Priority signs
They decide who goes first. Without them, junctions would not work.
7 signs
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P 2 Major road The sign marks the major road, chiefly inside built-up areas, at the nearest junction or within an extensive or more complex junction. -
P 3 End of major road The sign gives notice that at the nearest junction this road is no longer the major road. -
P 4 Give way The sign marks a minor road.
It may also be used within a larger or more complex junction, or at a place where the duty to give way is imposed on, repeated for, or emphasised to the driver. -
P 5 Give way to trams The sign is used at a place where the driver has a duty to give way to trams, chiefly away from a junction. -
P 6 Stop and give way The sign orders the driver to stop the vehicle at a place from which they have an adequate view of the junction, and to give way. -
P 7 Priority for oncoming vehicles The sign orders the driver to give way to an oncoming vehicle where oncoming vehicles cannot pass each other safely. -
P 8 Priority over oncoming vehicles The sign informs the driver that the driver of an oncoming vehicle may enter the following section of road only where their vehicle and the oncoming vehicle can pass each other safely.
The sign is placed facing the opposite direction of travel from the sign "Priority for oncoming vehicles".