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Know Your Traffic Signs: sign shapes and meanings
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DfT explains how shape, colour, symbols and plates distinguish warnings, prohibitions, positive instructions and information. Read the complete pictured sign and any plate together; a similar silhouette or colour is not enough to identify it.
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