New Brunswick Road Signs Cheat Sheet (2026)

Every sign colour, shape and pavement marking you need for the New Brunswick Class 7(I) knowledge test — in one page. Print it, screenshot it, keep it on your phone. Based on the 2026 New Brunswick Driver's Handbook.

Sign colours at a glance

Red — prohibition and regulation (stop, yield, no entry, no U-turn).
Yellow — permanent warning of road conditions ahead.
Orange — temporary construction, maintenance or utility work.
Green — direction and distance to destinations.
Blue — services (food, lodging, fuel, hospital, information).
Brown — parks, recreation, cultural and heritage attractions — including NB's famous covered bridges.
Fluorescent yellow-green — school zones, school crossings, pedestrian warnings.
White — regulatory signs with text (MAXIMUM, MINIMUM, ONE WAY).

Regulatory signs (red + white)

Regulatory signs tell you what you must or must not do. Breaking a regulatory sign is a Motor Vehicle Act offence.

Red octagon — STOP. Full stop at the stop line (or crosswalk, or intersection, in that order). Rolling through is one of the most-ticketed moves in NB.
Red-bordered downward triangle — YIELD. Slow down and let traffic and pedestrians who are already there go first. A full stop is only required if conditions demand it.
Red circle with horizontal white bar — DO NOT ENTER. You cannot drive onto that road, ramp or lane.
Red circle with diagonal slash over anything — prohibition. The slash is over whatever is forbidden: U-turn, left turn, right turn, truck, bicycle, pedestrian, parking (P), stopping (S).
White rectangle with black text — regulation. MAXIMUM 80, MINIMUM 60, ONE WAY, PASS WITH CARE, KEEP RIGHT EXCEPT TO PASS, SLOWER TRAFFIC KEEP RIGHT, LEFT LANE MUST TURN LEFT.

Warning signs (yellow diamond)

Yellow diamond warnings alert drivers to what's ahead on the road. They're not instructions — they're predictions.

Curve warning arrows — sharp curve ahead; often paired with a yellow 'advisory speed' tab (not a legal limit, but strongly recommended).
'T', 'Y' and crossroad geometry — the road ends or an intersection is ahead.
Hill grade with percentage — steep descent or climb. Use lower gears on long descents to avoid overheating brakes.
Deer or moose silhouette — wildlife crossing. Moose are a serious NB hazard, especially at dusk and dawn on rural roads.
Car with skid marks — slippery when wet.
Narrow bridge, low clearance, soft shoulder — condition warnings.
Covered bridge — NB-specific sign for a low, narrow covered bridge with weight and height restrictions.
Yellow pennant on the left side of the road — start of a no-passing zone. Paired with a 'DO NOT PASS' regulatory sign on the right.
Snowmobile or horse crossing — common on rural NB roads.
Two circling arrows — roundabout ahead. Enter counter-clockwise; yield to traffic already in the circle.

Construction signs (orange)

Orange is reserved for temporary signage around construction, maintenance and utility work. Fines are doubled when workers are present. The orange shovelling-worker diamond, 'WORKERS AHEAD', orange flaggers, orange cones, and orange detour signs all signal the same thing: slow down and watch for people on the road.

Information signs (green)

Green rectangles tell you where you are going and how far: exit numbers, town names, kilometre distances, directions to highway junctions. Green is never a prohibition and never a warning — it's purely informational.

Service signs (blue)

Blue signs point to driver services:

White 'H' on blue — hospital route or entrance.
Knife and fork — food.
Bed — lodging.
Gas pump — fuel.
Wheelchair — accessible facility or parking.
White 'i' — tourist information.

Parks and heritage (brown)

Brown rectangular signs mark parks, campgrounds, recreation sites, cultural attractions and heritage areas. New Brunswick has many — Fundy National Park, Kouchibouguac, the Hopewell Rocks, and the dozens of covered bridges that make NB famous. The brown colour is reserved for these and never used for anything else.

School zones (fluorescent yellow-green)

Fluorescent yellow-green is the brightest colour on the road and is strictly reserved for schools. The pentagon-shaped school-crossing sign and the fluorescent-yellow-green diamonds with child figures are the two most common forms. School-zone speed limits (often 30 or 50 km/h) apply during posted hours — the time tab under the sign is what makes the limit enforceable during those hours.

Pavement markings

Dashed yellow — separates opposing traffic; passing is allowed in both directions when safe.
Solid yellow on one side, dashed on the other — passing is allowed only from the dashed side.
Double solid yellow — passing prohibited in both directions.
Dashed white — separates same-direction lanes; crossing is permitted.
Solid white — strongly discourages lane changes; cross only when necessary.
Two parallel white lines across the roadway — marked crosswalk.
White diamond on pavement or overhead — HOV or reserved lane.
White arrows in a lane — show the required or permitted movement from that lane.

Traffic signals

Solid green ball — any legal movement; left-turners yield to oncoming traffic and pedestrians.
Solid green arrow — protected movement in that direction; no yielding needed.
Flashing green ball — protected left turn in your direction (oncoming has a red).
Yellow (amber) — prepare to stop; stop safely if you can.
Solid red — stop and remain stopped. Right-on-red is allowed after a full stop and when safe, unless signs prohibit.
Flashing red — treat as a stop sign.
Flashing yellow — proceed with caution.
Dark signal (no faces lit) — treat as a four-way stop.
White walking figure (pedestrian) — pedestrians may begin to cross.
Flashing orange hand — pedestrians already crossing should finish; new pedestrians should not start.
Solid orange hand — do not cross.

Common traps

Hospital 'H' vs. motel bed. Both are blue. Hospitals use a white 'H'; motels use a bed symbol. Easy to mix up on tired days.
Flashing red vs. flashing yellow. Flashing red = full stop (like a stop sign). Flashing yellow = caution (slow and watch).
No parking (P) vs. no stopping (S). A slashed P allows brief stops for passengers; a slashed S doesn't.
Yellow pennant on the left vs. right. The pennant is always on the left and marks the start of a no-passing zone. 'PASS WITH CARE' on the right marks the end.
Divided-highway school bus rule. On a divided highway with a physical median, oncoming traffic does not have to stop for a school bus with reds. On any undivided road, all directions stop.
Covered bridge warnings — specific to NB. Low, narrow, often one-lane, with weight limits. Check clearance height.