Pedestrian zone: no vehicles sign

What it means

You are entering a pedestrian zone: no vehicles, including ridden pedal cycles, except those exempted on the sign.

An empty red ring on a pedestrian zone sign means all vehicles are prohibited, including ridden pedal cycles.

A middle panel may show the hours a part-time zone operates, and a lower panel shows exemptions, such as loading by goods vehicles.

Where you'll see it

At the entrance to pedestrianised shopping streets.

Rules to know

• All vehicles, including ridden pedal cycles, are prohibited. The hours of a part-time zone are shown in a panel, and exemptions in a lower panel.

  Know Your Traffic Signs, p. 42

• Shopping streets and streets near schools may be signed as pedestrian zones. Restrictions are detailed on zone entry signs and repeater plates, and the street may have no yellow lines or kerb markings.

  Know Your Traffic Signs, p. 42

• You must obey traffic signs that give orders.

  The Highway Code, Rule 109

Common mistakes

• Mistake: Driving in to load when the sign only exempts goods vehicles.

  Instead: Read the exemption panel: it says which vehicles may enter, and when.

Test yourself

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What does this sign mean?

• ANo stopping at any time on a red route
• BA pedestrian zone: no vehicles except as shown
• CA pedestrian zone: no motor vehicles, cycling allowed
• DNo loading or unloading at any time

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