An A to Z index of topics covered by The Highway Code.
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- Baby seats see Rear-facing baby seats
- Battery – Vehicle maintenance
- Bends – 2, 125, 146, 160, 166, 231 and 243
- Bikeability (cycle training) – Cycle training
- Blind spots – 159, 161, 202 and 267
- Blue Badge scheme – 45 and The Blue Badge Scheme
- Box junctions – 174 and Other road markings
- Brake warning lights – 103, 235 and Brake light signals
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Braking/brakes – 117 to 122, 231, 237 and Vehicle maintenance
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Breakdowns – 275 to 279
- at level crossings – 299
- on motorways – 276 and 277
- in road works – 290
- while towing – 98
- Bright sunlight see Dazzle
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Bus lanes – 141, 142 and 240
- crossing – 12 and 183
- cyclists and bus lanes – 65
- one-way streets – 11 and 143
- overtaking and bus lanes – 165
- parking – 240
- turning – 183
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Bus stops – 243
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Buses – 223 and 265
- board/alight – 32
- overtaking – 65 and 167
- school – 209
- seatbelts – 99
- speed limits – 124
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- Car phones see Mobile phones
- Caravans – 98, 124, 160, 250 and 265
- Central islands – 19 to 20, 28, 30, 195, 197 and 243
- Central refuges – 28
- Changing lanes – 133, 134 and 151
- Charging points for electric vehicles – 239
- Chicanes – 153
- Child locks – 102
- Child restraints – 99, 100 and 102
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Children
- Clearways – 240 and Signs giving orders
- Climbing/crawler lane – 139
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Clothing
- cyclists – 59
- drivers – 97 and 228
- horse riders – 49
- motorcyclists – 83, 84, 86 and 87
- pedestrians – 3, 5, 17 and 58
- Coasting – 122
- Concentration – 144, 148 to 150 and 288
- Consideration – 144 and 147
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Conspicuity
- cyclists – 59 and 60
- horse-drawn vehicles – 48
- horse riders – 49 and 50
- motorcyclists – 86 and 87
- pedestrians – 3, 5, 17 and 58
- Contraflow systems – 290
- Controlled crossings – 7, 22 to 30, 81 to 82 and 196 to 199
- Controlled parking zones – 238 and 245
- Controls – 97
- Country roads – 154 and 214
- Courtesy – 147
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Crossing the road – 7 to 35
- Crossings see Pedestrian crossings
- Crossroads (unmarked) – 146
- Crosswinds – 232
- Cruise control – 150
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Cycle lanes and tracks
- Cycle maintenance/choice – You and your bicycle
- Cycle-only crossing – 82
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Cyclists and cycling – H1 to H3, 59 to 82, 211 to 213 and 253
- horses – 63 and 66
- junctions – 73 to 75, 170, 177, 178, 180, 182 to 183 and 211
- overtaking/clearance – 63, 65, 66, 129, 160, 163, 212 and 232
- parking – 70
- pedestrians – 13, 62, 63 and 66
- positioning – 67, 72 and 213
- rear observation – 67 and 212
- roundabouts – 78 to 80 and 186
- routes – 61, 62 and 65
- traffic lights – 69, 71, 81 to 82, 177 and 178
- training – You and your bicycle
- trams – 306
- turning – 74, 75 and 212
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Electric vehicles – 224
- Emergency areas – 91, 240, 263, 264, 269, 270, 271, 275, 277, 278 and The road user and the law
- Emergency telephones – 270, 277, 278 and 283
- Emergency vehicles – 31, 219 and 281
- Environmental issues – 123
- Equestrian crossings – 27, 81 and 199
- Exhaust systems – Vehicle maintenance
- Eyesight/vision – 92 to 94
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- No entries beginning with ‘K’
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- L plates – Motorcycle licence requirements and Learner drivers
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Lamps and lights – 113, 229 and Vehicle maintenance see also Headlamps and headlights
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Lane discipline – 133 to 143 and 288
- Lane dividers – 131 and Road markings
- Large vehicles – 126, 160, 164, 221, 222, 233 and 294 see also Long/large vehicles
- Lay-bys – 249 and 250
- Learner drivers – 204, 217, 253 and Learner drivers
- Level crossings – 34, 54, 82, 167, 243 and 291 to 299
- Lighting requirements – 5, 43, 48, 60, 113 to 115, 226, 229, 235 and 236
- Lights see Headlamps and headlights and Lamps and lights
- Lines and lanes – 127 to 132, 133 to 143, 184, 185 and Road markings
- Littering from vehicles – 147
- Loading and unloading – 98, 246 and 247
- Loads – 98 and 250
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Long/large vehicles see also Large vehicles
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- Maintenance of vehicles – Vehicle maintenance
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Manoeuvring – 159 to 161, 162 to 169, 170 to 183, 184 to 190 and 200 to 203
- large vehicles – 221
- motorcycles – 88
- Medicines – 68 and 96
- Merging in turn – 134 and 288
- Metric conversion table – Metric conversions
- Miniature motorcycles (mini-motos) see Prohibited vehicles
- Mini-roundabouts – 188 to 190
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Mirrors – 97, 161, 184, 202, 229, 288 and Vehicle maintenance
- Mobile phones – 97, 149, 271, 277, 283, 285 and Petrol stations
- MOT – MOT
- Motorcycle licence – Motorcycle licence requirements
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Motorcyclists – H1 to H3, 83 to 88, 89 to 98, 160, 211 to 213, 232 to 233, 250, 253 and 306
- Motor tricycles see Prohibited vehicles
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Motorways – 253 to 274
- Moving off – 159
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Obstructions – 279 and 280
- Older drivers – 216
- Older pedestrians – 62, 204 and 207
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One-way streets – 143
- crossing – 11
- horses – 53
- Organised walks – 5
- Other stopping procedures – 107 and 108
- Overhead electric lines – 292 and 307
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Overtaking – 135, 160, 162 to 169 and 230
- animals – 163, 214 and 215
- before overtaking – 162
- being overtaken – 168 and 169
- bus lanes – 165
- crawler lanes – 139
- crossings – 165 and 191
- cyclists – 65 to 67, 129, 160, 163, 211, 212 and 232
- dual carriageways – 137 and 138
- horse riders – 163 and 215
- long vehicles – 160, 164 and 169
- motorcyclists – 88, 163, 211, 212, 230 and 233
- motorways – 267 and 268
- queues – 163 and 288
- single-track roads – 155
- trams – 167, 301 and 303
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- Parades – 5
- Parallel crossings – 195 and 206
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Parked vehicles
- Green Cross Code – 7
- pedestrians – 7, 14, 193 and 206
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Parking – 238 to 252 and 302
- bicycles – 70
- controlled parking zones – 238 and 245
- devices – 239
- fog – 251
- goods vehicles – 246 and 247
- hazard warning lights – 116
- level crossings – 291
- motorways – 91 and 240
- at night – 248 to 250
- pedestrian crossings – 191
- single-track roads – 156
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Passengers, carriage of – 99 to 102 and 277
- Passing places – 155 to 156
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Pavements
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Pedestrian crossings – H2, H3, 18 to 30, 191 to 199 and 240
- controlled – 7, 21 to 29, 82 and 196 to 199
- equestrian – 27, 81 and 199
- level – 34
- parallel – 195 and 206
- pelican – 7, 22, 24, 81 and 196 to 198
- puffin – 7, 23, 24, 81 and 199
- staggered – 28
- toucan – 7, 25, 26, 82 and 199
- traffic lights – 21
- zebra – 7, 19 to 20, 81 and 195
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Pedestrians – H1 to H3, 1 to 35, 125, 146, 152, 154, 202, 204 to 210, 223 and 244
- blind/deaf/older – 26, 62, 66, 204, 207 and 244
- cyclist – 13, 62 and 66
- junctions – 8, 170, 180 and 206
- motorways – 6, 253 and 272
- safety – 1, 204 to 210 and 239
- safety barrier – 9
- tramways – 33, 206, 223, 224 and 304
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Pelican crossings – 7, 22, 28, 191 to 194, 196 to 198 and 240
- Penalties – Penalties and Safety code for new drivers
- Pillion passengers – 83, 85 and Motorcycle licence requirements
- Places of relative safety – 275
- Police stopping procedures – 106
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Positioning
- Powered wheelchairs and powered mobility scooters – 36 to 46, 170, 220 and 253
- Preparation, before setting off – 97
- Priority for vulnerable road users – H2, H3, 8, 38, 170, 185, 186 and 206
- Prohibited vehicles – 157 to 158 and 253
- Protective clothing – 48, 50, 59, 83 and 84
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Puffin crossings – 23, 24, 28, 191 to 194, 199 and 240
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Railway level crossings – 34, 167, 243 and 291 to 299
- Rear-facing baby seats – 101
- Rear fog lights – 114, 226 and 236
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Rear-view mirrors
- Red routes – 240, 247 and Road markings
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Reflective clothing
- animals, herded – 58
- breakdowns – 276
- cycling – 59
- horse riders – 50 and 51
- motorcyclists – 87
- pedestrians – 3, 5 and 17
- powered mobility vehicles – 43
- Reflective road studs – 132
- Reflectors – 48, 60, You and your bicycle and Vehicle maintenance
- Refuge areas see Emergency areas
- Remote control parking – 149, 150 and 239
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Residential areas
- Reversing – 200 to 203, 206 and 263
- Ride Safe Award (horse riders) – 52
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Riding – H1 to H3
- Road humps – 153
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Road junctions – H2, H3, 88, 146, 167, 170 to 183 and 211
- Road signs see Traffic signs/road markings
- Road studs – 132
- Road traffic law
- Road users, hierarchy of – H1 to H3
- Road users requiring extra care – 204 to 218
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Road works – 35, 132, 167, 206 and 288 to 290
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Roundabouts – 184 to 190
- Route guidance and navigation systems – 150
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- Safety barriers, pedestrian – 9
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Safety helmets
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School crossing patrols – 7, 29, 105, 208 and 210
- Seat belts – 99, 100, 102 and Vehicle maintenance
- Security of vehicles – 239 and Vehicle security
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Self-driving vehicles – 150 and Self-driving vehicles
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Separation distance
- Shared cycle routes – 13, 62 and 63
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Signals – 103 to 112
- arm – 53, 55, 67, 74, 103 and Arm signals
- buses – 223
- cyclists – 67 and 74
- flashing – 31, 110, 111, 281 and 293
- horn – 112, 195 and 214
- horseriders – 53, 55 and 215
- junctions – 103, 179, 182 and 186
- lane changes – 133
- large goods vehicles – 187
- motorcyclists – 88 and Signals to other road users
- motorways – 255 to 258, 266, 269 and 270
- moving off – 159
- other road users – 103 and 104
- overtaking – 163 and 267
- pedestrian crossings – 22 to 27, 196, 198 and 199
- police/wardens/schools/other – 105 to 108 and Signals by authorised persons
- roundabouts – 55, 79 and 184 to 186
- Single carriageways – 135 to 136
- Single-track roads – 155 to 156
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Skidding – 119
- ABS braking – 120
- avoiding – 231
- Slip roads – 259, 271 and 273 to 274
- Slippery roads see Wet/icy/slippery roads
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Slow-moving traffic – 151, 163 and 288
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Slow-moving vehicles – 169, 220, 224, 225, 253 and 288
- climbing/crawler lanes – 139
- flashing amber beacons – 225
- level crossings – 294
- queues – 169
- Smoking – 148
- Snow – 228 to 231
- Soft tarmac – 237
- Speed limiters – 222 and 265
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Speed limits – 124 to 125, 146, 152, 257, 261 and 288
- powered mobility vehicles – 36, 44 and 220
- towing – 98 and 124
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Steering conditions – Vehicle maintenance
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Stopping/parking – 238 to 252
- Stopping distance – 126, 151, 227, 230, 235, 260 and 288 see also Separation distance
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Stopping procedures
- DVSA officers – 107
- police – 106
- traffic officers – 108
- Street/pavement repairs – 35
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Tactile paving – 10
- shared cycle routes – 13
- surfaces at level crossings – 34
- Tailgating – 126
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Telephones
- Theory test – Motorcycle licence requirements, Learner drivers and New Drivers Act
- Tinted glasses – 94
- Tinting, windows – Window tints
- Tiredness/illness – 90, 91, 237 and 262
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Toucan crossings – 7, 18, 25, 199 and 240
- cyclists – 61 and 82
- pedestrian – 7, 25 and 82
- Towing – 98, 124 and 160
- Traffic calming – 67 and 153
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Traffic lights – 109, 184, 185 and Traffic light signals
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Traffic officers – 105, 219, 225 and 281
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Traffic signs/road markings – 109, 127 to 132, 134, 142, 143, 184, 185, 234, 238, 288, 298 and Traffic signs see also Lines and lanes
- Traffic wardens – 7 and 105
- Trailers – 98, 124, 160, 242, 246, 250 and 265
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Tramways – 223 and 300 to 307
- Transporting animals – 98
- Triangles – 172, 276 and 277
- Tunnels – 126
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Turning left
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Turning right
- Two-second rule – 126 see also Separation distance
- Tyres – 98, 227, You and your bicycle and Vehicle maintenance
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- No entries beginning with ‘X’
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