Regulatory signs
Pedestrians are not allowed on this road.
Drivers should expect no foot traffic here; pedestrians should use another route.
Most are white with black text or a black symbol, or plain white with a red border. Two shapes are used for exactly one meaning each and nothing else: the eight sided red stop sign and the downward pointing red triangle yield sign, so you can still read them by outline alone in poor light. A red circle with a diagonal red bar always means the thing inside the circle is not allowed.
A regulatory sign states a rule you must follow. It carries the force of law behind it, not just advice, so ignoring one is a traffic offence in its own right.
6 questions in our banks show this sign and ask what it requires. Here are 6, each with the answer marked and the authority it rests on.
This sign is posted at the entrance to a road. What is it saying?
People on foot are not allowed to use this road
The sign bans walking on the road, and it goes where speeds and sightlines leave a person on foot invisible until far too late. As a driver you should read it as a warning too: anyone you do see walking there is in danger and probably in trouble.
Highway Traffic Act (Ontario)This sign is posted at the entrance to a road. Who is it aimed at?
People on foot, who are not allowed to use this road
A red ring with a slash always forbids the thing shown inside it, so this one bans people on foot rather than warning drivers about them. It goes up where there is no sidewalk or usable shoulder and traffic moves fast, such as a freeway or a long bridge.
Motor Vehicle Act (British Columbia)You see this sign where a road begins. What is it telling you?
People on foot are not allowed to use this road
This sign restricts people on foot, normally because the road carries fast traffic with no sidewalk and no shoulder to walk on. It is not a warning to you about a crossing, and it does not change who has the right of way anywhere else. If you do see somebody walking there, treat them as a serious hazard, because they may be there because something has gone wrong.
Alberta Driver's Guide (Government of Alberta)This sign is posted at the start of an on-ramp. What is it saying about that road?
People on foot are not allowed on this road
The sign closes the road to people on foot, and it goes up where traffic speeds and short sightlines make walking there unsafe, typically ramps and expressways. As a driver, it is a warning that anyone you do see walking there is in danger and probably in trouble. It changes none of your other duties on the road.
Highway Safety Code (Quebec)On a road marked with this sign, your passenger asks to be let out because they can see where they are going and would rather walk from here.
Do not set them down here, and take them on to a place where walking is allowed
The sign bans people on foot from this road, and a passenger who steps out of your vehicle becomes one the moment the door shuts. Roads marked this way carry traffic at speeds where a person at the edge has nothing protecting them. Where the passenger insists, the answer is still the next place they can safely stand.
Highway Traffic Act (Ontario)Your passenger asks to leave beside this road and walk along it toward a nearby workplace. What should you do?
Continue to a legal drop off with a permitted walking route
Pedestrians are not allowed on this road, so do not discharge a passenger who would need to walk along it. Leaving someone there can place them beside fast or restricted traffic without a lawful pedestrian route. A brief warning does not make the location suitable, so continue to a legal stopping place connected to a route the passenger may use.
Highway Safety Code (Quebec)The signs drills ask sign questions on their own, with the reason for every answer.
Counted from the questions written for each province when the site is built, not typed by hand.
2 questions: 1 on the G1 knowledge test, 1 on the Class F knowledge test
1 question: 1 on the ICBC knowledge test
1 question: 1 on the Class 7 knowledge test
2 questions: 1 on the SAAQ knowledge test, 1 on the Authorized driver exam
Signs that share this one's shape and colour rule, and are easy to confuse with it under a clock.
Bicycles are not allowed on this road.
A roundabout is ahead; travel counter-clockwise around the island and yield on entry.
Heavy trucks are not allowed on this road.
Come to a complete stop, yield to traffic and pedestrians, and go only when it is safe.
Slow down and give the right of way to traffic and pedestrians; stop if needed.
Do not enter this road or ramp; traffic on it is coming toward you.
Pedestrians are not allowed on this road. Drivers should expect no foot traffic here; pedestrians should use another route.
It is a regulatory sign. A regulatory sign states a rule you must follow. It carries the force of law behind it, not just advice, so ignoring one is a traffic offence in its own right.
It appears in the Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta and Quebec practice banks on this site: 2 in Ontario, 1 in British Columbia, 1 in Alberta, 2 in Quebec. Every question is original prose citing Highway Traffic Act (Ontario), Motor Vehicle Act (British Columbia), Alberta Driver's Guide (Government of Alberta) and Highway Safety Code (Quebec).
The meaning and the action are the standard ones taught across Canada. Each question above cites the law or the guide it rests on, and the exam facts on the province pages come from the records below.
Ontario Ministry of Transportation, G1 licensing rules and DriveTest fee schedule
Verified 2026-08-27
Ontario Ministry of Transportation, Get a bus driver licence
Verified 2026-08-28
Read alongside the DriveTest commercial page, which words the same requirement differently.
ICBC published graduated licensing and knowledge test information
Verified 2026-08-27
Government of Alberta published Class 7 licensing and knowledge test information
Verified 2026-08-27
SAAQ published licensing, driving course and knowledge test information
Verified 2026-08-27
SAAQ, Taxi and Automobile Treated as a Taxi
Verified 2026-08-28
Read through an Internet Archive copy of the SAAQ page captured on 2026-08-13, because the SAAQ turns away visitors from outside Canada. The French page is cited because it is the version the SAAQ updates first.