At a channelized right-turn island you notice a small yellow sign facing the pedestrians, not you, reading WAIT FOR GAP. What does its presence tell you about that crossing point?

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Correct answer: B. It is not a pedestrian crossover — pedestrians there must wait for a gap, though you must still avoid anyone already crossing

That it is not a crossover, and the people on foot there do not have the right-of-way. Book 6 says the sign's purpose "is to warn pedestrians wishing to cross at a channelized intersection, a pedestrian refuge island not located at a pedestrian crossover, or at a similar location that they do not have the right-of-way, and that they must wait for a gap in traffic sufficiently large to enable them to cross safely." So this is one of the places where the stop-and-yield-the-whole-roadway duty does not apply to you. What does still apply is everything else: someone already in the road has to be let through, a pedestrian who misjudges the gap is your problem to avoid, and being right about the right-of-way is no defence if you could have prevented a collision.

Source: MTO Driver's Handbook: Ontario Traffic Manual, Book 6 — Warning Signs (July 2001), Section 7 — WAIT FOR GAP Sign (Wc-28)

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