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Supplementary plates

Supplementary plates: what it means

Sign IN11.1, TIN11.2, IN11.3, TIN11.4, IN11.5

What it means

A supplementary plate gives more information about the main message of the sign above it. These plates are used with regulatory signs, warning signs and diagrammatical guidance signs.

What you must do

Pay attention to the plate so that you realise what the danger is and what a safe speed is. You must also realise how far away the danger is and the distance the danger will continue.

Where you see it

Below another sign.

Remember

Read the sign and the plate under it together.

Test yourself

  1. Question 1

    Where is a supplementary plate displayed?

    • A Above another sign
    • B Below another sign
    • C On a separate pole beside another sign
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    Answer: B: Below another sign

    A supplementary plate is placed below another sign.

  2. Question 2

    Which of these signs gives more information about the main message of the sign above it?

    A
    B
    C
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    Answer: Picture C

    A supplementary plate gives more information about the main message of the sign above it.

  3. Question 3

    Supplementary plates give more information about the main message on certain signs. Which ONE of the following is NOT one of those signs?

    • A Tourism signs
    • B Warning signs
    • C Diagrammatical guidance signs
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    Answer: A: Tourism signs

    Supplementary plates go with regulatory, warning and diagrammatical guidance signs, not tourism signs.

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