drivers ed. quiz 1

Vertical Rectangle

Regulatory sign - instruction and tell you the law

Horizontal rectangle

Regulatory Sign + Directions

Round (Circle)

Railroad Crossing sign - STOP for trains

Diamond

Warning - warns you of special/ hazardous conditions

Pentagon

School Zone/Crossing - watch for pedestrians

Octagon

Stop sign - MUST STOP

Triangle

Yield - slow down as you come to the intersection

Pennat (Flag Triangle)

No Passing Zone - Don’t pass cars ahead of you in your lane

Red Used with white

Do not enter sign - prohibitive

Black used with white

Regulatory signs

Yellow used with black

General warning

Blue

motorists services guidance

Green

guide signs

Fluorescent optic yellow

Pedestrian crossing

Pink

Advise/ warn about incidents

Orange

construction

brown

public recreation

Red traffic light

Stop

yellow traffic light

slow down / clear intersection

green traffic

go

traffic arrows - red

stop

traffic arrows - yellow

yield to incoming traffic

traffic arrows - green

protected turn - may go in the direction if the way is clear

flashing lights - red

stop

flashing lights - yellow

proceed with caution

flashing lights - green

go

lane signals - red

lane is closed

lane signals - yellow

lane is closing soon - move out of lane if possible

lane signals - green

permitted to drive in this lane

when to turn right on red

may turn right while the traffic signal displays a red light

when to turn left on red

can turn left from a one way street to another one way street

traffic signals do not work

treat as a stop sign - come to a complete stop

Shared left turn lanes

HOV lane

reserved for buses, vanpools, carpools, other high occupancy vehicles, motorcycles and certain clean fuel cars

Broken Lines (white)

multiple lanes going the same direction - passing permitted

Broken lines( yellow)

multiple lanes going opposite directions - passing permitted

Solid lines (white)

discourage lane changes near intersections - passing not permitted

solid lines (yellow)

traffic going in the opposite directions - passing not permitted

yellow lines

traffic going opposite direction

white lines

traffic going in the same direction

double solid yellow line (center of the road)

two way traffic (passing not permitted)