What should you do?
Ease off, check mirrors and be ready to stop for vehicles emerging or turning from either side road; do not overtake on the approach.
How to recognise it
Yellow diamond with a black vertical line crossed by a shorter horizontal line, forming a plus shape.
Common confusion
Often mixed up with the staggered crossroads sign, where the side roads join at two separate points rather than directly opposite each other.
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.
