Chapter 2: Traffic Control Flashcards
What does a Red Octogon mean?
Stop
What does a white square with a red circle and slash mean?
Prohibitive message
What does a white triangle with a red border mean?
Yield
What does a white square with a green message mean?
Permissive message
What does a white rectangle mean?
Regulatory message
What does a fluorescent yellow-green pentagon mean?
School area
What does a black rectangle mean?
One way
What does a black square mean?
Lane use designation
What does an orange diamond mean?
Construction warning
What does a green rectangle mean?
Direction
What does a brown or blue square mean?
Roadside facilities
What does a yellow diamond mean?
Warning
What do regulatory signs indicate?
They indicate a traffic regulation that applies at a specific time or place. They indicate what must be done or what cannot be done.
What are the types of regulatory signs?
Right of way for drivers,
road use control signs that permit or prohibit the use of a road, control of speed, turns, the direction of travel, passing, traffic lane usage, parking and crosswalks
What is done at a stop sign?
Come to a complete stop and do not proceed until safe to do so
What is done at a yield?
Yield the right of way to traffic not facing the sign and to all pedestrians within the intersection or crosswalk
What does a wrong way sign indicate?
Traffic is moving in an oncoming direction
What does a red circle with a white horizontal line through it indicate?
Do not enter
What does a white ‘X’ with a red outline indicate?
Railway crossing
What does a black rectangle with a white arrow inside it mean?
One way
What does a white rectangle with arrows going opposite ways and a dotted line down the middle mean?
2 way traffic
What does a divider ahead sign look like?
A block with a curved arrow going around it
What do speed limits indicate?
The maximum speed permitted if conditions are favourable.
What are the 3 main speed limits?
100 km/h
80 km/h
50 km/h
What is 100 km/h used for?
The maximum speed limit for a primary highway that is
located outside an urban area
What is 80 km/h used for?
The maximum speed limit for other non-primary highways outside an urban area
What is 50 km/h used for?
The maximum speed limit for a highway that is located within an urban area.
What do designated lane signs do?
Indicate which lanes you may use to make a turn or to go straight.
What do reserved lane signs indicate?
They indicate that lanes are reserved for use by specific vehicles such as buses, taxis and bicycles. The symbol on the sign will designate the type of vehicles permitted to travel in that lane.
Reserved lanes that are designated for part-time operation will show the hours of the day and the
days of the week when the lane is reserved.
What do 2 cars side by side in a green circle indicate?
Passing permitted
What does a truck in a green circle indicate?
Truck route
What does a snowmobile in a green circle indicate?
Motorized snow vehicles allowed
What does a black diamond in a green circle indicate?
Dangerous goods route
What does a bike in a green circle indicate?
Bicycles allowed
What does one person in a white rectangle indicate?
Pedestrian crosswalk
What does 2 people in a white rectangle indicate?
School crosswalk
What do warning signs do?
They give drivers advance warning of potentially hazardous
conditions on or near a road.
What are the types of warning signs?
• an advance warning of a traffic regulation on a road
• features or physical conditions of the road itself
• intermittent or moving hazards that indicate the possibility of a situation
that may require a driver response
What does a yellow diamond with a stop sign within it indicate?
Stop ahead
What does a yellow diamond with a yield sign within it indicate?
Yield ahead
What do warning signs look like?
A yellow diamond with a sign in it
What do stoplights within a yellow diamond indicate?
Traffic control ahead
What does a yellow diamond with a school bus in it?
Bus stop ahead
What does a right angle turn on a yellow back round mean?
Single turn right
What does a right curve arrow on a yellow back round mean?
Curve right
What does a black cross on a yellow back round mean?
Concealed road
What does a straight line road with a joining road on a yellow back round mean?
Concealed road
What does a ‘T’ on a yellow back round mean?
“T” intersection
What does a “Y” on a yellow back round mean?
“Y” intersection
What does a checkered black and yellow sign mean?
Dead end
What does a slow-moving vehicle sign look like?
Orange triangle and red border
What speed do slow-moving vehicles travel at?
40 km/h or less
What is the speed for school zones?
30 km/h
What does a green yellow triangle with 2 people on it mean?
School zone
What are the school times?
- 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
- 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
- 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
What does a person playing basketball on a yellow sign mean?
Playground area
What is the speed for a playground zone?
30 km/h
What is the times for playground zones?
Every day from 8:30 a.m. to one hour after sunset.
What does a white and red striped line with a D on it mean?
Wide load
What is the order on lights on traffic lights?
Red, Amber, Green
What is done at a red light?
Vehicles must stop before entering the intersection and remain stopped unless otherwise directed or permitted
What is permitted at a red light?
- A right turn after a full stop
- A left turn onto a one-way street from a one-way street is permitted after coming to a complete stop
What is done when facing a steady amber light?
Vehicles facing a steady amber light must come to a complete stop unless safe to do so?
What is done at a steady green light?
Proceed straight through or turn right or left unless one or more of these movements are prohibited.
When facing a steady green light who do you yield to?
- Pedestrians
- When turning left to other vehicles
What do vehicles facing a steady green arrow do?
Proceed straight through in the direction of the arrow
What do vehicles coming to a flashing red light do?
They come to a stop before crossing the stop line or crosswalk on the near side of an intersection
What should be done when coming to a flashing yellow light?
Proceed with caution after yielding to pedestrians and other vehicles lawfully within the intersection
What do yellow road lines do?
They separate drivers travelling in opposite directions
What do white road lines do?
Separate drivers travelling in the same direction
What do broken yellow lines?
They allow passing
What do white broken lines mean?
They permit lane change
What do solid yellow lines mean?
Passing is not permitted
What do solid and broken yellow lines mean?
Passing is permitted in only one direction
What do solid white lines indicate?
Lane changing is not permitted
What do “X” markings on the road mean?
Approaching a railway crossing
