Traffic Signs and Signals Flashcards
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What does a yellow diamond-shaped sign with a curving arrow and a speed number below it indicate?
Answer: The recommended safe speed for the curve ahead
The advisory speed plaque under a curve warning sign shows the recommended safe speed, not the legal limit.
A driver approaches an intersection where the traffic lights are completely dark due to a power outage. What should the driver do?
Answer: Treat the intersection as a four-way stop
When a traffic signal is dark or malfunctioning, drivers must treat the intersection as an all-way stop.
What does a white rectangular sign with black letters typically display?
Answer: Regulatory information such as speed limits
White signs with black lettering are regulatory signs that state laws you must obey, such as speed limits.
You see a yellow sign showing a truck on a downward slope. What does it warn?
Answer: A steep downgrade is ahead
This warning sign tells drivers, especially truckers, that a steep hill is ahead and they should check brakes and downshift.
What must you do when a steady yellow light appears as you approach an intersection?
Answer: Stop if you can do so safely before the intersection
A steady yellow light warns the signal is about to turn red, so you should stop if you can do so safely.
Blue signs along the highway provide what type of information?
Answer: Motorist services like gas, food, and lodging
Blue signs direct drivers to services such as fuel, food, lodging, and hospitals.
What does a crossbuck sign (white X-shaped sign reading RAILROAD CROSSING) legally require?
Answer: Yield to any approaching train
A crossbuck acts as a yield sign, requiring drivers to give the right-of-way to trains at the crossing.