Regulatory signs
Keep to the right of the divider or island ahead.
Stay right of the island or divider ahead rather than passing it on the left.
Most are white with black text or a black symbol, or plain white with a red border. Two shapes are used for exactly one meaning each and nothing else: the eight sided red stop sign and the downward pointing red triangle yield sign, so you can still read them by outline alone in poor light. A red circle with a diagonal red bar always means the thing inside the circle is not allowed.
A regulatory sign states a rule you must follow. It carries the force of law behind it, not just advice, so ignoring one is a traffic offence in its own right.
9 questions in our banks show this sign and ask what it requires. Here are 6, each with the answer marked and the authority it rests on.
This sign is mounted on a small island in the middle of the road ahead of you. What must you do?
Pass the island on its right side
The sign sits on the obstruction itself and sends traffic around it in one direction only. Islands like this separate opposing streams of traffic, so passing on the wrong side puts you into the path of vehicles coming the other way.
Highway Traffic Act (Ontario)This sign is mounted on a small island in the middle of the road ahead of you. What must you do?
Pass to the right of the island
The sign is fixed to an obstruction such as a median, a traffic island or a bridge support, and it tells you which side of it to take. It is not a general instruction about lane choice, so it does not mean that slower traffic must move over for the rest of the road.
Motor Vehicle Act (British Columbia)This sign is mounted on the front of a raised island that splits the road ahead of you. What must you do?
Pass to the right of the island
The sign tells you which side of the divider belongs to your direction, and taking the other side puts you at the island or into oncoming traffic. These dividers usually protect a left turn bay or a crossing point, so the side you take is not a matter of preference. Read the arrow before you commit to a lane.
Alberta Driver's Guide (Government of Alberta)The road ahead splits around a raised island and this sign stands at the near end of it. What must you do?
Pass to the right of the island
The sign tells you which side of a divider, island or obstruction to take, and here that side is the right. Islands are built where two streams of traffic must be kept apart, so taking the wrong side puts you head on into the other stream. Being on the correct side is also what lets you read any signal or sign mounted on the island.
Highway Safety Code (Quebec)You are approaching a bridge where the roadway splits in two and this sign faces you at the split. What is it telling you?
Your side of the split is the one to the right of the divider
Where a roadway divides around a structure, the sign marks which stream belongs to you. Reading it late is what puts a driver on the wrong side of a divider with no room and no time to correct.
Highway Traffic Act (Ontario)This sign stands at a raised island splitting the road ahead, and your trailer is longer than most.
Pass to the right of the island and allow for the trailer cutting inside your line
The rear wheels of a long vehicle follow a tighter path than the front ones, so a cab that just clears an island can still drag the trailer across it. Placing the tractor a little wider than feels natural is what keeps the back end off the curb. Swinging into the oncoming lane to make the geometry easier trades one hazard for a worse one.
Motor Vehicle Act (British Columbia)The other 3 sit in the signs drills, which ask sign questions on their own with the reason for every answer.
Counted from the questions written for each province when the site is built, not typed by hand.
2 questions: 2 on the G1 knowledge test
2 questions: 1 on the ICBC knowledge test, 1 on the Class 1 knowledge test
2 questions: 1 on the Class 7 knowledge test, 1 on the Class 4 knowledge test
3 questions: 1 on the SAAQ knowledge test, 1 on the Motorcycle knowledge test, 1 on the Authorized driver exam
Signs that share this one's shape and colour rule, and are easy to confuse with it under a clock.
Do not pass other vehicles in this stretch of road.
Pedestrians are not allowed on this road.
Bicycles are not allowed on this road.
A roundabout is ahead; travel counter-clockwise around the island and yield on entry.
Heavy trucks are not allowed on this road.
Come to a complete stop, yield to traffic and pedestrians, and go only when it is safe.
Keep to the right of the divider or island ahead. Stay right of the island or divider ahead rather than passing it on the left.
It is a regulatory sign. A regulatory sign states a rule you must follow. It carries the force of law behind it, not just advice, so ignoring one is a traffic offence in its own right.
It appears in the Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta and Quebec practice banks on this site: 2 in Ontario, 2 in British Columbia, 2 in Alberta, 3 in Quebec. Every question is original prose citing Highway Traffic Act (Ontario), Motor Vehicle Act (British Columbia), Alberta Driver's Guide (Government of Alberta) and Highway Safety Code (Quebec).
The meaning and the action are the standard ones taught across Canada. Each question above cites the law or the guide it rests on, and the exam facts on the province pages come from the records below.
Ontario Ministry of Transportation, G1 licensing rules and DriveTest fee schedule
Verified 2026-08-27
ICBC published graduated licensing and knowledge test information
Verified 2026-08-27
ICBC, Before you take your knowledge test (form MV2654)
Verified 2026-08-28
Fees read from the ICBC fee list on the same date.
Government of Alberta published Class 7 licensing and knowledge test information
Verified 2026-08-27
Government of Alberta, Obtaining a commercial licence
Verified 2026-08-28
Question count and pass mark read from the Alberta driver knowledge test page on the same date, and the ride for hire rule from the Alberta ride for hire services page.
SAAQ published licensing, driving course and knowledge test information
Verified 2026-08-27
SAAQ, Obtaining a Motorcycle Driver's Licence (Classes 6A, 6B and 6C)
Verified 2026-08-28
Read through an Internet Archive copy of the SAAQ page captured on 2026-08-13, because the SAAQ turns away visitors from outside Canada. The French page is cited because it is the version the SAAQ updates first.
SAAQ, Taxi and Automobile Treated as a Taxi
Verified 2026-08-28
Read through an Internet Archive copy of the SAAQ page captured on 2026-08-13, because the SAAQ turns away visitors from outside Canada. The French page is cited because it is the version the SAAQ updates first.