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Temporary condition signs
Detour
What it means
A temporary detour from the normal traffic route. Follow the detour markers until you return to the regular route.
Orange signs mark construction zones and other temporary conditions.
Summarised from the Official MTO Driver’s Handbook. Read the original: MTO Driver’s Handbook – Signs ↗
How to recognise it
An orange sign with the word DETOUR and a route code. Smaller orange markers with the same code repeat at every turn along the way.
Where you will see it
Around road closures for construction, bridge replacement or a washed-out road.
What to do when you see it
- 1.Follow the detour markers at each turn until you return to the regular route.
- 2.Do not try to shortcut back onto the closed road.
On the G1 test
Temporary detour from normal traffic route, and follow the detour marker until you return to the regular route: those are the handbook’s words for it.
Practice questions for this sign