National road direction signs

National road direction signs

Fingerpost signs at a junction pointing toward destinations on national roads, with distances in kilometres.

Advance Direction Signs

What should you do?

Read the destinations as you approach, choose your direction and signal in good time.

How to recognise it

Green pointed fingerpost signs with white text, yellow route numbers such as N63, and distances such as 14 km.

Common confusion

Green fingerposts show national routes, while white fingerposts show regional or local routes.

Explanation written by the My Driving Test editorial team using the Department of Transport Traffic Signs Manual conventions and the RSA Rules of the Road.

Quick Facts

Category
Advance Direction Signs
Sign Name
National road direction signs
Category Size
26 signs

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