Chpt 3 Drivers Ed Review

What are Regulatory Signs?

Red/white or black and white. State they need your immediate attention and response.

What are warning signs?

Yellow/black or orange/black. Warn a change in your attention, speed and/or lane position.

What are Guide Signs?

Blue, green or brown. Provide info and help guide you from one place to another.

What are most intersections controlled by?

Regulatory signs or traffic lights. Complex intersections have both.

What do visual restrictions do?

Limit ability to gather information about the constitution or intended path.

What do path restrictions do?

Temporarily or permanently prevent you from occupying space.

What does SIM stand for?

SEARCH- to target area. IDENTIFY - solutions needed. MANAGE- your space.

What does MSMOG stand for?

MIRROR

SIGNAL

MIRROR

OVER SHOULDER

GO

What is the search maneuver when a stop is required at an intersection?

Search 90 degrees to the left, front and right as far as you can see down the roadway.

What is the searching maneuver when a stop is not required?

Search 45 degrees to the left, center and right.

What’s a Legal Stop?

Stopping when required by law. Stop before stop line, marked or unmarked crosswalk or edge of roadway.

What’s a Safety Stop?

Used after a Legal Stop. To search beyond vision restrictions at an intersection. Inch forward until front bumper is even with curb line. Not required by law but recommended.

What’s a Staggered Stop?

About 15 feet from legal stop location. Used to create space for large vehicles.

When stopping uphill with a curb, where do you face your wheels?

Forward the curb

On all other hill parking, where do you turn your wheels?

Away from road.

What’s an intersection?

Where two or more roads come together. Can be controlled by signs, lights or markings. Designed to manage traffic flow and yielding responsibilities.