No right turn sign
A right-turn arrow inside a red circle with a slash. Right turns are prohibited at that intersection.
How to read it
The red circle and slash mean the movement pictured inside is not allowed, as California's and Florida's handbooks describe it. The MUTCD places at least one sign over the road or at a right-hand corner of the intersection.
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.
Versions you may see
A legend added to the sign can limit the ban to certain vehicles, such as trucks (R3-1b to R3-1d), or exempt some (R3-1e and R3-1f). Others give the hours and days it applies (R3-1g and R3-1h). For a ban that applies only at certain times, the 11th edition (2023) lists first a blank-out sign that shows only while the ban is in force: a red circle and diagonal with a white arrow on a black face. Where ONE WAY signs are posted, the MUTCD allows the No Right Turn sign to be left out.
Look-alikes
The No Turn on Red sign forbids a right turn only while the signal shows a circular red. The No Right Turn sign is for a turn banned from the whole approach.
In other countries
Britain's no right turn sign is also a red circle. The Department for Transport's guide says a red bar across the sign is added where a change of direction is prohibited, and a time plate below it means the ban is part-time.
Read next
- Next in Road signsNo U-turn signA U-shaped arrow inside a red circle with a slash. U-turns are prohibited there.
- The same shape in BPMN symbolsSequence flow and message flowThe two arrows of BPMN. A solid arrow with a filled head is a sequence flow, the order of steps within one process; a dashed arrow that starts at a small open circle and ends in an open head is a message flow, a message passing between two participants.
More road signs
The same shape elsewhere
Browse symbols drawn with arrows, circles or lines.
Sources
- MUTCD 2009 Edition, Chapter 2B: Regulatory Signs, Barricades, and Gates, MUTCD 2009, Part 2, U.S. Federal Highway Administration, Section 2B.18
- 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
- Official Florida Driver License Handbook, rev. 08/2023, Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, p. 48
- Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways, 11th edition, MUTCD, U.S. Federal Highway Administration, Section 2B.26, paras 02, 13–15 (printed pp. 89, 91); Section 2B.60, para 01 (p. 134)
- Know Your Traffic Signs, Sixth edition, 2023, UK Department for Transport, p. 19
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