RTM3
At a glance
- Sign code
- RTM3
- Type
- Road Marking
- Official meaning
- A regulatory marking requiring a driver to yield right of way, slowing down or stopping if need be, to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within the crossing — when that pedestrian is on the driver's half of the roadway, or is approaching so closely from the other half as to be in danger. Where the crossing is used with a road sign, a traffic signal, a stop line or a yield line, that control takes precedence. Where a pedestrian signal is provided, the pedestrian must obey it.
What the Pedestrian crossing lines sign means
Two solid white lines running across the road with a gap between them — that gap is a walkway for people, and a person walking across it has right of way over you.
What you must do
Scan both pavements as you approach and be ready to stop for anyone already stepping across, especially on your side of the road. Stop at the stop line or yield line painted before the crossing, not on the crossing itself. If another vehicle has already stopped at the crossing, do not overtake it.
Know the mistake this sign turns on
Full access adds the confusion Pedestrian crossing lines is most often mistaken for and the hint for the test, on this sign and every other one — plus practice questions and timed mock papers. The practice sample and the readiness test are free.
See the free practice testSources
- Road Traffic Signs chart, National Department of TransportThe official chart. Sign RTM3 was checked against it, artwork and meaning, before being published here.
- National Road Traffic Regulations, 2000 — Schedule 1Where the prescribed meaning of each road traffic sign is set out.
Last updated 2026-08-23.