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Snow shed ahead
What it means
A snow shed, a covered stretch of road built to protect it from avalanches, is ahead.
Yellow diamonds (and five-sided yellow-green school signs) warn of hazards ahead.
Summarised from ICBC’s Learn to Drive Smart. Read the original: Signs signals and road markings ↗
How to recognise it
A yellow horizontal rectangle with a black border and the words SNOW SHED in black.
Where you will see it
Mountain highways where a roofed structure protects the road from snow slides.
What to do when you see it
- 1.Treat it like a tunnel: slow down so your eyes can adjust to the darker stretch.
- 2.Turn on your headlights and remove your sunglasses if other tabs tell you to.
On the knowledge test
The text sign is easy to read; the test asks what a snow shed is: a covered section of road, dark inside like a tunnel.
