Stop Signs vs Give Way Signs

These two signs mean genuinely different things — mixing them up is a common test failure point.

Stop sign — an eight-sided (octagon) red sign with white letters, at a junction where you're joining a two-way road.

The exact required procedure: come to a complete stop, then look right, left, and right again, and proceed only once the road is clear. Notice the order — right first, because that's the direction of closer, more immediate danger on a left-hand-traffic road: the same logic behind priority-to-the-right.

Give Way sign — a red triangle, point facing downward, white border.

The exact requirement: slow down, and stop only if necessary — then proceed once it's safe. A full stop isn't automatically required; what's required is that you genuinely give way to traffic with priority, whether or not stopping turns out to be needed to do that.

The distinction that matters, for the exam and the road: a Stop sign requires the stop regardless of whether traffic is coming. Treating a Give Way like a Stop isn't wrong, exactly — but treating a Stop like a Give Way (rolling through because the road "looked" clear) is a violation every time.