Index

An A to Z index of topics covered by The Highway Code.

A

• ABS see Braking/brakes
• Active Traffic Management (ATM) signs rule 269
• Advanced stop lines rule 61, rule 71, rule 178 & rule 192
• Active Traffic Management (ATM) signs rule 101
• Alcohol rule 68, rule 95 & penalties
• Animals rules 47 to 58, rule 98, rules 214 to 215 & rule 286
  • Alcohol rule 68, rule 95 & penalties
  • Animals at level crossings rule 294
  • Animals on motorways rule 253 and rule 277
• Arm signals - rule 53, rule 55, rule 67, rule 74, rule 103 and signals to other road users
• Attitude rule 147
• Automated vehicles Self-driving vehicles

B

• Baby seats see Rear-facing baby seats
• Battery vehicle maintenance safety and security
• Bends rule 2, rule 125, rule 146, rule 160, rule 166, rule 231 and rule 243
• Bikeability (cycle training) - You and your bicycle
• Blind spots rule 159, rule 161, rule 202 and rule 267
• Blue Badge scheme rule 45
• Box junctions rule 174 and other road markings
• Brake warning lights rule 103, rule 235 and brake light signals
• ABS braking rule 120
• ABS braking rule 120
  • condition of ABS braking vehicle maintenance, safety and security
• Breakdowns rules 275 to 279
  • condition of ABS braking vehicle maintenance, safety and security
  • at level crossings rule 299
  • on motorways rules 276 to 277
  • ​​in road works rule 290
  • while towing rule 98
• Bright sunlight see Dazzle
• Bus lanes rule 141, rule 142
  • crossing rule 12 and rule 183
  • cyclists and bus lanes rule 65
  • overtaking and bus lanes rule 165
  • parking rule 240
  • turning rule 183
• Bus stops rule 243
  • give way rule 223
  • overtaking rule 65
  • pedestrians rule 206 & rule 243
  • school rule 209
• Buses rule 223 and rule 265
  • board/alight rule 32
  • overtaking rule 65
  • school rule 209
  • seatbelts rule 99
  • speed limits rule 124

C

• Car phones see Mobile phones
• Caravans - rule 98, rule 124, rule 160, rule 250
• Central islands rule 19, rule 20, rule 28, rule 30 & rule 195
• Central refuges rule 28
• Changing lanes rule 133 & rule 134
• Charging points for electric vehicles rule 239
• Chicanes rule 153
• Chicanes rule 102
• Children
  • Green Cross Code - rule 7 & rule 30
  • horses rule 215
  • motorways rule 277
  • parking rule 239
  • pedestrian crossings rule 18 & rule 29
  • vans rule 99, rule 100 & rule rule 102
  • young rule 4 & rule rule 7
• Clearways rule 240 and traffic signs
• Climbing/crawler lane rule 139
• Clothing
  • cyclists rule 59
  • drivers - rule 97
  • horse riders rule 49
  • motorcyclists - rules 83 to 84 & rules 86 to 87
  • pedestrians rule 3 & rule 5
• Coasting rule 122
• Consideration rule 144 & rule 147
• Conspicuity
  • cyclists rules 59 and 60
  • horse-drawn vehicles rule 48
  • horse riders rules 49 and 50
  • motorcyclists - rules 86 to 87
  • pedestrians rule 3 & rule 5
• Contraflow systems rule 290
• Controlled parking zones rule 238 & rule 245
• Courtesy rule 147
• Crossing the road rules 7 to 35
• Crossings see Pedestrian crossings
• Crossroads (unmarked) rule 146
• Crosswinds rule 232
• Cruise control rule 150
• Cycle maintenance/choice - You and your bicycle
• Cycle-only crossing rule 82

D

• D plates Motorcycle licence requirements
• Dangerous goods rules 284 to 285
• Dazzle rule 93, rule 115 & rules 236 to 237
• Decriminalised parking Decriminalised parking enforcement
• Demisters rule 229, rule 235 & Vehicle maintenance, safety and security
• Diagonal stripes/chevrons rule 130 & Road markings
• Direction indicators see Signals
• Disabled rule H1, rule 204 & rule 207
  • cyclists rule 62
  • drivers on motorways rule 253 and rule 279
  • pedestrian crossings rule 26
• Dogs (including guide dogs) rules 56 to 57 & rule 207
• Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) officers
  • signals and livery
  • signals and livery
• Driving, general advice rules H1 to H3
• Driving licence
• Dual carriageways
  • cyclists rule 77
  • two-lane rule 137
• Dull weather rule 115

E

• Electric vehicles rule 224
  • charging points rule 239
• Emergency telephones rule 270, rule 277 & rule 278
• Emergency vehicles rule 31, rule 219 and rule 281
• Environmental issues rule 123
• Exhaust systems Vehicle maintenance, safety and security
• Eyesight/vision rules 92 to 94

F

• Fatigue rule 91, rule 237 & rule 262
• Filter lights rule 177
• Filtering (motorcyclists) rule 88, rule 160 and rule 211
• Fire Vehicle maintenance, safety and security
• Fitness to drive rules 90 to 91
• Flashing amber beacons rule 220
• Flashing signals
  • emergency rule 31, rule 219
  • headlights rules 110 to 111
  • level crossing rule 293
  • school rule 208
  • tramways rule 33
• Fluorescent/reflective clothing
  • animals, herded rule 58
  • breakdowns rule 276
  • cyclists rule 59
  • horse riders rules 50 to 51
  • motorcyclists rules 86 to 87
  • powered mobility vehicles rule 43
• Fog rules 234 to 236
  • lights rule 114, rule 226 & rule 236
  • parking rule 251
• Footpaths
  • cyclists rule 13, rule 62, rule 64 & rule rule 70
  • drivers rule 145
  • horses rule 54
  • prohibited vehicles rules 157 to 158
• Footway see Pavements

G

• Give way
  • junctions rule 172
  • motorways rule 259
• Go-peds see Prohibited vehicles
• Green Cross Code rule 7 and rule 30

H

• Hard shoulder see Motorways
• Hazard warning lights rule 116, rule 276 and rules 277 to 279
• Hazard warning plates rule 284 and Vehicle markings
• Headlamps and headlights rules 113 to 115 and rule 239
  • motorcycle rule 87
• Headlight flashing rules 110 to 111
• Helmets
  • cyclist rule 59
  • horse riders rule 49
  • incidents rule 283 & First aid on the road
  • motorcyclists rule 83
• Hierarchy of road users rules H1 to H3
• High-Occupancy Vehicle Lanes (HOVs) rule 142 & Information signs
• Hills
  • control rule 160
  • parking rule 243 & rule 252
• Home zones rule 206 & rule 218
• Horses
  • crossings rule 27 and rule 81
  • horse-drawn vehicles rules H1 to H3
  • junctions rule 170
  • overtaking rule 163 and rule 167
  • ponies (feral and semi-feral) rule 215
  • Ride Safe Award rule 52
  • roundabouts rule 186
  • shared spaces rule 13 and rule 63
• Hot weather rule 237
• HOVs see High-Occupancy Vehicle Lanes (HOVs)

I

• Ice cream vans rule 206
• In-vehicle technology rules 149 to 150
• Incident support vehicles rule 219
• Incidents rule H1, rules 281 to 287
  • dangerous goods rules 284 to 285
  • documentation rules 286 to 287
  • flashing lights rule 281
  • level crossing rule 299
  • warning signs rule 281

J

• ​​Journey, preparation rule 97
• Junction see Road Junction

L

• L plates Motorcycle licence requirements & Learner drivers
• Lamps and lights see also Headlamps and headlights conditions/maintenance rule 113 & Vehicle maintenance, safety and security
  • cyclists rule 60
  • horses rule 51
  • pedestrians rule 5
  • vehicles rules 113 to 116 & rules 249 to 251
• Lane discipline rules 133 to 143 & rule 288
  • dual carriageways rules 137 to 138
  • motorways rules 264 to 266
  • multi-lane carriageways rules 133 to 134
  • one-way streets rule 143
  • roundabouts rules 184 to 187
• Lane dividers rule 131 & Road markings
• Lay-bys rules 249 to 250
• Lights see Headlamps and headlights and Lamps and lights
• Littering from vehicles rule 147
• loading and unloading rule 98 & rules 246 to 247
• Long/large vehicles see also Large vehicles
  • cyclists rule 76 & rule 80
  • junctions rule 170 & rule 173
  • road works rule 288
  • trams rules 300 to 307

M

• Maintenance of vehicles vehicle maintenance, safety and security
• Manoeuvring rules 159 to 190
  • large vehicles rule 221
  • motorcycles rule 88
• Medicines rule 68 and rule 96
• Merging in turn rule 134 and rule 288
• Metric conversion table
• Miniature motorcycles (mini motos) see Prohibited vehicles
• Mini-roundabouts rules 188 to 190
• Mirrors
  • changing lanes rule 133
  • fog rules 234 to 235
  • motorways rule 254
  • moving off rule 97
• Mobile phones rule 97, rule 149 & rule 271, rule 277
• MOT
• Motorcycle licence
• Motorcyclists
  • conspicuity rules 86 to 87
  • junctions rules 211 to 213
  • learners rule 204
  • night riding rule 87
  • overall stopping distance rule 126 & rule 127
  • overtaking rule 88, rule 163 & rule 230
  • roundabouts rule 187
  • turning rule 88
• Motor tricycles see Prohibited vehicles
• Motorways rules 253 to 274
  • breakdowns rules 275 to 279
  • contraflow systems rule 290
  • ​​disabled drivers rule 279
  • emergency telephones rules 277 to 278
  • fog rules 277 to 278
  • incidents rules 281 to 287
  • joining rule 259
  • junctions rule 266
  • lane discipline rule 264
  • leaving rule 266 & rule 273
  • pedestrians rule 6
  • places of relative safety rule 275
  • prohibited vehicles rule 275
  • rejoining the carriageway rule 278
  • road works rules 288 to 290
  • speed limits rule 261
  • studs rule 132
• Moving off rule 159

N

• Narrow/winding roads see Country roads
• Navigation systems rule 150
• New drivers Penalties and Safety code for new drivers
• Navigation systems rule 150
• Night
  • animals rule 51 and rule 58
  • cyclists rule 60
  • driving rule 94
  • lights see Lamps and lights
  • motorways rule 267
  • overtaking rule 163
  • parking rules 248 to 250
  • pedestrians rule 3, rule 5 & rule 17
  • speed rule 125

O

• Obstructions rules 279 to 280
  • ​​​​breakdowns rule 276
  • cyclists rule 67 and rule 70
  • ​​​​lines/lanes rules 288 to 289
  • ​​​​motorways rule 280
  • ​​​​trams rule 302
• ​​​​Older drivers rule 216
• Older pedestrians rule 62, rule 204 and rule 207
• One-way streets rule 143
  • ​​​​crossing rule 11
  • horses rule 53
• Organised walks rule 5
• Other stopping procedures rules 107 to 108
• Overtaking rule 135, rule 160 and rules 162 to 169
  • ​​​​animals rule 163 and rules 214 to 215
  • before overtaking rules 162
  • being overtaken rules 168 to 169
  • bus lanes rule 165
• crawler lanes rule 139
  • ​​​​crossings rule 165 and rule 191
  • cyclists rules 65 to 67, rule 129, rule 160, rule 163 and rules 211 to 212
  • dual carriageways rules 137 to 138
  • horse riders rule 163 and rule 215
  • motorways rules 267 to 268
  • single-track roads rule 155
  • trams rule 167, rule 301 and rule 303

P

• Paradesc rule 5
• Parallel crossings rule 195 and rule 206
• Parked vehicles
  • Green Cross Code rule 7
  • pedestrians rule 7, rule 14, rule 193 and rule 206
• Parking rules 238 to 252 and rule 302
  • bicycles rule 70
  • controlled parking zones rule 238 and rule 245
  • devices rule 239
  • fog rule 251
  • goods vehicles rules 246 to 247
  • hazard warning lights rule 116
  • level crossings rule 291
  • at night rules 248 to 250
  • pedestrian crossings rule 191
  • single-track roads rule 156
• Passengers, carriage of rules 99 to 100 and rule 277
  • by cyclists rule 68
  • by horse riders rule 53
  • by learners Motor vehicle documentation and learner driver requirements
  • by motorcyclists Motor vehicle documentation and learner driver requirements
  • by new drivers Safety code for new drivers
• Passing places rules 155 to 156
• Pavements
  • cycling rule 64 and rule 70
  • driving rule 145
  • horses rule 54
  • parking rule 244
  • powered mobility vehicles rules 36 to 40
  • prohibited vehicles rules 157 to 158
  • repairs rule 35
• Penalties Penalties and Safety code for new drivers
• Pillion passengers rule 83 and rule 85
• Places of relative safety rule 275
• Police stopping procedures rule 106
• Positioning
  • at junctions rules 175 to 183 and rule 235
  • cyclists at junctions rule 71 and rules 73 to 76
  • cyclists at roundabouts rules 78 to 80
  • cyclists on roads rules 72
  • on the road rule 160
• Powered wheelchairs and powered mobility scooters rules 36 to 46, rule 170 and rule 253
• Preparation, before setting off rule 97
• Prohibited vehicles rules 157 to 158 and rule 253
• cyclists rule 81

Q

• Quad bikes see Prohibited vehicles
• Queues rule 114 and rule 169
  • long vehicles rule 169
  • motorcyclists rule 88
  • overtaking rule 163 and rule 288
  • pedestrian crossings rules 192 to 193
• Quiet lanes rule 206 and rule 218

R

• Railway level crossings rule 34, rule 167, rule 243 and rules 291 to 299
  • tactile surfaces rule 34
• Rear-facing baby seats rule 101
• Rear-view mirrors
  • condition rule 229
  • in fog rules 234 to 235
  • for towing rule 98
• Red routes rule 240 and Road markings
• Reflective clothing
  • animals, herded rule 58
  • breakdowns rule 276
  • cycling rule 59
  • horse riders rules 50 to 51
  • motorcyclists rule 87
  • powered mobility vehicles rule 43
• Reflective road studs rule 132
• Refuge areas see emergency areas
• Residential areas
  • lights rule 115
  • pedestrians rule 152 and rule 206
• Ride Safe Award (horse riders) rule 52
• Riding rules H1 to H3
  • cycles rules 61 to 82
  • horses rules 52 to 55
  • motorcycles rules 83 to 88
• Road humps rule 53
• Road works rule 35, rule 132 and rules 288 to 290
  • contraflow systems rule 290
  • motorways rule 289 to 290
• Route guidance and navigation systems rule 150

S

• Safety barriers, pedestrian rule 9
• Safety helmets
  • cyclists rule 59
  • horse riders rule 49
  • motorcyclists rule 83, rule 86 and First aid on the road
• School crossing patrols rule 7, rule 29, rule 105 and rule 210
  • overtaking rule 167 and rule 209
  • pole positions School crossing patrols
• Security of vehicles rule 239 and Vehicle maintenance, safety and security
• Self-driving vehicles
• Separation distance
  • cyclists rule 160, rule 163 and rule 212
  • large vehicles rule 222
  • motorways rule 260
  • road works rule 288 and rule 290
• Shared cycle routes rule 13,rule 62 and rule 63
• Signals rules 103 to 112
• Single carriageways rules 135 to 136
• Single-track roads rules 155 to 156
• Single-track roads rule 119
  • ABS braking rule 120
  • avoiding rule 231
• Slippery roads see Wet/icy/slippery roads
• Slow-moving traffic rule 151, rule 163 and rule 288
  • when cycling rule 72, rule 163 and rule 213
• Smoking rule 148
• Snow rules 228 to 231
• Soft tarmac rule 237
• Stopping procedures
  • DVSA officers rule 107
  • police rule 106
  • traffic officers rule 108
• Street/pavement repairs rule 35

T

• Tactile paving rule 10
  • shared cycle routes rule 13
  • surfaces at level crossings rule 34
• Tailgating rule 126
• Green Cross Code rule 7 and rule 30
• Telephones
  • mobile phones Vehicle maintenance, safety and security
  • motorways rule 270, rule 271 and rule 277
  • railway rule 294, rule 297 and rule 299
• Theory test - Motorcycle licence requirements and Motor vehicle documentation and learner driver requirements
• Tinted glasses rule 94
• Tinting, windows - Vehicle maintenance, safety and security
• Traffic officers rule 281
  • signals and livery Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency officers and traffic officers
  • stopping procedures rule 108
• Traffic wardens rule 7 and rule 105
• Tramways rule 223 and rules 300 to 307
  • cyclists rule 82
  • overtaking rule 167
  • turning left rule 183
• Transporting animals rule 98
• Tunnels rule 126
• Turning left
  • bus/tram/cycle lanes rule 183
  • junctions rules 182 to 183
  • one-way streets rule 143
  • roundabouts rule 186
• Two-second rule rule 126 see also Separation distance

U

• U-turn rule 188

V

• Vehicle Operator Services Agency (VOSA) officers see Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency officers
• Vehicle condition rule 89, rule 97 and Vehicle maintenance, safety and security
• Vehicle licence Motorcycle licence requirements and Motor vehicle documentation and learner driver requirements
• Vehicle markings rules 284 to 285 and Vehicle markings
• Vehicle Registration Certificate
• Vehicle tax
• Vehicle Test Certificate (MOT)
• Vehicle Test Certificate (MOT)
• Vehicles
  • automated
  • self-driving
  • special types
• Vision rule 92
• Vulnerable road users rules H1 to H3 and rules 204 to 225
  • priority rules H2 to H3, rule 8, rule 38 and rule 206

W

• Waiting rule 238
• Warning lights Vehicle maintenance, safety and security
• Water (on brakes) rule 121
• White lines rules 127 to 132 and Road markings
• Windscreens/washers/wipers Vehicle maintenance, safety and security
• Windy weather rules 232 to 233
• Winter driving Vehicle maintenance, safety and security see also Snow; Wet/icy/slippery roads

Y

• Yellow lines rule 238, rule 247 and Road markings
  • criss cross, box junctions rule 174
• Young children rule 4 and rule 7
  • horse riders rule 49
  • pedestrians rules 205 to rule 207
  • seat belts rules 99 to 102

Z

• Zebra crossings rule H2, rules 191 to 195 and rule 240
  • cyclists rule H2 and rule 81
  • pedestrians rule H2, rule 7 and rule 206
  • with a central island rules 19 to 20