Pedestrian zone: no motor vehicles sign

What it means

You are entering a pedestrian zone: no motor vehicles. Ridden pedal cycles are allowed.

A car and motorcycle in the red ring ban motor vehicles. Ridden pedal cycles are permitted within this type of zone.

A yellow panel shows that waiting restrictions apply in the zone, even where there are no yellow lines.

Where you'll see it

At the entrance to pedestrian zones where cycling is allowed.

Rules to know

• Ridden pedal cycles are permitted within the zone. The hours of a part-time zone are shown in a panel, and exemptions in a lower panel.

  Know Your Traffic Signs, p. 42

• The yellow panels indicate that there are waiting restrictions within the zone.

  Know Your Traffic Signs, p. 42

• You must obey traffic signs that give orders.

  The Highway Code, Rule 109

Common mistakes

• Mistake: Parking in the zone because there are no yellow lines.

  Instead: The yellow panel on the entry sign is the waiting restriction.

Test yourself

Recalling the answer helps it stick. Pick an answer to see how you did.

Question 1 of 1

What does this sign mean?

• ALarge or slow vehicles must phone for permission
• BThe waiting restrictions in a pedestrian zone
• CNo loading or unloading at any time
• DA pedestrian zone: no motor vehicles, cycling allowed

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