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Drivers should expect no foot traffic here; pedestrians should use another route.
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)Signs drill: Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, Quebec