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Regulatory signs
Right turns are not allowed here.
Continue straight or turn left instead. A right turn here is not allowed, including on a red light unless another sign says otherwise.
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.
10 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 an intersection where you had planned to turn right on a red light. What does it mean for you?
You may not turn right here at all, on any signal
The sign removes the right turn from this intersection completely, so the colour of the light makes no difference to it. Bans like this usually protect a crossing, a bike lane or a sightline that the turning driver cannot judge from the stop line.
Highway Traffic Act (Ontario)The light ahead of you is red and this sign is mounted beside it. What does it mean for the right turn you planned?
You may not turn right here at any time
A right turn on a red light is normally allowed after a full stop, and this sign takes that permission away. It also bans the turn on a green light, because the reason for the sign is usually a busy crosswalk or a cycle lane that turning traffic would cut across.
Motor Vehicle Act (British Columbia)You are first in line at a red light with this sign beside the signal. You have stopped completely and the way is clear. May you turn right?
No, the turn is not permitted here, on a red light or a green one
A right turn on a red light is only ever allowed where nothing prohibits the turn, and this sign is exactly that prohibition. It bans the movement itself, so waiting for the green does not help either. Signs like this go up where the turn would cross a busy crosswalk or feed into a lane with a poor sightline.
Alberta Driver's Guide (Government of Alberta)You are stopped at a red light and this sign is posted beside the signal head. What does it change about your options?
You may not make that right turn at all, on any signal
This sign bans the movement itself, not just the turn on a red. A green light gives permission to proceed where turns are allowed, and it never overrides a sign that forbids one. If that was the turn you needed, go straight on and come back around.
Highway Safety Code (Quebec)A right turn would shorten your trip through Winnipeg, but this sign is beside the signal. What should you do?
Use another legal route instead of turning right here
The posted sign prohibits the right turn at this location. A green light still does not authorize a movement the sign forbids.
The Highway Traffic Act (Manitoba), C.C.S.M. c. H60You need the street to your right in downtown Halifax, but this sign faces your approach. What should you do?
Continue and find a lawful route
The sign prohibits a right turn at this junction. Waiting for a different signal phase does not make the prohibited turn lawful.
Traffic Signs Regulations (Nova Scotia)The other 4 sit in the signs drills, which 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: 2 on the G1 test
3 questions: 2 on the ICBC knowledge test, 1 on the Class 1 knowledge test
1 question: 1 on the Class 7 learner's test
2 questions: 1 on the SAAQ knowledge test, 1 on the Authorized driver exam
1 question: 1 on the MPI knowledge test
1 question: 1 on the Nova Scotia learners test
Signs that share this one's shape and colour rule, and are easy to confuse with it under a clock.
Turning around to go back the way you came is not allowed here.
You may stop briefly to load or unload, but you may not park here.
Do not stop here at all, even briefly, except to obey traffic control.
The highest legal speed on this road in good conditions.
Keep to the right of the divider or island ahead.
Do not pass other vehicles in this stretch of road.
Right turns are not allowed here. Continue straight or turn left instead. A right turn here is not allowed, including on a red light unless another sign says otherwise.
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, Quebec, Manitoba and Nova Scotia practice banks on this site: 2 in Ontario, 3 in British Columbia, 1 in Alberta, 2 in Quebec, 1 in Manitoba, 1 in Nova Scotia. Every question is original prose citing Highway Traffic Act (Ontario), Motor Vehicle Act (British Columbia), Alberta Driver's Guide (Government of Alberta), Highway Safety Code (Quebec), The Highway Traffic Act (Manitoba), C.C.S.M. c. H60 and Traffic Signs Regulations (Nova Scotia).
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.
Verified 2026-09-15
ICBC published graduated licensing and knowledge test information
Verified 2026-08-27
ICBC, Before you take your knowledge test (form MV2654)
Verified 2026-08-28
Fees read from the ICBC fee list on the same date.
Government of Alberta, Driver knowledge test
Verified 2026-09-15
SAAQ, Obtaining a Driver's Licence for a Passenger Vehicle (Class 5)
Verified 2026-09-15
Read through an Internet Archive copy of the SAAQ page captured on 2026-04-23, because the SAAQ turns away visitors from outside Canada.
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.
Manitoba Public Insurance, Testing for your Class 5 licence
Verified 2026-09-15
Government of Nova Scotia, Take a driver knowledge test for a learner's licence
Verified 2026-09-15
This current service page is used for partial retakes. An older permits page conflicts with it.