Prohibitory and restrictive traffic signs
Current OneMotoring meanings for prohibitory and restrictive road signs, plus published parking and sign-related offence fines and the Road Traffic Act’s default court penalties.
Primary source: https://onemotoring.lta.gov.sg/content/onemotoring/home/driving/road_safety_and_vehicle_rules/driving-rules.html
OneMotoring groups prohibitory or restrictive signs with other regulatory signs. It is compulsory to follow them to avoid penalties and demerit points from Traffic Police (OneMotoring, Driving Rules and Information).
Meanings below are the captions on that live page.
| Sign | Meaning OneMotoring states |
|---|---|
| No entry for all vehicles | No entry for all vehicles |
| No stopping | Violation of this rule attracts a fine |
| No waiting | Vehicles may stop for immediate pick-up and drop-off only. Violation of this rule attracts a fine |
| No right turn | No right turn |
| No left turn | No left turn |
| Width limit | Prohibiting the entry of vehicles that are wider than the stipulated width |
| Height limit | Prohibiting the entry of vehicles taller than the stipulated height. If your vehicle exceeds the height limit, you must have a public escort |
| Weight limit | Prohibiting the entry of vehicles whose laden or unladen weight exceeds the stipulated weight. If your vehicle exceeds the weight limit, you must have a public escort |
| Speed limit in km/h for the road | The numbered plate is the speed limit in km/h for the road |
| No sounding of horn | Except to prevent accidents |
| No overtaking | No overtaking |
| No entry for goods vehicles | No entry for goods vehicles |
| No entry for vehicles with 3 or more axles | No entry for those vehicles |
| No entry for motorcycles | No entry for motorcycles |
| No entry for motorcycles and pedal cycles | No entry for those vehicles |
| No entry for pedestrians and pedal-cycles | No entry for those users |
| Pedestrians are not allowed to walk across the road | Use a pedestrian crossing, underpass or overhead bridge |
| No entry for vehicles carrying dangerous goods into tunnels | No entry into tunnels for those vehicles |
| No entry for bicycles | No entry for bicycles |
| No riding of pedal cycles allowed | No riding of pedal cycles |
(OneMotoring, Driving Rules and Information)
For failure to comply with a No Stopping or No Waiting sign, LTA lists fines of $70 for first-time and $110 for repeat light-vehicle offenders, and $100 for first-time and $150 for repeat heavy-vehicle offenders. LTA defines repeat offenders as those who receive 2 or more illegal-parking notices within 12 months. LTA says these are the listed fines; where a parking offence carries demerit points, the offender must also provide the driver's particulars when the notice is received (LTA, Parking).
SPF separately lists driving or riding against the flow of traffic as indicated by traffic signs, with composition fines of $200 for light vehicles and $250 for heavy vehicles. SPF explains that composition fines and demerit points do not remove the possibility of prosecution and the full punishment for the offence (SPF, Penalties for Traffic Offences).
The Road Traffic Act requires drivers to comply with signs lawfully placed to regulate traffic movement or indicate a route; failure to do so is an offence. Where no special penalty is provided, the Act's default court maximum for a first offence is a fine not exceeding $1,000, imprisonment for up to 3 months, or both. For a second or subsequent offence, the maximum is a fine not exceeding $2,000, imprisonment for up to 6 months, or both. These are court maximums, not composition amounts for each individual sign (Singapore Statutes Online, Road Traffic Act 1961, s. 131). In proceedings for an offence under section 120(3), section 120(5) provides that, insofar as necessary to establish the offence charged, it is presumed until the contrary is proved that the sign was of the prescribed size, colour and type and was lawfully placed under section 119. The presumption can be displaced by contrary proof (Singapore Statutes Online, Road Traffic Act 1961, s. 120).
For the public-escort and oversized-vehicle movement requirements behind the height- and weight-limit sign captions, see oversized-vehicle-height-limits-and-escorts. Default and posted speed limits, School Zones, and Silver Zones are in speed-limits. Expressway and tunnel vehicle restrictions are in expressway-and-tunnel-rules.
The current Highway Code states that sounding the horn when driving is unnecessary except to warn other road users to avoid an imminent accident or during an emergency; a horn used must not produce an unduly harsh, shrill, loud or multi-tone sound (Singapore Statutes Online, Highway Code, para. 106).
Orders restricting specified roads
Separately from traffic signs, the Deputy Commissioner of Police, with the Minister’s concurrence, may make an order in the Gazette prohibiting or restricting vehicles or specified classes of vehicles on a specified road when the vehicles cannot be used safely there, or the road is unsuitable for their use or unrestricted use. The order may set exceptions and conditions, including for occasional users. Subject to the rules, such orders may set vehicle routes, restrict specified classes of vehicle generally or during particular hours, require travel in a specified direction, otherwise regulate traffic, or regulate use of a road for displaying, hiring or selling vehicles or animals. An order must not prevent access reasonably required by a vehicle class to premises on or next to the road (Singapore Statutes Online, Road Traffic Act 1961, s. 113(1)–(3)).
A temporary order may remain in force for no more than 3 months. An order that is not expressed to be temporary must be presented to Parliament as soon as possible after Gazette publication, and Parliament may annul or amend it. Using a vehicle, or causing or permitting it to be used, in breach of an order is an offence. Where no special penalty applies, section 131 sets the court maximum at a fine of $1,000 or imprisonment for 3 months, or both, for a first offence; and a fine of $2,000 or imprisonment for 6 months, or both, for a second or subsequent offence (Singapore Statutes Online, Road Traffic Act 1961, ss. 113(4)–(6) and 131(2)).
For the public-escort and oversized-vehicle movement requirements behind the height- and weight-limit sign captions, see oversized-vehicle-height-limits-and-escorts. Default and posted speed limits, School Zones, and Silver Zones are in speed-limits. Expressway and tunnel vehicle restrictions are in expressway-and-tunnel-rules.
The current Highway Code states that sounding the horn when driving is unnecessary except to warn other road users to avoid an imminent accident or during an emergency; a horn used must not produce an unduly harsh, shrill, loud or multi-tone sound (Singapore Statutes Online, Highway Code, para. 106).
Coverage debt
- Current LTA and SPF tables do not itemize a composition amount for every no-entry, turn, overtaking or limit sign. The sign-specific composition amounts found in the sources are recorded above; court sentencing may be subject to the statutory default where no special penalty applies (OneMotoring, Driving Rules and Information; LTA, Parking; SPF, Penalties for Traffic Offences).