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Playground zones and areas · Parking services for persons with disabilities · TTY capabilities · Warning signs

Playground zones and areas (continued)

Playground zone ends

  • Playground zone ends
    Playground zone ends
  • End playground zone
    End playground zone

A playground zone ends where a traffic sign indicates:

1. a higher maximum speed, or 2. the end of the playground zone.

  • Playground area (playground sign without a speed sign)
    Playground area (playground sign without a speed sign)

When you approach a playground sign without a speed limit sign attached to it, you are entering a playground area. This sign is to alert drivers that children may be near and you must use caution when driving through the playground area.

Parking services for persons with disabilities

  • Parking for persons with disabilities
    Parking for persons with disabilities

This sign indicates parking for persons with disabilities. These parking spaces ensure that persons with disabilities have safe access to goods and services. It is illegal for any vehicle to park or stop in a parking stall reserved for persons with disabilities unless the vehicle has an identifying parking placard or licence plate.

The application for a parking placard for persons with disabilities can be found at www.alberta.ca/get-parking-placard-people-disabilities.aspx or by contacting a registry agent or family doctor.

TTY capabilities

This sign indicates pay phones that have a TTY (teletypewriter) that assists people who are hearing or speech-impaired to use telephone networks.

  • TTY (teletypewriter) pay phone
    TTY (teletypewriter) pay phone

Warning signs

Warning signs give drivers advance notice of actions required, or potentially hazardous conditions on or near a road.

Some of these signs warn of:

  • a traffic regulation, such as stop or yield
  • features or physical conditions of the road
  • hazards that may require a driver to respond.

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Reproduced from the Driver's Guide: cars and light trucks (Spring 2026), Government of Alberta.

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