BC road signs practice questions

Practise reading BC road signs by shape and colour, plus school zone and construction signs. Answer one free; explanations on the web or in the app.

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• Q-0001You reach the sign shown at an intersection with clear visibility in every direction and no other traffic. What must you do?
• Q-0002What does the sign shown require of you?
• Q-0003A yellow diamond-shaped sign appears beside the road. Before reading any words on it, what can you already tell?
• Q-0004Why are school and school crosswalk signs made fluorescent yellow-green rather than ordinary yellow?
• Q-0005It is 11 a.m. on a Sunday in July and you pass the sign shown. What speed limit applies?
• Q-0006A school zone sign shows 50 km/h with no tab underneath. When does that limit apply?
• Q-0007You are on a road posted with the sign shown. Heavy rain has cut visibility and the pavement is streaming with water. What does the sign tell you about your speed?
• Q-0008You see the marker shown. How does it differ from the warning signs around it?
• Q-0009You are stopped at a railway crossing with gates. The train has passed and the gates begin to lift. When may you proceed?
• Q-0010You are in a designated left-turn lane and realize you wanted to go straight. You are already inside the intersection. What are you required to do?
• Q-0011What is painted on the road surface to mark a reserved lane?
• Q-0012You enter a work zone where a traffic-control person is directing vehicles in a way that conflicts with the lane markings. What should you do?
• Q-0013The sign shown appears before a bend that also carries a smaller sign reading 40. You are on a road posted at 80 km/h. What does the 40 mean?
• Q-0014The marker shown is mounted on a bridge pier in your lane. What is it telling you?
• Q-0015You see the sign shown. What is ahead?
• Q-0016You approach the sign shown at a crossing with no gates and no flashing lights. What is required of you?
• Q-0017What distinguishes a regulatory sign from a warning sign?
• Q-0018The sign shown is most often mounted where?
• Q-0019A sign requires winter tires or chains. When does that requirement apply?
• Q-0020You are travelling noticeably slower than the traffic around you on a two-lane highway with the sign shown. What does the sign require?
• Q-0021Where are turn control signs mounted, and what weight do they carry?
• Q-0022A parking space is marked with the disabled parking sign. Who may park there?
• Q-0023What can happen if you park where a sign prohibits it?
• Q-0024What does the sign shown mean?
• Q-0025The sign shown is fitted with its own flashing lights. What does it mean when those lights are flashing?
• Q-0026You see a warning sign for a narrow structure ahead. What is it usually warning you about?
• Q-0027A yellow diamond warns that the right lane ends ahead. You are in that lane in moderate traffic. What is the sign asking you to do?
• Q-0028Which set of behaviours does a construction zone require of you?
• Q-0029Why do work zones carry a separate sign about fines for speeding?
• Q-0030A sign at a railway crossing instructs you to stop, then proceed when it is safe. What does "safe" require you to do first?
• Q-0031A circular sign shows a symbol with a diagonal slash across it. What does it convey?
• Q-0032You see a blue sign beside the highway. What kind of information does blue signal?
• Q-0033You see the sign shown. What unit are the numbers on it?
• Q-0034Where are lane use signs placed, and what do they tell you?
• Q-0035You approach a school crosswalk where a crossing guard has stepped onto the road and raised a hand, although no pedestrian is on the crosswalk yet. What should you do?
• Q-0036At a pedestrian-activated crosswalk, the overhead light begins to flash as you approach. What does that require?
• Q-0037You see the sign shown. Over what stretch of road does it apply?
• Q-0038You are on a city street with the sign shown. Traffic around you is moving at 65 km/h. What speed does the sign permit?
• Q-0039You are looking for a highway on-ramp and see the sign shown at the mouth of a ramp. What does it mean?
• Q-0040On a divided highway with the sign shown, when may you use the left lane?
• Q-0041The sign shown states a distance. What does that distance describe?
• Q-0042The sign shown uses a green circle around an arrow. What does the green circle tell you before you even read the arrow?
• Q-0043You see the sign shown on a road where trees block your view of the intersection. What does it require?
• Q-0044Which three things can you read a sign by?
• Q-0045The sign shown tells you there is a railway crossing on a side road ahead. Why does that warrant a sign at all?
• Q-0046A sign warns that the curb lane of the cross street ahead is a reserved lane. Why is that worth knowing before you turn?
• Q-0047You see the sign and tab shown. Which limit governs?
• Q-0048A regulatory sign marks a road as a disaster response route, closed during major disasters. Who may use it then?
• Q-0049On a two-lane highway a sign tells slow traffic delaying five vehicles to use a pullout. What does that require of you if five cars are behind you?
• Q-0050What kind of information do green signs carry?
• Q-0051A yellow diamond shows a symbol of a deer. What does it mean?
• Q-0052A warning sign tells you to use your headlights ahead. Why would a road need that as a sign?
• Q-0053A yellow diamond warns of a roundabout ahead. What is the sign preparing you to do?
• Q-0054Where would you expect to see the sign shown?
• Q-0055You see the sign shown. Outside the hours it lists, what applies?
• Q-0056A construction sign directs you to follow a lighted arrow. What is it telling you?
• Q-0057A construction sign warns of a soft shoulder ahead. What should you do?
• Q-0058A sign warns of blasting ahead and carries instructions. Why are the instructions on the sign itself rather than assumed knowledge?
• Q-0059You need fuel and see the sign shown. What is it telling you?
• Q-0060Compare the two signs shown. How does the sign on the left differ from the speed limit sign on the right?
• Q-0061The sign shown is mounted at an intersection. What does it tell you?
• Q-0062You see the sign shown. Which family of signs does it belong to, and what follows from that?
• Q-0063Compare the two signs shown. How does the sign on the left differ from the curve warning on the right?
• Q-0064A warning sign shows a hidden side road ahead. What does it want you to anticipate?
• Q-0065The sign shown appears ahead. Who is expected to adjust?
• Q-0066You are on a divided highway and see the sign shown, warning that two-way traffic is ahead. What changes?
• Q-0067The sign shown warns that the road may be slippery ahead. When is that warning most relevant?
• Q-0068You see the sign shown. Beyond slowing down, what does the descent it warns of ask of you?
• Q-0069The sign shown warns that the pavement ends ahead. Why does that matter?
• Q-0070A warning sign tells you to remove your sunglasses ahead. What is it preparing you for?
• Q-0071You see the sign shown ahead. What is the practical consequence?
• Q-0072You see the sign shown ahead. What does it change about how you drive there?
• Q-0073You see the sign shown ahead. What should you expect?
• Q-0074You see the sign shown ahead. Why does this hazard get a sign of its own?
• Q-0075You see the sign shown ahead. What is it telling you?
• Q-0076The sign shown warns of a snow shed ahead. What is a snow shed?
• Q-0077You see the sign shown ahead. How is it different from a warning about trucks on the road?
• Q-0078Why should an object marker get more of your attention than a warning sign of the same size?
• Q-0079You see the sign shown. What does it indicate?
• Q-0080What is a route marker sign for?
• Q-0081A railway crossing carries the sign shown. What does it mean?
• Q-0082Traffic is backed up beyond a railway crossing and the far side has no room for your vehicle. What should you do?
• Q-0083You see the sign shown. What does it restrict?
• Q-0084You see the sign shown. Why is its restriction seasonal?
• Q-0085The sign shown is posted at a bridge. Who does it apply to?
• Q-0086The sign shown requires you to keep right of a divider. What is a divider in this context?
• Q-0087You meet an unfamiliar sign: an orange diamond you have never seen the symbol on. What is the safest reading?
• Q-0088School zones and playground zones both lower the speed limit. What is the clearest difference between them?
• Q-0089How do lane use signs and turn control signs differ in where they are mounted?
• Q-0090At an intersection with the sign shown, when may you turn right?
• Q-0091You see a diamond-shaped sign and a rectangular sign at the same location. What does the difference in shape tell you?
• Q-0092You are alone in your vehicle and the HOV lane beside you is empty while the other lanes crawl. What may you do?
• Q-0093Besides the signs, how can you tell a reserved lane from the driver's seat?
• Q-0094A sign marks the end of the construction zone speed limit. What does it mean for your speed?
• Q-0095You see the sign shown ahead. How is a survey crew different from a work crew as a hazard?
• Q-0096How does a school crosswalk sign differ from an ordinary pedestrian crosswalk sign?
• Q-0097You see the sign shown ahead. What would you expect to find?
• Q-0098A no-stopping sign shows posted times. What are you permitted to do outside those times?
• Q-0099Compare the two signs shown. What is the difference between the sign on the left and the lane-ends sign on the right?
• Q-0100The two signs shown stand at the same spot and give different limits. Which governs?
• Q-0501Road signs use colour to carry meaning on its own. Before you read anything printed on a sign, what does orange tell you?
• Q-0502A white regulatory sign shows a black arrow pointing straight up, with a second arrow branching off it into a new lane on the right. What does it tell you?
• Q-0503You see the sign shown. What does it warn you about?
• Q-0504You see the sign shown on a mountain highway. What does it warn you about?
• Q-0505You see the sign shown. What does it tell you?
• Q-0506You see the white sign shown beside a two-lane highway. What does it require of you?
• Q-0507You have just turned onto a ramp and the sign shown faces you. What should you do?
• Q-0508A sign beside a two-lane highway reads SLOW VEHICLES USE PULLOUTS, with NEXT 10 km on the line below. You are driving slower than the traffic behind you. What does the sign ask of you?
• Q-0509You see the sign shown on a two-lane highway. What does the 500 m tell you?
• Q-0510You are driving slowly on a two-lane highway with a line of vehicles behind you, and you see the sign shown. What can you do here?
• Q-0511You are driving slowly and vehicles are lining up behind you. You pass a sign that reads SLOW TRAFFIC DELAYING VEHICLES USE PULLOUTS. What does it ask of you?
• Q-0512The sign shown has no tab underneath. What does it tell you?
• Q-0513You see the school zone sign shown. The tab underneath shows only a speed limit. When does the 30 km/h limit apply?
• Q-0514The sign shown is mounted above your lane before an intersection. Which of these does it NOT allow from this lane?
• Q-0515The sign shown is above your lane before an intersection, and you want to turn right. What does the sign tell you?
• Q-0516You are in the lane under the sign shown, approaching an intersection. Which movement may you NOT make from this lane?
• Q-0517The sign shown is above two lanes before an intersection. You are in the right-hand one of the two and realize you want to go straight. What must you do at the intersection?
• Q-0518Directly above an intersection, a white sign shows a black arrow pointing straight up inside a green circle. What does it tell you?
• Q-0519The sign shown is mounted directly above an intersection. May you go straight through?
• Q-0520It is 8 a.m. on a Tuesday and you reach an intersection with the sign and tab shown. May you turn right?
• Q-0521You see the sign shown. What does it mean?
• Q-0522Compare the two signs shown. Both list times. During those times, under which sign are you not allowed to park?
• Q-0523You see the sign shown. What does it tell you?
• Q-0524You are on a divided highway and see the sign shown. What does it tell you?
• Q-0525You see the yellow sign shown. What does it tell you?
• Q-0526You are taking an exit from a freeway and see the sign shown. What should you do?
• Q-0527On a sunny day you see the sign shown. What should you do before you reach the entrance?
• Q-0528Compare the two object markers shown. Which one tells you to keep left of the obstruction?
• Q-0529You see the orange sign shown. What should you expect, and what should you do?
• Q-0530You pass the sign shown. Which of these should you do in the work zone ahead?
• Q-0531You are heading for Port Alberni and see the sign shown. Which way should you go?
• Q-0532Compare the two route markers shown. Which statement is correct?
• Q-0533You see the blue sign shown beside the highway. What does it tell you?
• Q-0534You see the school zone sign shown, with no tab underneath. What does it tell you?

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