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Regulatory signs
Disaster response route
What it means
Stay off this road during a major disaster: it may then be used only by emergency vehicles.
White with black or red; a red circle with a slash means prohibited, a green circle means permitted.
Summarised from ICBC’s Learn to Drive Smart. Read the original: Signs signals and road markings ↗
How to recognise it
A round sign: a black disc inside a yellow ring, with a yellow symbol in the centre. It carries no words.
Where you will see it
Along main routes that would be kept clear for emergency vehicles after a major disaster.
What to do when you see it
- 1.In everyday driving, use the road as normal.
- 2.During a major disaster, stay off this road: it may then be used only by emergency vehicles.
On the knowledge test
Learners often take this unfamiliar round sign for a hazard warning or a shelter marker. It is a regulatory sign: in a major disaster the road is for emergency vehicles only.
Practice questions for this sign