No right turn sign
You must not turn right at this intersection.
- 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 turn right here, even if the intersection looks clear and a gap opens up.
- Go through the intersection and take the next legal right, or turn left and loop around.
- Check for a plate under the sign that limits the ban to particular times or to particular vehicles.
Where you see it
At intersections on divided roads, where a right turn would hold up through traffic, where the turn would cross a tram line, and at ramps and service road entries.
Across the states and territories
The sign is used the same way nationally. In central Melbourne it often appears alongside a hook turn sign, which does not ban the right turn but changes how you make it, from the left lane and on the green light for the road you are entering.
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 right turnthis pageNo left turn
Only the arrow direction differs, so glance at the arrow rather than recognising the shape.
No left turn: You must not turn left at this intersection.
- No right turnthis pageNo U turn
Banning a right turn does not ban a U turn and banning a U turn does not ban a right turn. They are separate signs and separate rules.
No U turn: You must not make a U turn at this intersection or along this length of road.
How the knowledge tests use it
It appears in questions about alternative routes: the answer is almost always to continue and turn later rather than to stop or reverse.
A real question from the sign deckWhat does this sign mean?
The arrow points right and the red ring and bar ban that movement. Right turn bans are common where a turn would cut across busy oncoming lanes.
State and territory driver handbooks, turning and U turns
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.