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What is a signal?
Your car has many signalling devices. When you use these, you warn and inform other road users, including pedestrians, of your intended actions.
Using your signals effectively, allows other road users to understand what you're going to do. This lets them easily plan their actions, based on what you're doing.
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You can read the highway code guide to signals HERE
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Clicking on the below pictures takes you to their relevant place in the Highway Code.
Brake Lights
Horn
Indicator
Reverse Lights
Hazard Lights
Arm Signals
Who can benefit from your signals?
When we signal, we tell everyone around us, what we'd like to do.
As drivers we often need to communicate with more vulnerable road users such as pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists or even horse riders!
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Communicating our intentions makes our roads safer for us all.
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You can read the Highway Code section on this HERE
Your Car's Signals
Tell other road users you're turning Right
To use your right indicator you push the indicator stalk upwards. You'll know your indicator is on as you'll hear a clicking noise and see a green, right arrow on your dashboard
Tell other road users you're turning Left
To use your left indicator you push the indicator stalk downwards. You'll know your indicator is on as you'll hear a clicking noise and see a green, left arrow on your dashboard
Brake Lights
Our brake lights come on automatically, when we use our brake pedal.
They tell other road users we're slowing down.
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Consider how these lights may impact other road users. For example, if you're being closely followed by another vehicle, an early, light touch, on your brake pedal will turn your brake lights on and warn following vehicles that you plan to slow or stop.
Reverse Lights
Our reverse lights come on automatically, when we select reverse gear.
They tell other road users we're reversing or are about to reverse.
Try to think of situations when you may need to let other road users know that you plan on reversing.
Hazard Lights & Horn
We use our hazard lights or horn to warn other road users of a hazard or alert them to our presence.
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You must not use your horn, in a built up area, between the hours of 11.30pm and 7am, except when another vehicle, poses a danger.
You must not use your horn, when stationary, unless another vehicle poses a danger.
Arm Signals
Sometimes we need to use arm signals to convay to other users our intentions. You can find out more about this by clicking HERE.