Regulatory signs
No overtaking
What it means
You MUST NOT overtake from this sign until an end-of-restriction sign lifts it. Double white lines, not this sign, are the usual way of handling a bend or hill crest that hides oncoming traffic, and the two are not used along the same stretch. This sign covers what lines cannot. Settle in behind the vehicle in front, drop back to a safe gap, and stop looking for a way past.
Highway Code Rule 109 — read it on GOV.UK
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Other regulatory signs
- All vehicles prohibited
- All vehicles prohibited during the time indicated except for access
- All vehicles prohibited except pedal cycles being pushed by pedestrians
- All vehicles prohibited from 'Play Street' during the period indicated except for access
- Articulated vehicles prohibited
- End of restrictions associated with a pedestrian zone
Sign images: Department for Transport, © Crown copyright. Used under the Open Government Licence v3.0.