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Temporary condition signs
Detour ahead
What it means
A detour begins ahead. Follow the orange detour signs around the closed section until you rejoin the normal route.
Orange signs mark construction zones and other temporary conditions.
Summarised from ICBC’s Learn to Drive Smart. Read the original: Signs signals and road markings ↗
How to recognise it
An orange diamond with DETOUR in black letters under a black arrow.
Where you will see it
Before a section of road closed for construction or maintenance work.
What to do when you see it
- 1.Slow down and look for the route you are being sent on.
- 2.Follow the orange detour signs until they bring you back to your normal route.
- 3.Expect delays and obey any traffic-control person along the way.
On the knowledge test
Orange marks construction and maintenance signs. The test expects you to obey them just as you would a regulatory sign.
Practice questions for this sign