No parking sign
A letter P inside a red circle with a slash. Parking is not allowed where it is posted.
Easily confused with
How to read it
It belongs to the MUTCD's R7 and R8 series of parking, standing and stopping signs. Plaques below it can narrow the rule, with legends such as EXCEPT SUNDAYS & HOLIDAYS, ON BRIDGE, ON TRACKS, LOADING ZONE or a span of hours.
Also searched as: no parking symbol.
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.
Parking, standing and stopping
The series uses three different words. On these signs, standing, as the MUTCD defines it, means keeping a vehicle stationary while still in it, so a no standing sign rules out more than a no parking sign does.
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More road signs
The same shape elsewhere
Browse symbols drawn with circles, letters and numbers or lines.
Sources
- MUTCD 2009 Edition, Chapter 2B: Regulatory Signs, Barricades, and Gates, MUTCD 2009, Part 2, U.S. Federal Highway Administration, Section 2B.46
- Pennsylvania Driver's Manual, Chapter 2: Signals, Signs and Pavement Markings, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, p. 11
- California Driver's Handbook, Section 7: Laws and Rules of the Road, California Department of Motor Vehicles, Signs
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