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Lane reversal signal – red X

What it means

Do not enter or stay in the lane under the red X: it is being used by oncoming traffic. Move safely into a lane showing a green arrow.

Traffic lights, lane-control and pedestrian signals.

Summarised from the Alberta Driver’s Guide. Read the original: Traffic control ↗

How to recognise it

A red X lit on a dark panel hung over a driving lane.

Where you will see it

Over reversible lanes, whose direction of travel changes at different times of the day.

What to do when you see it

  1. 1.Do not enter the lane under the red X, and do not stay in it: oncoming traffic is using it.
  2. 2.If you are in it, move safely into a lane with a green arrow.

On the knowledge test

Alberta’s guide teaches these lane reversal signals directly. Red X: do not enter or remain. Downward green arrow: you may travel in that lane.

Practice questions for this sign

This lane reversal signal is shown over the lane you are driving in. What must you do?