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Wide load
What it means
The vehicle is carrying an oversized load that may take up more than its lane. Use caution and leave extra room when passing it.
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Summarised from the Alberta Driver’s Guide. Read the original: Traffic control ↗
How to recognise it
A yellow rectangle with WIDE LOAD in black letters, displayed on a vehicle.
Where you will see it
On vehicles transporting oversized loads.
What to do when you see it
- 1.Use caution when passing: the load may take up more than its own lane.
- 2.Leave extra space around the vehicle and do not cut back in close in front of it.
On the knowledge test
The guide files it under oversized loads, and its one instruction is to use caution when passing a vehicle displaying it.