When driving, you’ll see plenty of signs and painted symbols on the roads but do you know what they all mean?

Vehicles and cyclists share the road and you might’ve spotted a white box with a bicycle painted inside it on some UK roads.

But do you know what it’s for and if you’re allowed to stop in it as you wait for traffic lights to change? Here’s what we know.

Bike lanes sometimes join a bike box (Image: Getty)

What are bike boxes?

While it’s easy to call them bike boxes, the RAC explains that they’re actually called Advance Stop Lines (ASLs).

It describes bike boxes as “common at UK traffic lights” and says they “are put into place to give cyclists a safe place to stop at busy crossings and allow them to be positioned ahead of other traffic so they have more time to pull off as

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