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Rules for using the road, including general rules, overtaking, road junctions, roundabouts, pedestrian crossings and reversing.
Rules for waiting and parking, including rules on parking at night and decriminalised parking enforcement.
Information about the road user and the law, including acts and regulations.
Signals, stopping procedures, lighting, control of the vehicle, speed limits, stopping distances, lines and lane markings and multi-lane carriageways, smoking, mobile phones and sat nav.
Rules for road users requiring extra care, including pedestrians, motorcyclists and cyclists, other road users and other vehicles.
Rules for pedestrians, including general guidance, crossing the road, crossings, and situations needing extra care.
Rules for drivers and motorcyclists, including vehicle condition, fitness to drive, alcohol and drugs, what to do before setting off, vehicle towing and loading, and seat belts and child restraints.
Rules about animals, including horse-drawn vehicles, horse riders and other animals.
Information and rules about vehicle maintenance, safety and security.
Road markings used, including those across the carriageway, along the carriageway, along the edge of the carriageway, on the kerb or at the edge of the carriageway and other road markings.
Traffic signs used, including signs giving orders, warning signs, direction signs, information signs and road works signs.
Who The Highway Code is for, how it's worded, the consequences of not following the rules, self-driving vehicles, and the hierarchy of road users (Rules H1 to H3).
Metric conversions, useful websites, further reading, the blue badge scheme and code of practice horse-drawn vehicles.
An A to Z index of topics covered by The Highway Code.
Signals used by authorised persons, including police officers, arm signals to persons controlling traffic, Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency officers and traffic officers and school crossing patrols.
Rules for driving in adverse weather conditions, including wet weather, icy and snowy weather, windy weather, fog and hot weather.
Vehicle markings used, including large goods vehicle rear markings, hazard warning plates, projection markers and other markings.
Signals used to other road users, including direction indicator signals, brake light signals, reversing light signals and arm signals.
Information about first aid on the road, including dealing with danger, getting help, helping those involved, and providing emergency care.
Rules for cyclists, including an overview, road junctions, roundabouts and crossing the road.
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