Information & direction signs
Slow-moving vehicle
What it means
An orange triangle with a red border, displayed on the back of a vehicle that will be travelling at 40 km/h or less, such as a farm tractor. Watch for these vehicles and reduce your speed as necessary.
Green, blue and brown signs give directions, distances and services.
Summarised from the Official MTO Driver’s Handbook. Read the original: MTO Driver’s Handbook – Signs ↗
How to recognise it
An orange triangle with a red border, mounted on the back of a vehicle rather than beside the road.
Where you will see it
The back of farm tractors, farm machinery and other vehicles that cannot go faster than 40 km/h, on rural roads especially at planting and harvest time.
What to do when you see it
- 1.Slow down as soon as you see it; the vehicle ahead is travelling at 40 km/h or less.
- 2.Stay well back and pass only where it is safe and legal; a tractor may turn left into a field without much warning.
- 3.Watch for wide equipment taking up more than its lane.
On the G1 test
The tested facts are the shape, the colours and the speed: orange triangle, red border, 40 km/h or less. It is the only sign in the handbook carried on a vehicle.
