No Trucks sign
A selective exclusion sign: trucks are not allowed on this road or facility under state or local law.
What to do
Drivers of trucks must use another route.
If you are driving a truck, take the alternate route before you pass this sign; in a car, expect the road to have no heavy truck traffic.
Where it's used
Section 2B.45 lists No Trucks as a Selective Exclusion sign used to give notice that state or local law excludes a type of traffic from a road or facility; the sign must clearly show the excluded type. It is a white square showing a black truck under a red circle and slash, and it should be on the right side of the road at a point where drivers can still choose another route. Related signs include NO THRU TRUCKS (R5-2b) and the EXCEPT LOCAL DELIVERY (R5-2aP) plaque, and a Weight Limit sign should be used instead when the restriction is based on weight.
Don't confuse it with
- Weight Limit: WEIGHT LIMIT restricts vehicles by gross weight, while No Trucks excludes trucks as a vehicle type.
- Truck Crossing: The yellow Truck Crossing diamond warns that trucks may enter the road, the opposite of a ban.
- No Bicycles: No Bicycles uses the same red circle and slash but excludes bicycles instead of trucks.
- Type
- Regulatory signs
- Shape
- Square
- Colors
- white, black, red
- MUTCD code
- R5-2
- MUTCD section
- 2B.45
On state permit tests
Our questions for 2 states ask about this sign, including Mississippi and Rhode Island.
Test yourself
What does this sign mean? (Mississippi practice test)
- Truck crossing
- No trucks allowed on this street or highway
- Trucks use right lane
- Truck route
Show answer
No trucks allowed on this street or highway. This regulatory sign means no trucks are allowed on the street or highway.
What does this sign mean? (Rhode Island practice test)
- Weigh station
- No trucks
- Truck route
- Truck crossing
Show answer
No trucks. This regulatory sign means trucks are prohibited.
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Combined Maximum and Minimum Speed LimitsFrom the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), 11th edition, section 2B.45. Sign image: public domain, source.