What does the No Pedestrians sign mean?
The No Pedestrians sign (MUTCD R5-10c) is a regulatory sign under the federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, the national standard the states build from. Pedestrians may not use this road or facility.
Source: MUTCD 11th Edition, Chapter 2B, Table 2B-1, checked 2026-09-09.
What shape and color is the No Pedestrians sign?
| MUTCD code | R5-10c |
|---|---|
| Group | Regulatory signs |
| Shape | Horizontal rectangle, word message |
| Color | White background, black legend and border |
What a horizontal rectangle means. Usually guidance: direction, distance and destination. Also used for some regulatory plaques mounted under another sign. Rectangles are the loosely assigned outline in the system, though, so on this sign the shape alone does not tell you its family; the color and the legend do.
What white means. Regulatory. A black legend on a white background is a law, not advice.
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 No Pedestrians sign often mistaken for?
No Pedestrian Crossing (R9-3), which bans crossing at that spot rather than banning pedestrians from the road.
|  |
|---|---|
| GroupRegulatory signs | GroupRegulatory signs |
| ShapeHorizontal rectangle, word message | ShapeSquare (symbol) or vertical rectangle (word message) |
| ColorWhite background, black legend and border | ColorWhite background, red circle and slash over a black walking pedestrian |
| What it meansPedestrians may not use this road or facility. | What it meansCrossing on foot is prohibited here, so anyone walking has to carry on to the next legal crossing point. |
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.