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Legal Matters & Rules of the Road: theory test questions

238 questions from the Irish Driver Theory Test, each with the correct answer and an explanation.

  1. What does this sign mean?Answer: Accompanied horses and ponies ahead.Yellow diamond containing a black horse and rider silhouette.
  2. What does this sign mean?Answer: Start of central reserve or obstruction.Orange diamond with upward and downward black arrows bending around a central black shape.
  3. What does this sign mean?Answer: Traffic queues likely ahead.Orange diamond containing three black cars in a diagonal row.
  4. What does this sign mean?Answer: Level crossing ahead guarded by gates or barriers.Yellow diamond containing a black fence or gate shape.
  5. What does this sign mean?Answer: 100 metres to the next exit.Blue rectangular sign with one white diagonal bar.
  6. What does this sign mean?Answer: The driver must stop when red lights show.Yellow rectangular plates read STOP When Red Lights Show, with Irish wording below.
  7. What does this sign mean?Answer: Keep right.Blue circle containing a white arrow pointing diagonally down and right.
  8. What does this sign mean?Answer: Three hundred meters to the next exit.Blue rectangular sign with three white diagonal bars.
  9. What does this sign mean?Answer: Keep left.Blue circle containing a white arrow pointing diagonally down and left.
  10. What does this sign mean?Answer: Pass either side.Blue circle with two white arrows pointing diagonally down, one left and one right.
  11. What does this sign mean?Answer: You must turn right ahead.Blue circle containing a white arrow making a right-angle bend to the right.
  12. What does this sign mean?Answer: 200 metres to the next exit.Blue rectangular sign with two white diagonal bars.
  13. What does this sign mean?Answer: No entry ahead.Red-bordered white circle with a red diagonal bar across a black upward arrow.
  14. What does this sign mean?Answer: Clearway - no stopping or parking during the times shown.Red-bordered white circle with a red X; plate below reads MON.–FRI., 0700–0930 and Irish wording.
  15. What does this sign mean?Answer: Maximum speed is 50 km/h.White circular sign with a red border and black text 50 km/h.
  16. What does this sign mean?Answer: Maximum speed is 30 km/h.White circular sign with a red border and black text 30 km/h.
  17. What does this sign mean?Answer: Bus and cycle lane ahead on right.Blue sign with a white bus and bicycle to the right of a slanting broken white line.
  18. What does this sign mean?Answer: Maximum speed is 80 km/h.White circular sign with a red border and black text 80 km/h.
  19. What does this sign mean?Answer: With-flow bus and cycle lane ahead on left.Blue sign with a white bus and bicycle to the left of a slanting broken white line.
  20. What does this sign mean?Answer: Parking permitted during the times shown.Red-bordered white circle with P and horizontal arrows; plate below reads MON.–FRI., 0700–0930 with Irish wording.
  21. What does this sign mean?Answer: No right turn.Red-bordered white circle with a red diagonal bar across a black right-turn arrow.
  22. What does this sign mean?Answer: Maximum speed is 120 km/h.White circular sign with a red border and black text 120 km/h.
  23. What does this sign mean?Answer: No left turn.Red-bordered white circle with a red diagonal bar across a black left-turn arrow.
  24. What does this sign mean?Answer: No overtaking.Red-bordered white circle with a diagonal red bar across two cars side by side.
  25. What does this sign mean?Answer: Designated rank for taxis.Red-bordered white circle with black TAXI text and small arrows pointing left and right.
  26. What does this sign mean?Answer: Maximum permitted weight is 3 tonnes.Red-bordered white circle containing a black lorry marked 3t.
  27. What does this sign mean?Answer: Maximum speed is 100 km/h.White circular sign with a red border and black text 100 km/h.
  28. What does this sign mean?Answer: Maximum speed is 60 km/h.White circular sign with a red border and black text 60 km/h.
  29. What does this sign mean?Answer: Crossroads with major road ahead.Yellow diamond containing a black cross with a thick horizontal bar and thinner vertical bar.
  30. What does this sign mean?Answer: Y-junction ahead with roads of equal importance.Yellow diamond containing a black Y shape with branches of equal width.
  31. What does this sign mean?Answer: Contra-flow bus lane.Blue rectangular sign with an upward arrow in a narrow left section and a bus above a downward arrow in the right section.
  32. What does this sign mean?Answer: Series of dangerous corners ahead.Yellow diamond with a black upward arrow following two sharp bends.
  33. What does this sign mean?Answer: Crossroads ahead with roads of equal importance.Yellow diamond containing a black cross with equal-width arms.
  34. What does this sign mean?Answer: T-junction with dual carriageway ahead.Yellow diamond containing two parallel black horizontal bars joined to a vertical stem from below.
  35. What does this sign mean?Answer: T-junction ahead with a road of major importance.Yellow diamond containing a black T shape with a thick horizontal bar and narrower vertical stem.
  36. What does this sign mean?Answer: Parking is not allowed.Red-bordered white circle with a red diagonal bar across P and small arrows pointing left and right.
  37. What does this sign mean?Answer: Roundabout ahead.Yellow diamond containing three black curved arrows arranged in a circle.
  38. What does this sign mean?Answer: Dangerous corner ahead.Yellow diamond with a black arrow making a right-angle bend to the left.
  39. What does this sign mean?Answer: Tram lane on left.Blue rectangular sign with a white tram to the left of a vertical white dividing line.
  40. What does this sign mean?Answer: Series of dangerous bends ahead.Yellow diamond with a thick black arrow following a winding vertical path.
  41. What does this sign mean?Answer: Mini-roundabout ahead.Yellow diamond with three black curved arrows circling a black central dot.
  42. What does this sign mean?Answer: Tram lane on right.Blue rectangular sign with a white tram to the right of a vertical white dividing line.
  43. What does this sign mean?Answer: Road divides ahead.Yellow diamond with upward and downward black arrows bending around a central black shape.
  44. What does this sign mean?Answer: Deer or wild animals ahead.Yellow diamond containing a black leaping deer silhouette with antlers.
  45. What does this sign mean?Answer: School children crossing ahead.Yellow diamond showing two children carrying bags; a black panel below contains two orange circles.
  46. What does this sign mean?Answer: Steep ascent ahead.Yellow diamond containing a black car on a steep slope rising toward the right.
  47. What does this sign mean?Answer: Road narrows on both sides.Yellow diamond with two black vertical lines bending inward toward each other.
  48. What does this sign mean?Answer: School children crossing ahead.Yellow diamond showing two children carrying bags; a black panel below contains two orange circles.
  49. What does this sign mean?Answer: Slippery road ahead.Yellow diamond with a black car above two curved tracks.
  50. What does this sign mean?Answer: Series of bumps or hollows ahead.Yellow diamond containing a black horizontal shape with three rounded humps.

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