Exit sign
What the Exit sign means: This is the way off the freeway, so move into the exit lane early and slow down once you are in it.
- Does this group carry the law
- Mostly informational, but the road it announces carries rules.
- In the sign deck
- 3 questions ask about this sign
What to do when you see it
- Decide on the exit well before it, using the advance signs.
- Move to the exit side lane early, not in the last hundred metres.
- Signal, leave the through lane and then slow down in the exit lane rather than braking on the freeway.
- Watch the advisory speed on the ramp, which is often far lower than the freeway limit.
Where you see it
On motorway approaches, repeated at set distances before the ramp, and on the ramp itself.
Across the states and territories
Green guide signs with white legends are used nationally on freeways. Exit numbering schemes differ between jurisdictions, and some routes are numbered by alphanumeric route markers instead, so the number on the sign is not a national system.
Tell it apart from these
- Exitthis pageFreeway ends
An exit leaves the freeway while the freeway continues. Freeway ends means the road itself has stopped being one.
Freeway ends: Freeway conditions end here, so expect a lower limit, intersections and traffic that can stop.
- Exitthis pageDetour
A detour sends you off the normal route because it is closed. An exit is part of the normal route.
Detour: The road ahead is closed, so follow the arrows on these signs along the marked alternative route.
How the knowledge tests use it
Questions cover braking on the ramp rather than in the through lane, which is where sudden slowing causes rear end crashes.
What does this sign mean?
Green signs give direction and guidance. This one marks the exit and which side it leaves from, it does not force you off the road.
State and territory driver handbooks, freeway and motorway driving
Common questions
- What does the Exit sign mean?
- This is the way off the freeway, so move into the exit lane early and slow down once you are in it.
- What should you do when you see a Exit sign?
- Decide on the exit well before it, using the advance signs. Move to the exit side lane early, not in the last hundred metres. Signal, leave the through lane and then slow down in the exit lane rather than braking on the freeway. Watch the advisory speed on the ramp, which is often far lower than the freeway limit.
- Where is the Exit sign used?
- On motorway approaches, repeated at set distances before the ramp, and on the ramp itself.
- What is the Exit sign confused with?
- Freeway ends: An exit leaves the freeway while the freeway continues. Freeway ends means the road itself has stopped being one. Detour: A detour sends you off the normal route because it is closed. An exit is part of the normal route.
- How do the knowledge tests ask about the Exit sign?
- Questions cover braking on the ramp rather than in the through lane, which is where sudden slowing causes rear end crashes.
Try it in a question
Original practice questions, not the official bank. How we write and check them.
More guide and service signs
Green for routes and directions, blue for services.