Sign C16: Closed to pedestrians
Legal meaning
Closed to pedestrians.
Shape and colour
Round white sign with a red rim and a black pedestrian: closed to pedestrians.
Where the sign stands
At the start of the closed stretch, on the right; often at a tunnel, bridge or ramp without a footway.
What the exam asks about this sign
The exam asks whom this sign affects: pedestrians only. Cyclists, moped riders and cars may enter. The trap is the reversal: a cyclist who dismounts becomes a pedestrian and may then not go on. The sign stands at tunnels, bridges and ramps without a footway.
Often confused with
- Closed to riders
C9— There the slow vehicles are excluded, not the pedestrian. - Start of a motorway
G1— On a motorway pedestrians are always banned, even without C16. - Pedestrian crossing
L2— Pedestrian crossing: where pedestrians get priority instead.
Signs in the same series
- Closed to bicycles and to disabled persons' vehicles without
C14 - Closed to bicycles, mopeds and disabled persons' vehicles
C15 - Closed to vehicles and combinations of vehicles which
C17 - Closed to vehicles wider than indicated on the sign.
C18 - Closed to mopeds
C13 - Closed to vehicles higher than indicated on the sign.
C19 - Closed to all motor vehicles
C12 - Closed to vehicles whose axle load is higher than indicated
C20