Regulatory sign meanings — Nebraska Permit Test
Regulatory sign meanings on the Nebraska permit test — 5 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
On regulatory signs, a red circle with a slash means NO; the symbol inside shows what is prohibited.
A driver who cannot read the slash may do exactly the thing the sign forbids.
A red circle with a slash means NO – the symbol indicates what is prohibited.
At a stop sign, stop before any crosswalk, painted or unpainted; with no crosswalk, stop at the safest point nearest the cross road where you can see traffic.
Stopping too far back hides cross traffic, and stopping too far up puts you in the walkers' path.
If there is no crosswalk, stop at the safest point nearest the intersecting roadway to obtain a clear view of approaching traffic.
A No Parking sign means parking is prohibited there.
A car parked where it is banned can block a hydrant, a sight line or a lane that traffic needs.
No Parking – Parking is prohibited.
A Center Lane, Left Turn Only sign means you may use that lane only to make a left turn.
Drivers who travel in the center turn lane meet turning cars from the other side head on.
Center Lane, Left Turn Only – A driver may use the lane only to make a left turn.
Slower Traffic Keep Right signs are used on multi-lane roads to cut down weaving and keep slow drivers out of the left lane.
A slow car in the left lane makes others weave around it on the right, where crashes happen.
Slower Traffic Keep Right – These signs are used on multiple-lane roadways to reduce unnecessary weaving and when there is a tendency on the part of the motorist to drive in the left lane (or lanes) below the normal speed of traffic.
On the test
What may you use a lane marked by a Center Lane, Left Turn Only sign for?
Only to make a left turn. Drivers who travel in the center turn lane meet turning cars from the other side head on. Nebraska Driver’s Manual, p.37: “Center Lane, Left Turn Only – A driver may use the lane only to make a left turn.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Nebraska Driver’s Manual, published by the Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/NE.pdf (Nebraska Driver’s Manual, Class O Drivers Manual-English 1-2025, Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles, retrieved 2026-09-14 and re-checked 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/NE.pages.txt (plain pdftotext through scripts/ne-text.py, the fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/NE-exam.txt (Nebraska DMV, Driver Licensing Examiner manual, https://dmv.nebraska.gov/sites/dmv.nebraska.gov/files/doc/dls/DLE_ENTIRE_MANUAL_11222023.pdf, read 2026-10-04; states both exam figures in Section 3; sha256 pinned under examSource)
- https://dmv.nebraska.gov/manuals (read 2026-10-04; links the manual)