Overhead electric cables

Overhead electric cables

Warns of overhead electric cables crossing the road ahead with limited clearance.

General Warning Signs

What should you do?

If you drive or tow a tall vehicle or load, check the clearance and never raise tipping bodies, cranes or masts under the cables.

How to recognise it

Yellow diamond with a black lightning bolt and an insulator symbol above it.

Common confusion

It looks similar to the road works version on an orange background, which warns of temporary cables at a work site.

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.

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General Warning Signs
Sign Name
Overhead electric cables
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41 signs

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