What should you do?
Slow down, be ready to stop, and pass animals slowly and quietly without revving or sounding the horn.
How to recognise it
Yellow diamond with a black silhouette of a cow.
Common confusion
Not the wild animals sign, which shows a leaping deer and relates to animals that cross unpredictably.
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.
