This sign means?
- Steep hill ahead: be prepared to use a lower gear if necessary
- Watch for rocks on the road ahead ✓
- Road closed ahead due to fallen rocks
- Construction zone ahead
Answer: B. Watch for rocks on the road ahead
This sign means watch for rocks on the road ahead.
Why this is the answer
The ICBC sign chapter lists a warning sign whose meaning is to watch for rocks on the road ahead. Warning signs in general are there to tell you about possible hazards ahead so you can adjust your driving. Since this particular sign points to rocks on the road, treat it as a heads-up that debris may be lying in your path, and be ready to slow down or steer around it. The handbook covers the rock warning separately from the steep hill warning, so the two are not the same sign.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Steep hill ahead: be prepared to use a lower gear if necessary — A steep hill ahead is a different warning sign — the handbook lists slowing down for a steep hill as its own separate sign, not this one.
- C. Road closed ahead due to fallen rocks — Nothing in the passages says a warning sign announces that a road is closed because of fallen rocks; warning signs alert you to hazards ahead.
- D. Construction zone ahead — The passages do not describe this sign as a construction zone warning, and the rock warning is listed on its own.
Remember it
Warning signs are grouped by hazard, so match the picture to the exact wording the handbook gives each hazard — rocks is its own warning, not the hill sign.