Saudi Traffic Signs and Meanings 2026: Chart for the Dallah Test

This page is the reference chart for road signs in Saudi Arabia. It sets out every family of sign you will meet on the road and in the Saudi driving theory test, the shape and colour that identify each family, and what the sign orders you to do. It is written for candidates preparing for the computer test at a Dallah or other Moroor-approved driving school, and for anyone who simply wants to read the signs on the road correctly.

Saudi Arabia uses the standard GCC sign system, so the logic is the same as in the UAE, Qatar or Kuwait. Shape and colour tell you the type of instruction before you read the picture. A red-bordered triangle warns. A red ring forbids. A blue disc commands. A red octagon means stop. Green and blue rectangles inform and direct. Direction boards are written in Arabic and English, so the Arabic place name and the Latin spelling sit side by side.

Chart first, then the signs test

Read a section, then test yourself on the same signs. The signs test is our free Saudi road signs practice paper: 22 questions, a picture for each, 17 correct to pass, with the reason shown after every answer. Signs test 2 gives you 22 different questions. These two pages are the quiz. This page is the chart that feeds them, so use them together, one after the other, rather than reading the chart on its own.

Which page does what

For the format and the score you need on the real paper, read the Dallah driving test guide and the Saudi theory test pass mark guide. If you have already failed once, go to what to do after failing the Saudi theory test. The country hub, Saudi driving theory test practice, links to every region and vehicle type.

Signs are the single biggest block on the Saudi computer test. Candidates who sat the Dallah paper report that about 40% of the questions are sign recognition and about 60% are traffic rules. On the reported 35-question paper that is roughly 14 sign questions. Moroor publishes no official count, pass mark or topic split, so treat these as the reported format and confirm the detail with your branch when you book.

What a sign question looks like

The sign is shown on screen and the question asks what it means or what you must do. You then pick from three or four short options. Some questions describe a situation and ask which sign applies. The wording is blunt, for example a sign with a red octagon and the question "what must you do?", with the right answer being to stop completely at the line.

The arithmetic matters. If you answer all 14 sign questions correctly, you need only 8 of the roughly 21 rule questions to reach 22. If you drop four sign questions, you must find 12 correct among the rules. Signs are the cheapest marks on the paper, which is why they deserve the first days of your revision. Our first full mock uses the same mix so you can see the split yourself.

Where the signs hurt people

Almost nobody fails on a sign they have never seen. They fail on a sign they half know: no stopping against no parking, a speed limit against its end, a stop octagon against the give way triangle. The look-alike table later on this page lists the pairs.

If you can rebuild this table from memory, you already understand the structure of the signs test. The columns that matter most are shape and colour, because they give you the type of instruction before you read the symbol.

The four shapes that carry the paper

Triangle warns, red ring forbids, blue disc commands, rectangle informs. A candidate who knows only those four rules can answer a large share of sign questions by elimination. The exceptions, the octagon and the inverted triangle, are the ones the test likes to ask about, so learn them as a pair.

Every explanation in our Saudi signs test names the family first. When you miss a question, say the family out loud before you read the reason.

Warning signs tell you what is coming so that you can slow down and prepare. They are triangles with a red border and a picture of the hazard. The test asks what the hazard is and what you should do, and the answer to the second part is nearly always the same: reduce speed and be ready to stop. Roadworks and temporary warnings may use a yellow or orange face, but the triangle shape is the clue.

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Sign	What it shows	Meaning	What you must do
	Walking figure	Pedestrian crossing ahead	Slow down and give way to anyone crossing
	Two children	School or play area nearby	Slow down and expect a child to step out
	Car with skid marks	Road may be slippery	Reduce speed, no hard braking or sharp steering
	Hump in the road	Speed bump ahead	Slow right down before the bump
	Three lights	Traffic signals ahead	Be ready to stop and watch the lights
	Three curved arrows	Roundabout ahead	Slow down and prepare to give way
	Rocks on a slope	Falling rocks possible	Watch for debris and do not stop under the slope
	Downhill slope	Steep descent ahead	Use a lower gear and do not ride the brakes
	Pinched lines	Road narrows on both sides	Slow down and do not overtake

Camels and animals

Saudi Arabia has a warning you will not find on a European paper. Camels crossing signs stand beside many desert and intercity roads, and they matter because a collision with a camel is a serious one. The test shows the sign and expects you to slow down, especially at dusk and at night, and to be ready to stop.

Warning against instruction

A warning does not change what you are allowed to do. It tells you to be careful. A prohibition or a mandatory sign changes what you are allowed to do. If the question asks "what does this sign order?" and the sign is a triangle, the honest answer is that it does not order anything, it warns. That distinction picks up a question or two on most papers. Test it in the Saudi signs test.

These are the signs that tell you what you may and may not do, and they carry most of the exam's tricky questions. Red rings forbid. Blue discs command. Learn the speed signs and the priority pair first, because they are asked most often.

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Sign	Shape and colour	Meaning	What you must do
	Red octagon	Stop	Come to a full stop at the line, give way to all traffic, then go when clear
	Inverted triangle, red border	Give way	Slow down and stop only if you need to
	Red ring with a number	Maximum speed	Never go faster than the number in km/h
	Red ring with a number	Highest limit, on some highways only	Keep to the number shown on that stretch
	Number with a diagonal bar	End of that limit	The limit stops here, so check the next sign
	Red ring, two cars	No overtaking	Stay behind the vehicle ahead
	Red ring, crossed arrow	No left turn	Go another way
	Blue disc, red ring, one bar	No parking	You may stop briefly to load or drop, but do not leave the car
	Blue disc, red ring, cross	No stopping	Do not stop at all, even for a moment
	Red ring, bicycle	No cycling	Cyclists must not enter
	Blue disc, arrow	Keep right	Pass the obstacle on its right side
	Blue disc, straight arrow	Ahead only	Go straight. No turning
	Blue disc, bent arrow	Turn right	Turn right at the junction
	Blue disc, circular arrows	Roundabout, go round the island	Follow the arrows, give way to traffic already in it

Stop is a full stop

A stop sign means the wheels stop moving, at the line, every time. A slow roll is not a stop. The Saudi test asks this directly, and the right option is to stop completely and give way to all traffic. The give way sign is lighter: you slow down and stop only if there is traffic you must let past.

Speed signs: red is the maximum

A red ring with a number is a maximum, in kilometres per hour. A diagonal bar through the same number cancels it. Different roads carry different numbers, which is why speed questions often show two signs and ask which road allows more. Practise reading the number, not just the colour, in signs test 2.

Direction and information signs do not forbid or command anything. They help you decide where to go. They are rectangles, usually green for routes and blue for services, with white text and symbols. On Saudi roads the text is bilingual, with the Arabic name and the English spelling on the same board. Candidates sometimes find the Latin spellings of Arabic towns the harder half, so read a few place names in both scripts.

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Sign	Shape and colour	What it tells you
	Rectangle with a blue border and the hospital symbol	A hospital is nearby. Keep noise down and give emergency vehicles room
	Rectangle with a blue border and a P	Parking is permitted here
	Rectangle with a blue border and an arrow	Traffic flows one way only, in the arrow direction
	Round sign, walking figure	Pedestrians only. No vehicles
	Blue disc, headlight	Switch dipped headlights on, for tunnels and some roads

Highway and motorway boards

Saudi intercity roads are fast and long, so highway boards give early notice of exits. You will meet motorway start and end signs, exit boards and service direction signs, plus electronic variable message signs that can show a speed limit or a warning that changes with conditions. The principle for the test is the same as for the road. Follow the number or the message currently displayed, not the one you remember.

A variable message sign overrides what you remember

A variable message sign may display a lower limit because of fog, sand or an incident ahead. When a question shows one, the number on the sign is your limit. Test this idea in our second mock, where electronic signs appear among the questions.

Temporary signs warn of work that will not be there forever: lane closures, diversions, narrowed carriageways and workers on the road. They are often orange or yellow, mounted on portable stands or barriers, and they take priority over the permanent signs they sit next to. A cone line is a sign too. The question asks what you do, and the answer is slow down, follow the diversion and give the crew room.

Road narrows and lane closed

The road narrows signs show the lines of the carriageway pinching in from one side or both. The action is the same: reduce speed, do not overtake, and merge early without forcing your way. A lane closed sign tells you to move across before the closure, not at the last cone. Merging late and cutting in is a common cause of collisions at works, and it is a common topic in the rules half of the test.

End of restrictions

An end-of-restrictions sign cancels every restriction that applied before it, such as speed limits and no overtaking, and returns you to the normal rules of that road. It does not mean that you may go as fast as you like. Read the next permanent sign after it. The test shows the sign and asks what it tells you.

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Sign	Looks like	What to do
	White disc with diagonal lines	All earlier restrictions end. Follow the normal rules and watch for the next sign
	Triangle with an exclamation mark	An unspecified hazard. Slow down and look for what it is
	Triangle with two arrows	Two way traffic ahead. Keep right and watch oncoming vehicles

Why the test asks about them

Roadworks are frequent on Saudi roads and the examiners know it. These questions are short, and the answer is nearly always the cautious option. If a choice tells you to speed up to clear the works quickly, it is wrong. Practise the cautious reading in the road rules test, which covers works and merging.

Markings are signs painted on the road, and the signs test includes them. The rule that covers most of the questions is simple. A broken line is a permission, a solid line is a barrier, and a double solid line is a firm barrier in both directions.

One way roads and lane use

On a one way road, markings and arrows tell you which lane to use for which movement. Saudi drivers keep to the right, and slower traffic should use the right lane, leaving the left for overtaking. The test shows a top-down scene and asks what car A may do. Look at the line next to car A before you read the options.

For more scenes with lines, overtaking and junctions, use the right of way test after this section.

Lights and officers give moving instructions that override the static signs around them. The test usually shows a single light or an officer, and asks what you do.

What the lights look like in the test

You will see lights as a single large signal in a picture. Say the colour, then what you do. Amber is the favourite for a question, because the safe answer is not "go" and not "always stop". It is stop if you can, and that wording matters.

Speed camera signs

Fixed and mobile speed cameras are widespread, and signs warn you of them. The sign does not give you the limit. The limit is on the speed limit sign. A camera warning means check your speed now.

Most lost marks come from two signs a candidate has seen many times and swaps. Use this table as a checklist, and for each pair say aloud what separates them. The mocks deliberately put the twin among the wrong options.

Drill one pair a day

Write one row on a card with the picture on one side. Then take a timed paper and look for that pair in the questions. Each time you pick the right sign over its twin, you are doing exactly the job the real test asks. Do the pairs in signs test 2, then check your result on the third mock.

Say the family, then the sign

Before you look at the options, say the family: warning, prohibition, mandatory, priority or information. That removes at least half the options and cuts the chance of falling for the twin.

You do not need weeks for signs, you need repetition with feedback. This plan takes 30 to 40 minutes a day and finishes with two timed papers, so you finish above the line and not on it. Move days around to fit your classes.

Memory tricks that work

• Red takes, blue gives. A red ring takes something away from you. A blue disc tells you what to do.
• Look for the bar. A diagonal bar usually cancels or forbids.
• Cross is stronger than bar. A cross means no stopping. A single bar means no parking.
• Draw it. Sketching a sign from memory fixes it better than looking at it again.

If you drive already

If you have driven in another GCC country, you will know most of these. Do the plan anyway, in half the time. The Saudi paper still asks the details, and "I drive already" is exactly the thought that costs marks on look-alike pairs.

Many people search for this chart as a PDF so they can keep it on a phone or print it for the commute to class. There are two sensible sources, and they do different jobs.

The official reference

The General Department of Traffic and the Ministry of Interior define the signs. Moroor-approved schools such as Dallah hand out a sign sheet or study booklet in class, and that sheet is the authority on how a sign should look. We could not confirm a single public download address for a current official PDF, so ask your branch for the current sheet and treat it as the final word on artwork.

Printable practice

Reading a chart does not tell you whether you can recall it under a clock. Our Saudi printable papers give you question sheets with the pictures that you can print and mark by hand. They are written to the published rules and to what candidates report from the real test. They are practice, not the official exam.

How to use a printed sheet

1. Print one paper and set a 30 minute timer.
2. Answer without the chart in front of you.
3. Mark it and circle every sign you got wrong.
4. Write the family and the action next to each circled sign.
5. Sit it again two days later.

The same questions are in the online Saudi bank with a timer, a score and the reason for every answer, if you prefer to work on a screen.

These are the patterns candidates describe most often after a failed sign section. Each is a habit and not a lack of intelligence, and each has a fix you can apply this week.

What a fail costs

Moroor and the schools do not publish a fixed theory retest fee or waiting period, and the figures vary by school and package. One expat guide reports a retest fee of about SAR 86, but other sites quote different amounts, so ask your branch for the figure in writing. The fee is the smaller cost. A fail delays your in-car training, can mean a wait for the next slot, and can push the whole course back by days or weeks. You cannot book the road test until you pass.

Practise before you book

Take the signs test now, and the second one tomorrow. When you score 20 or more of 22 on both, move to the full mock. Book your real slot only when two mocks in a row are above 28 of 35. The full Saudi bank adds every mock and topic test with explanations, and the printable papers let you work offline. Passing on the first attempt is cheaper than any retest. Start with the free 10-question test above this page to see where you stand.