Road Signs and Road Markings
Sign and marking items are pure recall with a twist: the exam shows a shape or a line, and the trap is that riders read the sign but ignore the marking, or read the marking and miss the sign that contradicts it. Learn them by family - shape and colour tell you the family before you read the symbol.
Sign families
- Warning (amaran): yellow diamond with a black symbol - bend, slippery surface, junction ahead, hump.
- Prohibition: white circle with a red ring - speed limit, no entry, no overtaking, weight limit.
- Mandatory: blue circle - keep left, turn left only, motorcycle lane.
- Information and direction: green rectangles for expressways, blue for federal and state roads.
- BERHENTI means a complete stop at the line every time, even when the road is empty. BERI LALUAN means give way.
Markings that decide right of way
- Double continuous white line: no crossing at all, no overtaking.
- Single continuous white line: no crossing.
- Broken white line: cross to overtake only when the view is clear.
- Yellow line at the kerb: no parking (double yellow: no stopping).
- Yellow box junction: do not enter unless your exit is clear.
- Zebra crossing: pedestrians have priority.
Worked example
A rider behind a slow lorry wants to pass. The centre line is single continuous and a no-overtaking sign stands at the bend. Correct answer: do not overtake. The line and the sign both forbid it, and the bend hides oncoming traffic. Waiting is the only legal option.
Traps that cost marks
- Confusing yellow kerb lines (parking) with white centre lines (overtaking).
- Rolling through BERHENTI when the road looks clear - the offence is failing to stop, not failing to look.
- Reading a warning diamond as a prohibition and braking sharply, or treating a blue circle as advice when it is an order.