PassMulti-Phase Traffic Signals
Where: On the approach to a large or complex signalised intersection, particularly where several roads meet or turning movements get their own phase.
Purpose: To inform you that the signals ahead run in more than the usual two phases — for example a separate green arrow for right-turning traffic, or a pedestrian-only phase.
Action Required by Driver: Expect to wait longer than at an ordinary intersection, and expect your green not to come when you assume it will. Get into the correct lane early, because a multi-phase intersection usually serves each lane on a different phase. Never move off because the lane beside you got a green.
A green arrow is not a green light
At a multi-phase intersection, a green arrow gives the right of way only for the movement the arrow shows. Travelling in any other direction on that arrow is an offence, and the conflicting traffic has a green of its own.