Regulatory sign

      One type of regulatory signs are traffic signs intended to instruct road users on what they must or should do (or not do) under a given set of circumstances. Other types may be signs located on streets and in parking lots having to do with parking, signs in public parks and on beaches or on or in architectural facilities prohibiting specific types of activities. The term regulatory sign describes a range of signs that are used to indicate or reinforce traffic laws, regulations or requirements which apply either at all times or at specified times or places upon a street or highway, the disregard of which may constitute a violation, or signs in general that regulate public behavior in places open to the public.

      Examples of non-traffic types of regulatory signs might be tow-away signs for vehicles without disabled parking stickers or no-smoking signs where there are laws prohibiting smoking.

      Regulatory Road Signs in the United States

      • Stop

      • Yield

      • State law yield for pedestrians in crosswalk

      • Speed limit

      • No right turn

      • No left turn

      • Keep right

      • Do not enter

      • No trucks

      • No parking

      • Weight limit

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      Regulatory Road Signs in Canada

      • Stop

      • Yield

      • Yield at roundabout

      • Do not enter

      • No left turn

      • No right turn

      • Overtaking permitted

      • No overtaking

      • Speed limit

      • Parking permitted

      • No parking

      • No stopping

      • Bike lane

      • Bus lane

      • Railroad crossing

      • Placed at Stop Line at a traffic light

      • Route for dangerous goods vehicles

      • Dangerous goods vehicles prohibited

      • No littering

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      Regulatory Road Signs in the United Kingdom

      • Stop

      • Give way

      • Stop, children crossing

      • Keep Left

      • Mini-roundabout

      • No U-turn

      • Oncoming traffic has priority

      • No entry

      • No entry for motor vehicles

      • No parking

      • Speed limit

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      Regulatory Road Signs in Australia

      • Stop

      • Give Way

      • Give way at Roundabout

      • One way (left)

      • One way (right)

      • Keep left

      • Keep right

      • No entry

      • No U-turn

      • Pedestrian crossing

      • Speed limit

      • No stopping

      • No parking

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      Regulatory Road Signs in New Zealand

      • Stop

      • Give Way

      • No right turn

      • No left turn

      • No entry

      • No U-turn

      • Road closed

      • Give way over oncoming traffic

      • Priority over oncoming traffic

      • No stopping

      • Clearway

      • No parking

      • No parking at Bus Stop at specified times

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      Last modified on 1 May 2013, at 05:43