Revision question · Road and traffic signs

How can you identify traffic signs that give orders?

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They're rectangular with a yellow border

They're triangular with a blue border

They're square with a brown border

They're circular with a red border

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They're circular with a red borderThis was the right answer

There are three basic types of traffic sign: those that warn, those that inform and those that give orders. Generally, triangular signs warn, rectangular signs give information or directions and circular signs give orders. An exception is the eight-sided 'stop' sign.

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Shapes and colours tell you the sign’s jobReviewed guidance summary · All pictured blank shapes were inspected; a warning triangle does not impose the blue-circle directional instruction.

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