Nine Irish road sign quizzes offer 20 questions per set across regulatory signs and road markings; the Irish Statute Book supplies the provisions explained with answers. Source: Irish Statute Book, page dated 22 September 2025, checked on 15 September 2026.
Choose the sign that marks a cycle track running with the flow of traffic.
ASign A
BSign B
CSign C
DSign DCorrect answer
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Correct answer: D
Sign D is the with-flow cycle track sign. Regulation 5 of the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025 provides that, with the matching road markings, it indicates a cycle track: part of the road provided mainly for pedal cycles, e-mopeds and electric scooters.
On the approach to a town junction you pass this sign. Where is the compulsory turn?
AAs soon as you pass the sign
BThe sign warns of a right-hand bend
CAt the junction ahead, not at the signCorrect answer
DThe sign marks a slip road you must take at once
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Correct answer: C
The turn right ahead sign, under Regulation 4 of the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025, Schedule 1, Part 1, requires traffic to turn right at the junction ahead. It is not an immediate turn at the sign, not a bend warning, and not a slip road marking. It is a different sign from turn left ahead.
The picture shows the pedestrianised street sign. Under Regulation 22 of the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025 it stops vehicles entering the street, and a plate below may make an exception for deliveries or access, with the times.
You are approaching a junction and see this sign. Which of these does it not allow?
ATurn left at the junction
BMake a U-turnCorrect answer
COvertake another vehicle
DPark at the side of the road
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Correct answer: B
The no U-turn sign is a prohibitory sign under Regulation 14 of the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025, listed in Part 1 of Schedule 2. It forbids a U-turn. Turning left, overtaking and parking are not what this sign controls.
You want to stop on a busy town street and see this sign at the kerb. What is the meaning of the sign?
AA bus lane running against the flow of traffic
BA cycle track running against the flow of traffic
CVehicles must not be parked hereCorrect answer
DParking is permitted here
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Correct answer: C
That is the no parking sign. It is a prohibitory sign in Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025. Article 36(2)(b) of the Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations 1997 says a vehicle must not be parked where it is provided, during any period on the plate below it. It is the clearway sign that also bans stopping.
You are approaching the entrance to a road tunnel and see this sign. What does this sign tell you not to do?
ADrive past in a car with passengers
BRide past on a motorcycle
CDrive past in a lorry carrying timber
DDrive past in a van carrying explosive materialCorrect answer
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Correct answer: D
Regulation 20 of the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025 provides that, at or near the entrance to a road tunnel, the driver of a vehicle carrying explosive material must not go past this sign. A load of timber, passengers or a motorcycle on its own is not caught by it.
Sign D is the contra-flow bus lane sign. Under Regulation 10(1) of the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025, together with the bus lane road marking, it indicates a contra-flow bus lane, where buses travel against the flow of the traffic beside them.
BThe height of the structure ahead, in metresCorrect answer
CVehicles with at least the axles shown must not use the right-hand lane
DOvertaking is not allowed
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Correct answer: B
The picture shows the height restriction sign. Regulation 23 of the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025 provides that, on or near a structure, it shows the height of that structure, with the figure given in metres.
How does an electrically powered vehicle recharging bay marking differ from a car share recharging bay?
ABoth mark a parking bay for any small vehicle, with no further distinction between them
BBoth mark a disabled persons' bay, whether or not the electrically powered vehicle symbol is shown
CBoth mark a bay for hybrid vehicles as well as for fully electric vehicles
DThe recharging bay is the symbol alone; the car share recharging bay adds the car share wordsCorrect answer
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Correct answer: D
Under Regulation 85 of the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025, the recharging bay is the electrically powered vehicle symbol in white. Regulation 84 adds the words Car Share to that symbol for the car share recharging and parking bay. Neither marking is a small-vehicle bay, a disabled persons' bay, or a hybrid-vehicle bay.
You are on horseback on a rural local road and meet this sign. What applies?
AOnly ridden horses on market days are caught
BThe sign catches dogs on a lead, not horses
CYou must not go past the signCorrect answer
DThe sign applies only on market days
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Correct answer: C
Regulation 18 of the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025 provides that a person riding, leading or driving a horse or animal, or in charge of one, must not go past the sign. A rider on horseback is caught. The sign is not limited to market days.
Before a small bridge on a rural road, this sign faces you. What does it mean?
AA speed limit of 20 km/h
BOvertaking is not allowed
CPeople riding, leading or driving animals must not go past
DVehicles over the design gross weight shown must not go pastCorrect answer
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Correct answer: D
This is the maximum design gross vehicle weight sign. Under Regulation 27 of the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025, the driver of a vehicle whose design gross vehicle weight is over the figure shown, in tonnes, must not go past it.
Before a large public event, this sign stands at the entrance to an area. What does it tell drivers?
AThe sign is a temporary suggestion for the event and may be ignored if the street is empty
BParking is free during the event on every public road in the area
CThe sign bans driving in the area, not merely parking on those roads
DCouncil bye-laws prohibit or restrict parking on that road, or on all roads in the areaCorrect answer
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Correct answer: D
Regulation 21 of the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025 provides that this sign tells drivers of mechanically propelled vehicles that bye-laws prohibit or restrict parking on that public road, or on all public roads in the specified area. It is not a suggestion, it does not make parking free, and it does not ban driving through the area.
This sign stands at the start of a narrow lane between high walls. What is the sign telling you?
AThe height of the structure ahead, in metres
BOvertaking is not allowed
CVehicles longer than the length shown must not go pastCorrect answer
DPeople riding, leading or driving animals must not go past
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Correct answer: C
The picture shows the maximum vehicle length sign. Under Regulation 25 of the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025, the driver of a vehicle or combination of vehicles longer overall than the length shown, in metres, must not go past it.
Driving through a town, you come up to a junction with this sign. What does it mean?
AYield right of way to traffic on the major road ahead
BA mini-roundabout ahead
CStop before entering the major road
DVehicles must not turn leftCorrect answer
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Correct answer: D
That is the no left turn sign. Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025 lists it as a prohibitory sign. Regulation 14(2)(a) means a vehicle must not go the way its arrow points, which is a left turn.
Before a major road, you face this sign. What does it require?
AStop before entering the major roadCorrect answer
BSlow right down and go if the road is clear
CStop only when traffic is coming
DStop only if you are turning right
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Correct answer: A
Regulation 29 of the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025 provides that the stop sign indicates that traffic shall stop before entering a major road. Slowing and continuing, or stopping only when traffic is coming, does not meet that requirement, and the duty applies whichever way you are turning.
You face this sign at a quiet industrial estate junction with a clear view both ways. What does it require?
ASlow right down and go if clear
BStop before entering the major roadCorrect answer
CStop only when traffic is coming
DStop only if your view of the major road is blocked
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Correct answer: B
Under Regulation 29 of the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025, the stop sign still requires traffic to stop before entering the major road. A quiet junction and a clear view do not turn it into a yield, and the duty to stop does not depend on whether your view is blocked.
Only one of these signs limits the design gross vehicle weight of vehicles that may go past. Which is it?
ASign A
BSign BCorrect answer
CSign C
DSign D
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Correct answer: B
Sign B is the maximum design gross vehicle weight sign. Under Regulation 27 of the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025, the driver of a vehicle whose design gross vehicle weight is over the figure shown, in tonnes, must not go past it.
You see a bay on a town street with LOADING painted in white between end lines. What is that bay?
AA bus stop
BA loading bayCorrect answer
CA lay-by any vehicle may use
DA taxi rank
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Correct answer: B
Under Regulation 64 of the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025, that marking indicates the location of a loading bay. The word and the end lines are what identify it. It is not a bus stop, a general lay-by, or a taxi stand.
Sign C is the no right turn sign. It is a prohibitory sign in Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025. Under Regulation 14(2)(a) a vehicle must not go in the direction of the arrow shown, which here is a right turn.
Which sign is shown by a school warden to stop traffic?
ASign A
BSign B
CSign CCorrect answer
DSign D
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Correct answer: C
Sign C is the school warden sign. Regulation 30 of the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025 provides that a school warden shows it to indicate that traffic must stop and remain stopped.
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