TRAFFIC SIGNS

🔺 SHAPES (VERY IMPORTANT)

Memorize these first 👇

🛑

Octagon (8 sides)

  • STOP

  • Always come to a complete stop

  • Stop before the white line, crosswalk, or sign

🔻

Triangle (upside down)

  • YIELD

  • Slow down, be ready to stop

  • Give right-of-way to traffic/pedestrians

🔶

Diamond

  • Warning signs

  • Road conditions ahead (curves, animals, signals, hills)

⬛

Rectangle

  • Regulatory or guide signs

  • Speed limits, rules, directions

⭕

Circle

  • Railroad crossing ahead

  • Slow down, look both ways

❌

X shape

  • Railroad crossing

  • Stop if train is coming

⛔

Pentagon (house shape)

  • School zone or school crossing

🎨 COLORS & WHAT THEY MEAN

🔴

Red

  • STOP

  • YIELD

  • DO NOT

  • WRONG WAY

🟡

Yellow

  • Warning

  • Slow down, be alert

🟢

Green

  • Direction or guidance

  • Distance, exits, destinations

🔵

Blue

  • Services

  • Gas, food, hospital, rest area

🟠

Orange

  • Construction or work zones

🟤

Brown

  • Recreation, parks, historical sites

⚪

White

  • Rules of the road

  • Speed limits, lane rules

🛑 REGULATORY SIGNS (YOU MUST OBEY)

Speed Limit

  • Maximum legal speed

  • Lower speed may be posted in school/work zones

Do Not Enter

  • Red circle with white bar

  • Do not go that way

Wrong Way

  • Means you’re going against traffic

One Way

  • Traffic flows in one direction only

No U-Turn / No Left Turn / No Right Turn

  • The maneuver is illegal there

Keep Right / Keep Left

  • Pass only on the side shown

⚠ WARNING SIGNS (YELLOW DIAMONDS)

These tell you what’s ahead:

  • Curve / Sharp turn

  • Winding road

  • Slippery when wet

  • Deer crossing

  • Hill / steep grade

  • Traffic signal ahead

  • Merge

  • Lane ends

👉 Always slow down when you see these

🚧 CONSTRUCTION SIGNS (ORANGE)

  • Road work ahead

  • Flagger ahead

  • Detours

  • Uneven pavement

⚠ Fines are higher in work zones

🚸 SCHOOL & PEDESTRIAN SIGNS

  • School zone speed limits (only during posted times)

  • School crossing

  • Pedestrian crossing

🧍 Pedestrians always have the right-of-way in crosswalks

🚆 RAILROAD SIGNS (TEST FAVORITE)

Circle sign

  • Railroad crossing ahead

Crossbuck (white X)

  • Treat like a yield sign

  • Stop if train is coming

Flashing red lights

  • STOP

  • Never cross when lights are flashing