This sign means?
- Hidden school bus stop ahead ✓
- Pedestrian crossing
- Railway crossing ahead
- Traffic control signals ahead
Answer: A. Hidden school bus stop ahead
This sign means a hidden school bus stop is ahead.
Why this is the answer
The handbook lists this warning sign and says it tells you that you are coming to a hidden school bus stop. It advises you to slow down, drive with extra caution, and watch for children and for a school bus with flashing red lights. That matches the meaning given in the correct answer. The passages do not connect this sign with pedestrian crossings, railway crossings or traffic signals.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Pedestrian crossing — A pedestrian crossing sign warns drivers to watch for pedestrians and share the road, not that a school bus stop is hidden ahead.
- C. Railway crossing ahead — A railway crossing sign warns that railway tracks cross the road, so it is not the hidden school bus stop warning.
- D. Traffic control signals ahead — The passages do not give traffic control signals ahead as the meaning of this warning sign; they describe the hidden school bus stop sign separately.
Remember it
Link “hidden” with extra caution: the stop is not obvious, so watch for children and a bus with flashing red lights.
Official handbook: Official MTO Driver's Handbook, Signs – Here are some common warning signs: