[Markster]

I did not know these were used in (legal in) Ontario. If so they should put them on QQ and St Clair where the "streetcar signals" confuse visitors (and many locals.)

Yep, they're specifically referenced in the Highway Traffic Act:

Exception – white vertical bar indication

(19.1) Despite subsection (18), a driver operating a bus or street car on a scheduled transit authority route approaching a traffic control signal showing a white vertical bar indication may, with caution, proceed forward or turn right or left. 1994, c. 27, s. 138 (13).

 

[BurlOak]

Bridge phobia?

you mean gephyrobia (did you watch a Charlie Brown Christmas?)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059026/quotes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8SDztycKwY