MUTCD R10-4 · Regulatory signs
Location to push button to request green signal
What it means
Indicates location to push button to request green signal.
What to do about it
It is a regulatory sign: it states a law you must obey, not a suggestion. Ignoring it is a citable violation. (MUTCD R10-4.)
Practice this on the real test format
Signs are the part of the DMV written test people fail on, because reading them is a skill rather than a fact to memorize. Aprobify drills all 1034 of them, and tells you why each answer is what it is.
Get the appSign designations follow the MUTCD and the California MUTCD published by Caltrans; meanings are checked against the California Driver's Handbook (DL 600, rev. 6/2025). Edited by Fernando Aguilera. Aprobify is not affiliated with the California DMV.
Signs in the same family
These sit next to it in the regulatory signs series — the ones most easily mixed up with it.
- R10-3f Additional design for crosswalk signal instructions
- R10-3g Alternative format for crosswalk signal instructions
- R10-3h Another format for crosswalk signal instructions
- R10-3i Additional variation for crosswalk signal instructions
- R10-4a Instructions to push button and wait for green signal before crossing
- R10-5 Restricts left turns to only when green arrow is displayed
