What does the In-Street Pedestrian Crossing sign mean?
The In-Street Pedestrian Crossing sign (MUTCD R1-6) is a regulatory sign under the federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, the national standard the states build from. State law requires drivers to yield (or stop) for pedestrians within the crosswalk at this location.
Source: MUTCD 11th Edition, Chapter 2B, Table 2B-1, checked 2026-09-09.
What shape and color is the In-Street Pedestrian Crossing sign?
| MUTCD code | R1-6 |
|---|---|
| Group | Regulatory signs |
| Shape | Narrow vertical rectangle mounted in the roadway on the center line or lane line |
| Color | White background, black legend, red yield or stop symbol |
What a vertical rectangle means. Usually regulatory: a law you must obey. Speed limits, turn restrictions and parking rules take this shape.
What white means. Regulatory. A black legend on a white background is a law, not advice.
What red means. Stop, yield, or a prohibition. Red never advises, it always forbids or commands.
Regulatory signs. Every sign in this group has a statute behind it, so disobeying one is a citable offense on its own. Permit tests tend to word them as a duty you owe rather than show you the face.
What is the In-Street Pedestrian Crossing sign often mistaken for?
The pedestrian warning sign (W11-2), which is a yellow or fluorescent yellow-green diamond and carries no legal duty of its own. R1-6 does.
|  |
|---|---|
| GroupRegulatory signs | GroupWarning signs |
| ShapeNarrow vertical rectangle mounted in the roadway on the center line or lane line | ShapeDiamond |
| ColorWhite background, black legend, red yield or stop symbol | ColorYellow or fluorescent yellow-green background, black symbol and border |
| What it meansState law requires drivers to yield (or stop) for pedestrians within the crosswalk at this location. | What it meansExpect pedestrians in the roadway at or close to this point, with no signal anywhere to hold you for them. |
What are the other regulatory signs?
All 39 regulatory signs on one page, or every US road sign by shape and color.
Test yourself on this sign and the rest of the set with a road signs practice test for Florida, Texas or California.
The artwork is the federal design itself, which the manual dedicates to the public domain in MUTCD 11th Edition, Part 1, Section 1D.06, checked 2026-09-09. The Interstate Shield, the 511 pictograph and the National Scenic Byway graphic are named exceptions and are not reproduced anywhere on this site.
Source: Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, 11th Edition. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the Federal Highway Administration or any state agency.