Motorway services entrance sign

What it means

The entrance to the service area is in the direction shown.

The sign indicates the entrance to a service area that is reached directly from the motorway.

It may also show the direction to a motorway service area located on an all-purpose road.

Where you'll see it

At the entrance to a motorway service area.

Rules to know

• Alternative signs indicating the entrance to a service area accessed directly from a motorway. May be used to indicate the direction to a motorway service area located on an all-purpose road.

  Know Your Traffic Signs, p. 100

Common mistakes

• Mistake: Overshooting because the sign is close to the entrance.

  Instead: Watch for the earlier signs and slow down in good time.

Test yourself

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What does this sign mean?

• AThe entrance to a motorway service area
• BDirections to or along a motorway
• CMotorway regulations end here
• DThe distance to the next motorway services

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