Regulatory signs — North Carolina Permit Test

Speed limit signs are rectangular regulatory signs, and failing to obey them is unsafe and a violation of the traffic laws.

The posted limit is the fastest the road is designed for on a good day. It is a ceiling, and a legal one.

Rectangular and square-shaped signs, which are normally black and white or red and white, are also used to show speed limits and other regulations.

A DO NOT ENTER sign marks a road you must not enter; watching for it is how to avoid entering an interstate in the wrong direction.

This sign faces the wrong end of a one-way road or ramp. Past it, every car you meet is coming straight at you.

Avoid this error by watching for DO NOT ENTER signs.

A ONE WAY sign marks a street where all lanes of traffic move in the same direction, the direction the sign points.

On a one-way street there is no oncoming lane, which is why you may drive and park on the left there.

On one-way streets where all lanes of traffic move in the same direction;

Regulatory signs carry messages such as NO U-TURN; failing to obey them is unsafe and a violation of the traffic laws.

A U-turn here would put you across traffic the sign’s engineers decided you cannot see. The ban is about sight lines.

These signs will also have messages such as “NO U-TURN” or “KEEP RIGHT EXCEPT TO PASS.” Failure to obey these signs is unsafe as well as a violation of the traffic laws.

A KEEP RIGHT sign tells you to stay to the right of the island or divider ahead.

The sign stands where the road splits around something. Going left of it puts you in the lane coming the other way.

These signs will also have messages such as “NO U-TURN” or “KEEP RIGHT EXCEPT TO PASS.” Failure to obey these signs is unsafe as well as a violation of the traffic laws.

A slashed circle over a right-turn arrow is a regulatory sign meaning no right turn is allowed at that intersection.

The turn is banned because of what the engineers know about that corner. The sign is the rule, whether or not you can see the reason.

Rectangular and square-shaped signs, which are normally black and white or red and white, are also used to show speed limits and other regulations.

A slashed circle over a left-turn arrow is a regulatory sign meaning no left turn is allowed at that intersection.

A banned left turn usually means the gap in oncoming traffic never comes. Go on to the next street and turn there.

Rectangular and square-shaped signs, which are normally black and white or red and white, are also used to show speed limits and other regulations.

The rectangular DO NOT PASS sign marks a no-passing zone; the pennant-shaped warning sign emphasizes it.

The sign is posted where the road ahead hides oncoming traffic. Passing there is a guess with a car at the end of it.

The pennant–shaped yellow warning sign emphasizes, rather than replaces, the rectangular regulatory “DO NOT PASS” sign.

What does this sign tell you?

The maximum speed allowed on this road. The posted limit is the fastest the road is designed for on a good day. It is a ceiling, and a legal one. North Carolina Driver Handbook, p.83: “Rectangular and square-shaped signs, which are normally black and white or red and white, are also used to show speed limits and other regulations.”