Steep ascent ahead

Steep ascent ahead

Warns of a steep uphill section ahead.

General Warning Signs

What should you do?

Change to a suitable lower gear in good time and watch for slow vehicles ahead on the climb.

How to recognise it

Yellow diamond with a black triangle rising to the right and a car climbing up the slope.

Common confusion

The mirror of steep descent ahead; here the car is going up the hill.

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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