Signs and Road Markings
Signs and Road Markings
This domain tests whether you can read Iraqi road signs and markings quickly and apply them to a motorcycle. Iraqi signs follow international shape and colour conventions, so the shape often tells you the sign's purpose before you read the symbol. Road markings carry legal weight even when no sign is present.
Core rules
- Red circles are prohibitions: no entry, no overtaking, no motorcycles, speed limit.
- Blue circles are mandatory: turn direction, keep right, or a route reserved for a vehicle type.
- Red triangles warn of hazards ahead: bends, junctions, pedestrians, roadworks.
- An octagon means STOP; an inverted triangle means GIVE WAY.
- Solid white lines must not be crossed; broken lines may be crossed only when safe and legal.
- Zebra crossings, stop lines and yellow box markings must be kept clear.
Worked example
A sign shows a motorcycle inside a red circle. A rider thinks it means 'motorcycles permitted'. The correct reading is 'no motorcycles'. The reasoning: red circle = prohibition; blue circle = mandatory or permitted route. If the same motorcycle symbol were blue, it would indicate a route for motorcycles. Colour, not the symbol alone, changes the meaning.
Traps that cost marks
- Confusing a red-circle motorcycle sign with a blue-circle route sign.
- Reading a warning triangle as a prohibition.
- Ignoring temporary roadworks markings that override old lane lines.
- Treating a broken line as permission to cross without checking mirrors and blind spots.