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Interesting, as an American our road signage is similar to the standard the other person commented. I've only ever seen signs that indicate what is not allowed with a very prominent slash through it though - not just a circle
No, American signs mostly use "NO" in text to indicate "not allowed". Very inefficient. (Edit: apparently R5-6 exists for no bikes. However, almost all other bans are verbal.)
In Europe, we use multiple thin black slashes over a greyed-out sign to indicate the ban has ended.
Some of the green tails in my city have signs saying bikes are allowed (words, not symbols). They don't say walking is allowed, so are they bike only? I know that all the trails allow bikes, so I find these signs confusing.
All the trails have the NO signs; no motor vehicles. But people ride e-bikes and scooters on them. Don't electric motors count as motors? Am I over thinking again?
This is how we end up with R5-10, which will soon be another sign that specifies e-bikes (and perhaps we need multiple discrete signs). We had a no phone use sign, then we needed no texting (or no mobile). The signage just hasn't caught up.
But it gets even weirder when you're talking about not even a roadway - so then signage changes between jurisdictions.
I tend to err on the side of caution, but dollars to donuts there's enough ambiguity in that signage you're thinking about where you can't really be ticketed because you can win the argument in court. What results is lack of enforcement (which is another legal defense in and of itself).
PS IDK if it's overthinking. This is the kind of stuff I think about lol (and apparently we've found our people)