No entry sign
You must not drive past this sign into the road ahead.
- Group
- Regulatory signs
- The group at a distance
- Mostly round, or a rectangular plate. Stop is the one octagon in the whole group and give way the one triangle. Usually white with a red ring or bar and a black legend. A few, like the shared path sign, are white on blue.
- Does this group carry the law
- Enforceable. Disobeying one is an offence in itself.
- In the sign deck
- 3 questions ask about this sign
What to do when you see it
In the order you do it, from the moment the sign comes into view.
- Do not drive past the sign, in any vehicle, at any time of day.
- Look for the correct entry, which is usually the next street or the far end of a one way pair.
- If you have already turned in, reverse out only when it is safe, or continue to a legal turning point rather than reversing into traffic.
Where you see it
At the exit end of a one way street, at freeway off ramps to stop wrong way entry, in car parks with a fixed circulation direction, and at the entrance to bus only or service roads.
Across the states and territories
The red disc with the white bar is national. Some jurisdictions add a plate underneath naming an exception, buses or bicycles for example, and the plate is the part that changes between them.
Tell it apart from these
Both signs at the same size, next to each other, with the one line that separates them. These are the pairs people mix up under time pressure.
- No entrythis pageOne way
One way tells you the direction traffic travels on that road. No entry tells you that you cannot join it here at all.
One way: Traffic on this road travels in the direction of the arrow only.
- No entrythis pageNo left turn
A no turn sign bans one movement at an intersection. No entry bans the whole road ahead of you.
No left turn: You must not turn left at this intersection.
How the knowledge tests use it
Questions often pair it with a one way sign and ask which one means the road is closed to you rather than simply single direction.
A real question from the sign deckWhat does this sign mean?
A red disc with a white bar closes the road to you completely. It is often placed at the wrong end of a one way street or at an exit only ramp.
State and territory driver handbooks, regulatory signs
Try it in a question
The sign tests draw the artwork above the question and ask what it means, which is closer to the way you meet a sign on the road than reading a page about it. They are original questions written for this site rather than an agency's published bank.
More regulatory signs
Mostly white with red or black, and usually round or rectangular.