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Slower traffic keep right

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Slower traffic keep right

What it means

If you are driving slower than the regular flow of traffic, move into the right lane so faster vehicles can pass on the left.

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 white upright rectangle with SLOWER TRAFFIC KEEP RIGHT in black capital letters.

Where you will see it

On multi-lane highways and freeways.

What to do when you see it

  1. 1.If you are going slower than the regular flow of traffic, move into the right lane.
  2. 2.Leave the left lane free so faster vehicles can pass you there.

On the knowledge test

The sign is about your speed compared with other traffic. Driving at the speed limit does not entitle you to stay in the left lane.

Practice questions for this sign

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You are driving slower than the regular traffic on a multi-lane road with this sign. What should you do?