Revision question · Road and traffic signs

Which signal requires you to stop before it when all motorway lanes ahead are closed and no police or traffic officer directs otherwise?

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When you're tired and need to walk in the fresh air

When you're picking up hitchhikers

Flashing red lights with an all-lanes-closed sign

When you need to answer your mobile phone

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Flashing red lights with an all-lanes-closed signThis was the right answer

An all-lanes-closed sign with flashing red lights means you must not pass it in any lane or bypass the closure on the hard shoulder unless police or a traffic officer directs you. A red X over one lane instead requires you to move safely to an open lane; it does not mean stop unnecessarily in a live lane.

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Rule 258Highway Code rule · The all-lanes-closed signal prohibits passing in any lane unless police or a traffic officer directs otherwise.

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