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Confusing 'Huge' Road Sign Has Drivers Saying 'No Idea What It Means'
Drivers say the 10ft chequered sign is a hazard warning used at junctions and near Give Way signs, but it is missing from UK guides.
- A large black and white chequered road sign about 10ft x 10ft is confusing UK drivers, who say they "have no idea what it means." The sign is absent from the official Highway Code and Know Your Traffic Signs guide.
- Social media users explain the signs serve as long-range hazard warnings at staggered junctions or crossroads, positioned near Give Way locations to alert drivers of hidden hazards. They appear on roads like the B3084 and B4027.
- Experienced motorists admitted to being "completely foxed" by the markings. One road user noted, "Twenty-two years of driving, two theory tests , driven the length and breadth of the UK and can honestly say I've never seen this before."
- One user explained the sign illuminates at night to warn drivers: "It's for night driving. When driving down that road it illuminates to basically say 'Hey, slow down, the road ends' so they don't fly over it and into the house."
- These signs often appear on stretches of The Fosse Way, an arrow-straight Roman road near Salisbury and Stratford-upon-Avon, where reports indicate they are installed in areas where accidents have historically been common.
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Confusing 'huge' road sign has drivers saying 'no idea what it means'
'Twenty-two years of driving and can honestly say I've never seen this before.'
·Derby, United Kingdom
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Drivers confused by black and white road sign, saying ‘no idea what it means’
Several UK road users say they have never seen the black and white road sign. A large road sign that looks more at home on a Formula One circuit than a British A-road is leaving motorists baffled, as they say they “have no idea what it means”. Featuring a black and white chequered pattern synonymous with motorsport, the sign is far from a common sight on UK roads — yet a number of drivers have spotted it on their travels and turned to social med…
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