Irish Road Signs Quiz: Free Practice Sets

Choose the sign that marks a cycle track running with the flow of traffic.

• ASign A
• BSign B
• CSign C
• DSign DCorrect answer

Source: Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025 (S.I. No. 433 of 2025), Regulation 5(1); Schedule 1, Part 1, checked on 2026-09-16.

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

Source: Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025 (S.I. No. 433 of 2025), Regulation 4(1)(a); Schedule 1, Part 1, checked on 2026-09-15.

What does this road sign mean?

• AA bus priority facility is in operation
• BTraffic may go on past the roadworks
• CA bus lane running against the flow of traffic
• DA pedestrianised streetCorrect answer

Source: Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025 (S.I. No. 433 of 2025), Regulation 22(1), (4); Schedule 2, Part 2, checked on 2026-09-16.

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

Source: Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025 (S.I. No. 433 of 2025), Regulation 14; Schedule 2, Part 1, checked on 2026-09-16.

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

Source: Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations 1997 (S.I. No. 182 of 1997), Article 36(2)(b), as substituted by S.I. No. 332 of 2012, reg. 16(m), checked on 2026-09-16.

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

Source: Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025 (S.I. No. 433 of 2025), Regulation 20(1), (4); Schedule 2, Part 1, checked on 2026-09-16.

Find the sign that marks a contra-flow bus lane.

• ASign A
• BSign B
• CSign C
• DSign DCorrect answer

Source: Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025 (S.I. No. 433 of 2025), Regulation 10(1); Schedule 1, Part 4, checked on 2026-09-16.

What message does this sign give?

• AA speed limit of 20 km/h
• 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

Source: Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025 (S.I. No. 433 of 2025), Regulation 23(1), (2); Schedule 2, Part 2, checked on 2026-09-16.

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

Source: Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025 (S.I. No. 433 of 2025), Regulation 85(1), (2), checked on 2026-09-15.

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

Source: Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025 (S.I. No. 433 of 2025), Regulation 18(1), (4), checked on 2026-09-15.

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

Source: Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025 (S.I. No. 433 of 2025), Regulation 27(1), (2); Schedule 2, Part 2, checked on 2026-09-16.

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

Source: Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025 (S.I. No. 433 of 2025), Regulation 21(1), checked on 2026-09-15.

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

Source: Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025 (S.I. No. 433 of 2025), Regulation 25(1), (2); Schedule 2, Part 2, checked on 2026-09-16.

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

Source: Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025 (S.I. No. 433 of 2025), Regulation 14(2)(a); Schedule 2, Part 1, checked on 2026-09-16.

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

Source: Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025 (S.I. No. 433 of 2025), Regulation 29(4), (5), checked on 2026-09-15.

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

Source: Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025 (S.I. No. 433 of 2025), Regulation 29(4), (5), checked on 2026-09-15.

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

Source: Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025 (S.I. No. 433 of 2025), Regulation 27(1), (2); Schedule 2, Part 2, checked on 2026-09-16.

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

Source: Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025 (S.I. No. 433 of 2025), Regulation 64(1), (2), checked on 2026-09-15.

Which of the four signs bans turning right?

• ASign A
• BSign B
• CSign CCorrect answer
• DSign D

Source: Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025 (S.I. No. 433 of 2025), Regulation 14(2)(a); Schedule 2, Part 1, checked on 2026-09-16.

Which sign is shown by a school warden to stop traffic?

• ASign A
• BSign B
• CSign CCorrect answer
• DSign D

Source: Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025 (S.I. No. 433 of 2025), Regulation 30(1), (2); Schedule 2, Part 4, checked on 2026-09-16.