify legal requirements. Advice using should, should not, do or do not can still be used as evidence in court proceedings under the Traffic Acts to establish liability. The introduction explains this distinction.

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The Code reads in order, and each of these names the rule it goes to rather than saying only ‘next’.

Rule 103: Signals warn and inform other road usersThe rule before this one Rule 105: You MUST obey signals given by police officersThe rule after this one

Signals

4 rules

The rules the Code files beside this one, in its order.

Rule 103: Signals warn and inform other road usersincluding pedestrians (see ‘Signals to other road users), of your intended actions.Rule 104: You should also watch out for signals given by other road users and…proceed only when you are satisfied that it is safe be aware that an indicator on another vehicle may not have been…Rule 105: You MUST obey signals given by police officerstraffic officers, traffic wardens (see ‘Signals by authorised persons’) and signs used by school crossing patrols.Rule 106: Police stopping proceduresIf the police want to stop your vehicle they will, where possible, attract your attention by flashing blue lights…

General rules, techniques and advice for all drivers and riders

Rules 103 to 158

The other groups in this part of the Code, and the rest of it.

Signals4 rules Other stopping procedures6 rules Lighting requirements4 rules Control of the vehicle10 rules Lines and lane markings on the road6 rules Multi-lane carriageways11 rules General advice15 rules

All of General rules, techniques and advice for all drivers and ridersRules 103 to 158 on one page Road signs and markingsEvery sign this rule refers to, each one on a page you can link to.