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Bus and cycle lane: look right sign
What does the Bus and cycle lane: look right sign mean?
A reminder to pedestrians to look out for buses and cycles approaching from the right in a bus and cycle lane.
Also known as: Look right for buses
What it means
Pedestrians: look right for buses and cycles.
The sign is for pedestrians crossing where a bus and cycle lane runs in a direction you might not expect.
Look right and check the lane is clear before you cross.
Where you'll see it
At crossing points next to contraflow bus lanes.
Rules to know
The sign is a reminder to pedestrians to look out for buses, or buses and pedal cycles, approaching from the right.
Know Your Traffic Signs, p. 37
Common mistakes
Mistake: Stepping out after looking left only.
Instead: Look right as well: buses and cycles may come from that side.
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Cycle lane: look right
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The same reminder for cycles.
See also
Contraflow bus lane
Regulatory sign
A bus lane against the flow of traffic.
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- Know Your Traffic Signs (Department for Transport, Sixth edition, 2023), Bus and cycle signs, p. 37
Sign image: Department for Transport, Traffic sign images (diagram 963.2). © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last reviewed 11 October 2026. This page explains the sign in our own words; for the full rules, see The Highway Code. How we source and check content