MUTCD R3-33aR · Regulatory signs
Vertical version of the right lane must exit sign
What it means
Vertical version of the right lane must exit sign
What to do about it
It is a regulatory sign: regulatory signs tell you what the law requires here, and ignoring one is a violation, not a judgment call. (MUTCD R3-33aR.)
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Signs in the same family
These sit next to it in the regulatory signs series — the ones most easily mixed up with it.
- R3-20L Beginning of a left-turn lane
- R3-20R A right-turn lane begins here
- R3-27 No straight through — you must turn
- R3-33aL Vertical version of the left lane must exit sign
- R3-33L Traffic in the left lane must leave the freeway at the upcoming exit
- R3-33R Traffic in the right lane must leave at the upcoming exit
