The Highway Code
All 307 numbered rules, in 14 sections. 299 of them link straight to the revision questions that test them — so you can read the rule, then practise it.
Rules written in capitals — MUST or MUST NOT — are backed by law. The rest are advice. Each rule page says which it is.
Rules 1–35
Rules for pedestrians
35 rules · 5 legal requirements
Rules 36–46Powered wheelchairs and mobility scooters
11 rules · 4 legal requirements
Rules 47–58Rules about animals
12 rules · 3 legal requirements
Rules 59–82Rules for cyclists
24 rules · 7 legal requirements
Rules 83–88Rules for motorcyclists
6 rules · 3 legal requirements
Rules 89–102Rules for drivers and motorcyclists
14 rules · 10 legal requirements
Rules 103–158General rules, techniques and advice for all drivers and riders
56 rules · 24 legal requirements
Rules 159–203Using the road
45 rules · 13 legal requirements
Rules 204–225Road users requiring extra care
22 rules · 4 legal requirements
Rules 226–237Driving in adverse weather conditions
12 rules · 3 legal requirements
Rules 238–252Waiting and parking
15 rules · 11 legal requirements
Rules 253–273Motorways
21 rules · 9 legal requirements
Rules 274–287Breakdowns and incidents
14 rules · 5 legal requirements
Rules 288–307Road works, level crossings and tramways
20 rules · 9 legal requirements
Every rule
Rules for pedestrians
- Rule 1: Pavements and footways
- Rule 2: If there is no pavement
- Rule 3: Help other road users to see you
- Rule 4: Young children
- Rule 5: Organised walks or parades
- Rule 6: Motorways
- Rule 7: The Green Cross Code
- Rule 8: At a junction
- Rule 9: Pedestrian Safety Barriers
- Rule 10: Tactile paving
- Rule 11: One-way streets
- Rule 12: Bus and cycle lanes
- Rule 13: Routes shared with cyclists
- Rule 14: Parked vehicles
- Rule 15: Reversing vehicles
- Rule 16: Moving vehicles
- Rule 17: At night
- Rule 18: At all crossings
- Rule 19: Zebra crossings
- Rule 20: Zebra crossings with an island
- Rule 21: At traffic lights
- Rule 22: Pelican crossings
- Rule 23: Puffin crossings
- Rule 24: Crossing where traffic is queuing
- Rule 25: Toucan crossings
- Rule 26: Bleeping signals and tactile paving
- Rule 27: Equestrian crossings
- Rule 28: Staggered’ pelican or puffin crossings
- Rule 29: Crossings controlled by an authorised person
- Rule 30: Crossing where there is no crossing
- Rule 31: Emergency vehicles
- Rule 32: Buses
- Rule 33: Tramways
- Rule 34: Railway level crossings
- Rule 35: Street and pavement repairs
Powered wheelchairs and mobility scooters
- Rule 36: Classes of wheelchair and scooter
- Rule 37: Which rules apply to you
- Rule 38: Using the pavement
- Rule 39: The 4 mph pavement speed limit
- Rule 40: Moving from pavement to road
- Rule 41: Travelling slower than the traffic
- Rule 42: Which direction to travel in
- Rule 43: Lights, indicators and horns
- Rule 44: Crossing at road junctions
- Rule 45: Parking restrictions
- Rule 46: Roads you must not use
Rules about animals
- Rule 47: Horse-drawn vehicle standards
- Rule 48: Safety equipment and clothing
- Rule 49: Safety equipment
- Rule 50: Other clothing
- Rule 51: At night
- Rule 52: Before you take a horse on the road
- Rule 53: Riding and signalling on the road
- Rule 54: Where you must not ride a horse
- Rule 55: Horses on roundabouts
- Rule 56: Dogs
- Rule 57: Animals in a vehicle
- Rule 58: Animals being herded
Rules for cyclists
- Rule 59: Clothing
- Rule 60: At night
- Rule 61: Cycle Routes and Other Facilities
- Rule 62: Cycle Tracks
- Rule 63: Sharing space with pedestrians, horse riders and horse drawn vehicles
- Rule 64: No cycling on pavements
- Rule 65: Bus Lanes
- Rule 66: Riding two abreast
- Rule 67: Looking round before you move
- Rule 68: What you must not do on a cycle
- Rule 69: Obeying traffic signs and lights
- Rule 70: Parking your cycle
- Rule 71: Advanced stop lines and red lights
- Rule 72: Road positioning
- Rule 73: Junctions
- Rule 74: Turning
- Rule 75: Two Stage Turns
- Rule 76: Going straight ahead
- Rule 77: Busy roads
- Rule 78: Cyclists at roundabouts
- Rule 79: Turning right at a roundabout
- Rule 80: Long vehicles on a roundabout
- Rule 81: Cycling across a pedestrian crossing
- Rule 82: Crossings
Rules for drivers and motorcyclists
- Rule 89: Vehicle condition
- Rule 90: Reporting a health condition to DVLA
- Rule 91: Driving when you are tired
- Rule 92: Vision
- Rule 93: Dazzled by bright sunlight
- Rule 94: Tinted glasses and visors at night
- Rule 95: Do not drink and drive
- Rule 96: Drugs and medicines
- Rule 97: Before setting off
- Rule 98: Before towing
- Rule 99: Seat belt requirements
- Rule 100: Seat belts for children under 14
- Rule 101: Baby seats and frontal airbags
- Rule 102: Children in cars, vans and other goods vehicles
General rules, techniques and advice for all drivers and riders
- Rule 103: Giving clear signals
- Rule 104: Signals from other road users
- Rule 105: Signals from police officers
- Rule 106: Police stopping procedures
- Rule 107: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency officers
- Rule 108: Traffic officers
- Rule 109: Traffic light signals and traffic signs
- Rule 110: Flashing headlights
- Rule 111: Flashing headlights
- Rule 112: The horn
- Rule 113: When you must use lights
- Rule 114: Dazzling other road users
- Rule 115: Using dipped headlights
- Rule 116: Hazard warning lights
- Rule 117: In normal circumstances
- Rule 118: In an emergency
- Rule 119: Skids
- Rule 120: Braking with ABS
- Rule 121: Brakes affected by water
- Rule 122: Coasting
- Rule 123: The driver and the environment
- Rule 124: Locally set speed limits
- Rule 125: The speed limit is a maximum
- Rule 126: Stopping distances
- Rule 127: A broken white line
- Rule 128: Double white lines where the line nearer to you is broken
- Rule 129: Double white lines where the line nearer to you is solid
- Rule 130: Areas of white diagonal stripes
- Rule 131: Lane dividers
- Rule 132: Reflective road studs
- Rule 133: Changing lane safely
- Rule 134: Merging in turn
- Rule 135: The middle lane on a three-lane road
- Rule 136: Four or more lanes
- Rule 137: Lanes on a two-lane dual carriageway
- Rule 138: Three-lane dual carriageways
- Rule 139: Climbing and crawler lanes
- Rule 140: Cycle lanes and cycle tracks
- Rule 141: Bus lanes
- Rule 142: High-occupancy vehicle lanes and other designated vehicle lanes
- Rule 143: One-way streets
- Rule 144: Careless and dangerous driving
- Rule 145: No driving on pavements or footpaths
- Rule 146: Adapt your driving
- Rule 147: Be considerate
- Rule 148: Safe driving and riding needs concentration
- Rule 149: Mobile phones at the wheel
- Rule 150: In-vehicle systems and distraction
- Rule 151: In slow-moving traffic
- Rule 152: Residential streets
- Rule 153: Traffic-calming measures
- Rule 154: Country roads
- Rule 155: Single-track roads
- Rule 156: Passing places
- Rule 157: Vehicles banned from the road
- Rule 158: Off-road motorcycles and quad bikes
Using the road
- Rule 159: Moving off
- Rule 160: Once moving
- Rule 161: Mirrors
- Rule 162: Before overtaking
- Rule 163: Overtake only
- Rule 164: Large vehicles
- Rule 165: Where you must not overtake
- Rule 166: When not to overtake
- Rule 167: Where not to overtake
- Rule 168: Being overtaken
- Rule 169: Holding up a queue of traffic
- Rule 170: Extra care at junctions
- Rule 171: Stop signs
- Rule 172: Give Way signs and markings
- Rule 173: Dual carriageways
- Rule 174: Box junctions
- Rule 175: Stopping at traffic lights
- Rule 176: Red lights and blocking a junction
- Rule 177: Green filter arrow
- Rule 178: Advanced stop lines
- Rule 179: Well before
- Rule 180: Remember: Mirrors – Signal – Manoeuvre
- Rule 181: When turning
- Rule 182: Turning left
- Rule 183: Turning left across a bus lane
- Rule 184: On approaching a roundabout
- Rule 185: When reaching the roundabout
- Rule 186: Signals and position
- Rule 187: In all cases watch out for
- Rule 188: Mini-roundabouts
- Rule 189: Double mini-roundabouts
- Rule 190: Multiple roundabouts
- Rule 191: No parking or overtaking at a crossing
- Rule 192: Keeping a crossing clear
- Rule 193: Crossings blocked by queuing traffic
- Rule 194: Giving pedestrians time to cross
- Rule 195: Zebra and parallel crossings
- Rule 196: Pelican crossings
- Rule 197: Pelican crossings with an island
- Rule 198: Pedestrians still crossing on green
- Rule 199: Toucan, puffin and equestrian crossings
- Rule 200: Choosing a place to turn round
- Rule 201: Reversing from a side road
- Rule 202: Looking before you reverse
- Rule 203: How far you may reverse
Road users requiring extra care
- Rule 204: Who is most at risk on the road
- Rule 205: Children stepping into the road
- Rule 206: Drive carefully and slowly
- Rule 207: Particularly vulnerable pedestrians
- Rule 208: Near schools
- Rule 209: Passing a stopped school bus
- Rule 210: School crossing patrols
- Rule 211: Seeing motorcyclists and cyclists
- Rule 212: How much room to give
- Rule 213: Cyclists in the centre of the lane
- Rule 214: Animals
- Rule 215: Horse riders and horse-drawn vehicles
- Rule 216: Older drivers
- Rule 217: Learners and inexperienced drivers
- Rule 218: Home Zones and Quiet Lanes
- Rule 219: Emergency and Incident Support vehicles
- Rule 220: Powered vehicles used by disabled people
- Rule 221: Large vehicles
- Rule 222: Large vehicles blocking your view
- Rule 223: Buses, coaches and trams
- Rule 224: Electric vehicles
- Rule 225: Vehicles with flashing amber beacons
Driving in adverse weather conditions
- Rule 226: Headlights in poor visibility
- Rule 227: Wet weather
- Rule 228: Driving in ice and snow
- Rule 229: Clearing snow and ice
- Rule 230: When driving
- Rule 231: Drive extremely carefully
- Rule 232: High-sided vehicles in strong winds
- Rule 233: Turbulence from large vehicles
- Rule 234: Before entering fog
- Rule 235: When driving in fog
- Rule 236: When you must not use fog lights
- Rule 237: Driving in hot weather
Waiting and parking
- Rule 238: Waiting and parking on yellow lines
- Rule 239: Where to stop at the roadside
- Rule 240: Where you must not stop or park
- Rule 241: Reserved parking spaces
- Rule 242: Dangerous and obstructive parking
- Rule 243: except
- Rule 244: Parking on the pavement
- Rule 245: Controlled Parking Zones
- Rule 246: Goods vehicles
- Rule 247: Loading and unloading
- Rule 248: Parking against the traffic at night
- Rule 249: Parking lights above 30 mph
- Rule 250: Parking without lights
- Rule 251: Parking in fog
- Rule 252: Parking on hills
Motorways
- Rule 253: Prohibited vehicles
- Rule 254: Reacting at motorway speeds
- Rule 255: Motorway signs and signals
- Rule 256: Lane-specific signals
- Rule 257: Amber flashing lights
- Rule 258: Red flashing light
- Rule 259: Joining the motorway
- Rule 260: Choosing a cruising speed
- Rule 261: Motorway speed limits
- Rule 262: Feeling sleepy on a motorway
- Rule 263: What you must never do on a motorway
- Rule 264: Keeping in the left lane
- Rule 265: Banned from the right-hand lane
- Rule 266: Approaching a junction
- Rule 267: Overtaking on a motorway
- Rule 268: Undertaking
- Rule 269: Hard shoulder
- Rule 270: Emergency areas
- Rule 271: Where you must not stop on a motorway
- Rule 272: No walking on a motorway
- Rule 273: Leaving by the slip road
Breakdowns and incidents
- Rule 274: Your speed after the motorway
- Rule 275: A place of relative safety
- Rule 276: If your vehicle breaks down
- Rule 277: Go left
- Rule 278: Rejoining from the hard shoulder
- Rule 279: Disabled drivers
- Rule 280: Objects on the carriageway
- Rule 281: Warning signs or flashing lights
- Rule 282: Passing the scene of an incident
- Rule 283: If you are involved in an incident
- Rule 284: Dangerous goods markings
- Rule 285: Incidents with dangerous goods
- Rule 286: Stopping after a collision
- Rule 287: Your insurance certificate
Road works, level crossings and tramways
- Rule 288: Road Works Ahead signs
- Rule 289: Road works on high-speed roads
- Rule 290: Narrow lanes and contraflows
- Rule 291: What a level crossing is
- Rule 292: Overhead electric lines
- Rule 293: Controlled Crossings
- Rule 294: Railway telephones
- Rule 295: Crossings without traffic lights
- Rule 296: User-operated gates or barriers
- Rule 297: Crossings without lights
- Rule 298: Open crossings
- Rule 299: Incidents and breakdowns
- Rule 300: Tram-only routes
- Rule 301: Where tram tracks cross the road
- Rule 302: Parking that blocks trams
- Rule 303: Tram stops
- Rule 304: Pedestrians running for a tram
- Rule 305: Giving priority to trams
- Rule 306: Riding across tram rails
- Rule 307: Overhead electric lines