Stop when lights are red

Stop when lights are red

Instructs drivers to stop at the crossing when the red lights are showing.

General Warning Signs

What should you do?

Stop at the stop line when the red lights flash and stay stopped until they go out, even if one train has passed.

How to recognise it

Yellow rectangular plates reading STOP nuair a lasann na soilse dearga and STOP When Red Lights Show.

Common confusion

Flashing red lights at a crossing mean stop just like a red traffic light; they are not an amber-style caution.

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
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Stop when lights are red
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