Advance direction sign with lane allocation, main road

Information signsSign no. 4.38OSR art. 52

What the sign says

The panel assigns a direction to each lane: it no longer says only where to go, but which lane to be in.

The exam trap

Getting the lane wrong here cannot be fixed at the last second: follow your lane's direction and go round, rather than cutting across traffic.

Do not confuse

Advance direction sign, main roadOSR art. 52
Lane layout panelOSR art. 59
Straight ahead or turn rightOSR art. 24

Study topic

Signs and road markings

Practise this topic All signs

The signs are the official depictions by the Federal Roads Office, from the annexes of the Signalling Ordinance (SR 741.21): official works, unprotected under Art. 5 of the Copyright Act. The explanations, by contrast, are written from federal law — never taken from a third-party catalogue.