One pedestrian crossover you use has big internally lit overhead X signs and flashing amber beacons; another has only side-mounted signs and small rapid-flashing rectangular beacons. Does your duty differ between them?

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Correct answer: C. No — both are pedestrian crossovers, and at either you must stop and yield the entire roadway before proceeding

No. Ontario Regulation 402/15, in force since 1 January 2016, "introduces two levels of pedestrian crossovers." Book 15 explains that Level 1 crossovers are "defined by the use of a specific set of regulatory signs, internally illuminated overhead warning signs, pavement markings, and flashing amber beacons", while Level 2 crossovers use "a different set of regulatory signs, warning signs, pavement markings, and rapid rectangular flashing beacons." The equipment differs because the roads differ — number of lanes, speeds, sightlines — not because the rule does. The same amendments "require drivers to stop and yield the entire roadway to pedestrians and school crossing guards before proceeding at pedestrian crossovers and school crossings", and that applies at both levels. Anything signed and marked as a crossover gets the full stop-and-wait treatment.

Source: MTO Driver's Handbook: Ontario Traffic Manual, Book 15 — Pedestrian Crossing Treatments (June 2016), Section 2.1.3 — Ontario Regulations, O. Reg. 402/15 and the two levels of pedestrian crossover

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