Traffic Signs, Signals and Road Markings
What the exam tests
This domain checks whether you can read Kuwait's sign families at a glance, obey signal phases correctly and treat road markings as legal instructions rather than decoration. Signs normally carry Arabic and English, so shape and colour are your fastest clue.
Core rules
- Warning signs are triangles with a red border: junction, bend, pedestrian crossing, road narrowing. Slow down and scan.
- Prohibition signs are red-bordered circles: no entry, no overtaking, speed limit, no motorcycles. A red diagonal slash forbids the symbol inside.
- Mandatory signs are blue circles: turn left, keep right, minimum speed, or a motorcycle lane where marked.
- Information signs are rectangles: directions, services, parking and place names.
- Signals: steady red means stop before the stop line or crossing. Amber means stop unless you are so close that stopping would be unsafe. Green means proceed only if your exit is clear; do not block the junction. Arrow signals apply only to the direction shown.
- Markings: broken white lines separate lanes in the same direction and may be crossed when safe; solid white lines should not be crossed; yellow lines separate opposing traffic; stop lines, zebra crossings and hatched areas must be respected.
Worked example
You approach a junction on green, but the road beyond is full. The light turns amber as you reach the line. The correct action is to stop at the line, not enter and block the crossing, because green never gives a right to obstruct the junction. If you had already crossed the line and stopping would cause a collision, you would continue and clear the junction.
Traps that cost marks
Racing an amber; treating a green arrow as permission for every direction; confusing a blue-circle mandatory sign with a warning sign; crossing a solid line to bypass a queue; and missing markings hidden by sand or dust.