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Lane control — green arrow

What it means

A green arrow over a lane means you may drive in that lane.

Traffic lights, lane-control and pedestrian signals.

Summarised from ICBC’s Learn to Drive Smart. Read the original: Signs signals and road markings ↗

How to recognise it

A green arrow pointing down at the lane, lit in a black box above it.

Where you will see it

Over each open lane on roads with lane control signals, including reversible lanes.

What to do when you see it

  1. 1.You may drive in this lane.
  2. 2.Keep watching the signals ahead: a lane that is open now can be closed further on.

On the knowledge test

The green arrow over a lane means "drive in this lane". It is the lane the yellow X tells you to move into.