Keep right sign
A regulatory sign showing that traffic passes only to the right of the island, median or obstruction ahead.
Easily confused with
How to read it
The MUTCD calls for it where traffic has to pass on the right of a feature in the road and that is not obvious from the layout. Its counterpart, the Keep Left sign (R4-8), is used where traffic passes only on the left.
Rules vary by state and country. This explains the sign's standard meaning in the U.S. Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices; it isn't legal advice.
Not a divided highway warning
The yellow Divided Highway sign can look like it is making the same point. The MUTCD does not allow it to stand in for a Keep Right sign at the approach end of a median island.
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More road signs
The same shape elsewhere
Browse symbols drawn with arrows or curves and waves.
Sources
- MUTCD 2009 Edition, Chapter 2B: Regulatory Signs, Barricades, and Gates, MUTCD 2009, Part 2, U.S. Federal Highway Administration, Section 2B.32
- MUTCD 2009 Edition, Chapter 2C: Warning Signs and Object Markers, MUTCD 2009, Part 2, U.S. Federal Highway Administration, Section 2C.22
- Pennsylvania Driver's Manual, Chapter 2: Signals, Signs and Pavement Markings, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, p. 12
- Official Florida Driver License Handbook, rev. 08/2023, Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, p. 49
Researched, edited and approved by Rory Hansen before publishing. Last reviewed September 25, 2026. How we research
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