Sign F7: No U-turn; turning around is prohibited
Legal meaning
No U-turn.
Shape and colour
Round white sign with a red rim and a black U-arrow with a red bar: no U-turns.
Where the sign stands
Just before the junction or T where turning around is forbidden, on the right (about 4 m before the priority sign).
What the exam asks about this sign
The exam asks what a U-turn is and where this sign applies: turning round to drive back, also via a driveway or a loop, and the ban covers the junction or stretch where it stands. Turning left is allowed. Trap: candidates think the sign also forbids reversing.
Often confused with
- Mandatory direction shown: turn here, follow the arrow.
D5— Blue order to turn: another restriction of your direction. - Mandatory direction shown on the sign: straight ahead here.
D4— Order straight on: no U-turn either, but no turning either. - Stop
F10— Round red STOP: an order to stop.
Signs in the same series
- End of all prohibitions indicated by traffic signs
F8 - End of all prohibitions indicated on an electronic signalling board
F9 - Oncoming traffic must give way; you have priority here.
F6 - Drivers must not proceed when traffic is approaching from
F5 - End of the prohibition on trucks overtaking motor vehicles
F4 - Stop
F10 - Trucks are prohibited from overtaking motor vehicles
F3 - Mandatory passing lane reserved for agricultural and forestry tractors.
F11