Traffic signs test in English: Spanish driving licence

Question 1

What does a triangular sign with a red border indicate?

Accepted Answer

A hazard

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An obligation

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A prohibition

Question 2

In general, what does a circular sign with a blue background indicate?

Accepted Answer

An obligation

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A recommendation

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Information about services

Question 3

At a STOP sign, what must the driver do?

Accepted Answer

Always stop and give way

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Slow down and give way if someone is coming

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Stop only if there are vehicles on the other road

Question 4

A traffic officer signals you to go, but the traffic light is red. What should you do?

Accepted Answer

Obey the officer

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Stop, because the traffic light takes precedence

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Wait for the light to turn green

Question 5

May you cross or drive on a solid longitudinal line?

Accepted Answer

No, as a general rule

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Yes, to overtake if nobody is coming

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Yes, if it is night and the road is clear

Question 6

What does this sign mean?

Accepted Answer

No parking, but stopping is allowed

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No stopping and no parking

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End of parking zone

Question 7

What does this sign prohibit?

Accepted Answer

Stopping and parking

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Only parking

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The movement of vehicles

Question 8

What does this sign mean?

Accepted Answer

End of all previously signed prohibitions

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End of motorway

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No overtaking

Question 9

What does this sign mean?

Accepted Answer

Minimum speed of 60 km/h

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Maximum speed of 60 km/h

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Recommended speed of 60 km/h

Question 10

What does this sign mean?

Accepted Answer

Junction with a road whose users must give way to you

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Junction where you must give way

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Level crossing without barriers

Question 11

What does this sign mean?

Accepted Answer

No entry for any vehicle

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No traffic in either direction

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No parking

Question 12

What does a steady amber traffic light mean?

Accepted Answer

That you must stop, unless you can no longer do so safely

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That you may go through with care

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That you must speed up to get through before red

Question 13

What does a flashing amber traffic light require you to do?

Accepted Answer

Take extra care and, if necessary, give way

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Always stop

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Nothing, the traffic light is broken

Question 14

At a traffic light, what does a lit green arrow mean?

Accepted Answer

That you may go in the direction of the arrow

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That you must turn

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That the light is about to turn red

Question 15

A traffic officer raises an arm vertically. What does it mean?

Accepted Answer

That all road users approaching the officer must stop

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That you may go

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That you must slow down

Question 16

An officer has both arms stretched out horizontally. Who must stop?

Accepted Answer

Those approaching from directions that cross the line of the arms

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Those travelling in the same direction as the arms

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Nobody

Question 17

May you cross a broken longitudinal line?

Accepted Answer

Yes, if the manoeuvre requires it and it is done safely

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No, never

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Only at night

Question 18

A solid line and a broken line are painted side by side. Which one must you respect?

Accepted Answer

The one nearest your vehicle

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Only the solid one

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Neither of them

Question 19

What does a yellow zigzag line next to the kerb indicate?

Accepted Answer

A place where parking is prohibited, such as a bus stop

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A loading area

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A pay parking area

Question 20

What does a solid yellow line painted on or next to the kerb prohibit?

Accepted Answer

Stopping and parking

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Only parking

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Driving in that lane

Question 21

What does a broken yellow line next to the kerb prohibit?

Accepted Answer

Parking

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Stopping and parking

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Nothing, it is only a guide

Question 22

A roadworks sign with a yellow background contradicts a permanent sign. Which one must you obey?

Accepted Answer

The roadworks sign

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The permanent sign

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Whichever allows the higher speed

Question 23

What does this sign mean?

Accepted Answer

No vehicles of any kind in either direction

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No entry

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End of prohibitions

Question 24

What does this sign mean?

Accepted Answer

Traffic lights ahead

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Level crossing

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Obligation to stop

Question 25

What does this sign mean?

Accepted Answer

Place where parking is allowed

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Compulsory pay car park

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No parking

Question 26

What does this sign require you to do?

Accepted Answer

Give way to vehicles on the road you are approaching

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Always stop

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Slow down to 30 km/h

Question 27

What does this sign mean?

Accepted Answer

End of the 50 km/h speed limit

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Maximum speed of 50 km/h

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Minimum speed of 50 km/h

Question 28

What colour is the background of direction signs on motorways and dual carriageways?

Accepted Answer

Blue

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White

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Green

Question 29

What does a solid transverse line painted on the road mean?

Accepted Answer

The place where you must stop at a STOP sign, traffic light or officer

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The end of a lane

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A pedestrian crossing

Question 30

What does a broken transverse line painted on the road mean?

Accepted Answer

The place where you stop, if necessary, to give way

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A parking area

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That you may overtake

Question 31

May you drive over a hatched area, marked with parallel diagonal stripes?

Accepted Answer

No

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Yes, to overtake

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Yes, if there is no traffic

Question 32

The light is green, but the junction is blocked and you would be left stopped inside it. What should you do?

Accepted Answer

Not enter the junction until there is room to cross it

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Go in, because the light is green

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Go in and sound the horn

Question 33

As you arrive at a level crossing, two alternating red lights come on. What do they mean?

Accepted Answer

No crossing

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Caution, you may cross slowly

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That the level crossing is broken

Question 34

At a junction, the traffic light is off and there is a STOP sign. What should you do?

Accepted Answer

Obey the STOP sign

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Go through carefully, because the light is not working

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Give way only to those on the right

Question 35

What is an additional panel placed under a sign for?

Accepted Answer

To specify or limit the meaning of the sign

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To cancel the sign

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It is only decorative

Question 36

What does this sign mean?

Accepted Answer

Compulsory direction in the direction of the arrow

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One-way street to the right, for information only

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No right turn

Question 37

What does this sign mean?

Accepted Answer

A hazard other than those shown by other signs

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No entry

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End of a dangerous stretch

Question 38

Must you stop at this sign even if no vehicle is coming?

Accepted Answer

Yes, always

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No, only if vehicles are coming

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Only at night

Question 39

What does a return arrow painted on the road, curving slightly to the right, mean?

Accepted Answer

That you must move back to the right lane because the area where you may overtake is ending

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That the lane ends at an exit

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That you may turn right

Question 40

A red cross lights up above a lane. What does it mean?

Accepted Answer

That driving in that lane is prohibited

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That the lane is a toll lane

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That you may drive in it with care

Question 41

A green arrow pointing down is lit above a lane. What does it mean?

Accepted Answer

That the lane is open to traffic in your direction

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That you must change lanes

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That the lane is closed

Question 42

You see this sign. What should you do?

Accepted Answer

Stay alert, because although you have priority another vehicle might not give way

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Stop before the junction

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Give way to those coming from the right

Question 43

Next to this sign, may you stop your vehicle for a minute to drop off a passenger?

Accepted Answer

No, the sign also prohibits stopping

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Yes, stopping is allowed

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Yes, if you switch on the hazard warning lights

Question 44

Which sign is octagonal?

Accepted Answer

The compulsory stop or STOP sign

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The give way sign

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The no entry sign

Question 45

What does this sign mean?

Accepted Answer

Roundabout ahead

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Obligation to turn round

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Series of dangerous bends

Question 46

What does this sign mean?

Accepted Answer

Dangerous bend to the right

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Obligation to turn right

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Diversion to the right

Question 47

What does this sign mean?

Accepted Answer

Dangerous bend to the left

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No left turn

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Traffic joining from the left

Question 48

What does this sign mean?

Accepted Answer

Road narrows

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Lifting bridge

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End of dual carriageway

Question 49

What does this sign mean?

Accepted Answer

Hazard: place frequented by pedestrians ahead

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Pedestrian street, closed to vehicles

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Compulsory path for pedestrians

Question 50

What does this sign mean?

Accepted Answer

Hazard: cyclists frequently present

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Road reserved for cyclists

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No bicycles

Question 51

What does this sign mean?

Accepted Answer

Stretch with two-way traffic

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One-way street

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Additional lane for overtaking

Question 52

What does this sign mean?

Accepted Answer

No overtaking

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No cars

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Minimum distance between vehicles

Question 53

What does this sign mean?

Accepted Answer

End of no-overtaking zone

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No overtaking

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End of dual carriageway

Question 54

What does this sign mean?

Accepted Answer

Obligation to go round the junction in the direction of the arrows

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Hazard: roundabout ahead

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No turning round

Question 55

What does this sign mean?

Accepted Answer

Road reserved for cycles

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Hazard: cyclists present

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No cycling

Question 56

What does this sign mean?

Accepted Answer

Location of a pedestrian crossing

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Hazard: pedestrians present

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Pedestrian street

Question 57

What does this sign mean?

Accepted Answer

Start of motorway

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End of motorway

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Underpass

Question 58

You see this sign. What should you do?

Accepted Answer

Slow down and be ready to give way to pedestrians

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Always stop

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Sound the horn to warn pedestrians

Question 59

What does this sign mean?

Accepted Answer

Hazard: road hump ahead

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Level crossing with barriers

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Narrow bridge

Question 60

What does this sign mean?

Accepted Answer

Hazard: roadworks ahead

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No pedestrians

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Loading area

Question 61

What does this sign mean?

Accepted Answer

Hazard: place frequented by children ahead

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Pedestrian crossing with traffic lights

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Residential street

Question 62

What does this sign mean?

Accepted Answer

Hazard: place where domestic animals often cross ahead

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No animals

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Livestock route where vehicles have priority

Question 63

What does this sign mean?

Accepted Answer

Hazard: place where wild animals often cross ahead

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Hunting reserve

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Nature reserve with no access

Question 64

What does this sign prohibit?

Accepted Answer

Turning right

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Driving in the right lane

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Overtaking on the right