Warning signs
The road you are on ends ahead; you must turn left or right.
Slow down. The road ends here, so choose your turn early, left or right.
The shape is almost always a yellow diamond with a black border and a black symbol or arrow. The one exception in this set is the railway advance sign, which is a yellow circle with a black X, kept round on purpose so it stands out from the diamonds around it well before you reach the tracks.
A warning sign tells you about a hazard or an unusual condition ahead so you can adjust your speed and attention before you reach it. It is advice rather than a command with its own penalty, though ignoring it can put you in a position where another rule then applies.
11 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 posted on a road you have not driven before. What must you plan for?
The road you are on ending, so you have to turn left or right
Your road stops at another one, and the traffic on that road is already moving with the right of way. Choosing your direction and your speed before you get there is what keeps the last few seconds calm.
Highway Traffic Act (Ontario)This sign appears as you drive along a rural road. What is ahead of you?
The road you are on ends, and you must turn left or right
The road you are travelling stops at another road, so carrying straight on is not one of your options. Slow early and choose your direction before you get there, because drivers who read this sign late arrive too fast to turn safely.
Motor Vehicle Act (British Columbia)This sign is at the roadside on the road you are travelling. What is ahead of you?
The end of your road, where you have to turn left or right
Your road stops at another road, so carrying straight on is not an option and you have to pick a direction and give way to the traffic on it. The warning matters most at night and in poor weather, when the far side of the junction can look like more road. Slow early enough to make the turn at a sensible speed rather than braking into it.
Alberta Driver's Guide (Government of Alberta)This sign faces you on a road you have not driven before, with a fence line across the view ahead. What does it mean for you?
Your road ends ahead and you will have to turn left or right
The road you are on stops at another road, so carrying straight on is not an option and the choice has to be made before you get there. On an unfamiliar road at night this sign is often the only warning that the road ends, which is why it stands well back. Slow to a speed you can turn at, then pick your direction.
Highway Safety Code (Quebec)This sign warns that the road you are on ends ahead at another road. You are riding an unfamiliar route at the posted speed.
Set your speed early so you can stop or turn calmly, and pick your direction before you get there
The road runs out, which means a stop or a turn is coming, ready or not. Choosing your direction and your speed while you still have straight road makes the turn a matter of steering, rather than of braking hard while leaning, which is where a bike gets into trouble.
Highway Traffic Act (Ontario)This sign tells you the road you are on ends ahead and you must turn. You will be making the turn slowly from almost a standstill.
Finish the braking while upright, then turn using the clutch, a little throttle and a light rear brake, looking where you want to go
At walking pace a bike balances on drive, so a slipping clutch with a trailing rear brake keeps it steady while the front brake at full lock is what tips it over. Where the old road meets the new one is also where gravel and grit collect, which punishes a locked front wheel. Looking through to where you want the bike to end up keeps your line smooth, because the bike goes where you look.
Motor Vehicle Act (British Columbia)The other 5 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.
3 questions: 1 on the G1 knowledge test, 1 on the M1 knowledge test, 1 on the Class A knowledge test
2 questions: 1 on the ICBC knowledge test, 1 on the Motorcycle knowledge test
3 questions: 1 on the Class 7 knowledge test, 1 on the Class 6 knowledge test, 1 on the Commercial 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.
The road curves ahead; slow down before you enter the curve.
A series of curves is ahead; adjust your speed before the first one.
A stop sign is ahead but may be hard to see in time; start slowing now.
Traffic lights are ahead; be ready to stop if they change.
Traffic joins from another road ahead; adjust speed and spacing to let it blend in.
One of the lanes ahead ends; traffic in it must merge into the lane that continues.
The road you are on ends ahead; you must turn left or right. Slow down. The road ends here, so choose your turn early, left or right.
It is a warning sign. A warning sign tells you about a hazard or an unusual condition ahead so you can adjust your speed and attention before you reach it. It is advice rather than a command with its own penalty, though ignoring it can put you in a position where another rule then applies.
It appears in the Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta and Quebec practice banks on this site: 3 in Ontario, 2 in British Columbia, 3 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
DriveTest, Knowledge Tests (Serco Canada Inc., the ministry appointed driver examination provider)
Verified 2026-08-28
Fees read from the DriveTest fee list on the same date.
DriveTest, Commercial Vehicles licence requirements
Verified 2026-08-28
Fees read from the DriveTest fee list on the same date.
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, Get a Class 6 motorcycle driver licence
Verified 2026-08-28
Question count and pass mark read from the Alberta driver knowledge test page on the same date.
Government of Alberta, Driver knowledge test
Verified 2026-08-28
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.