The LANEUP sign guide
Every road sign in Zimbabwe, group by group
203 signs in 15 groups, under the 4 families the Highway Code uses. Open a group for every sign and its meaning, then practise them in the free Road Signs course.
Regulatory signs
Rules you must obey. Red rings and red panels say what you must not do; blue circles and panels say what you must do.
Control17 signsA red octagon, a downward triangle or a red arrow panel. Stop, give way, or go only the way shown.
Prohibition32 signsA red ring, usually with a slash. You must not do what the sign shows.
Limits7 signsA number in a red ring is a limit you must not go over. The black slash ends it.
Command27 signsA blue circle. Do what it shows.
Reserved3 signsA blue panel. It shows what a lane or bay is for, and who may use it.
Warning signs
Something is ahead. A red-bordered triangle tells you about a hazard in time to slow down.
Junctions19 signsA triangle with a road plan. Another road joins or crosses ahead, so slow down and look.
Bends16 signsA triangle with a curving road. The road bends or changes ahead, so slow down before it.
Control ahead6 signsA triangle with a light or sign in it. Traffic control is ahead, so be ready to stop.
People and animals13 signsA triangle with a person or animal. Someone may step into the road, so be ready to stop.
Road surface9 signsA triangle with a rough or slippery road. Slow down before you reach it.
Size and slope19 signsA red-bordered triangle, sometimes over a plate. Check your vehicle fits, and change to a lower gear on a steep hill.
Railways4 signsA yellow cross, or a train or tram in a triangle. Rails cross the road ahead, so slow down and look both ways.
Other hazards13 signsA red-bordered triangle. A hazard is ahead, so slow down and read the symbol.
Roadworks signs
A hazard for now. The same triangle with a yellow face: the road is different from usual.
Guidance signs
Showing the way. Green, blue or brown panels give directions, distances and places.
Read it. Then practise it.
Road Signs and Junction Rules are free in LANEUP, with timed practice tests in the provisional test format. Tino explains every answer.
