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Chapter Three Flashcards

0
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What does the color GREEN signifying?

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Guides and informs

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What does the color RED signifying?

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Prohibits and commands

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What does the color BLUE mean?

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Describes services for motorists

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What does the color YELLOW mean?

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Warns

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What does the color WHITE mean?

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Regulates

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What does the color ORANGE mean?

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Warns and controls in construction zones

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What does the color YELLOW-GREEN mean?

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Warns and controls in pedestrian, bicycle crossings, and school areas

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What does the color BROWN mean?

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Indicates historic, cultural, or recreation sites

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8
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Give an ex of an octagon sign?
A triangle?
A diamond?

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Stop sign
Yield
Side road curve

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Give an ex of a rectangle sign?
A pentagon?
A cross buck ?
A circle?

A

Speed limit
School zone
Railroad crossing
Railroad

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10
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List the four main classifications of road signs?

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Informational/guide, regulatory, warning, construction

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What are the colors and shape of a stop sign?

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Red and white

Octagon

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What are the colors and shape of a yield sign?

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Red and white

Triangle

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What are the colors and shape of a railroad warning signs?

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Yellow and black

Cross buck or circle

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Most regulatory signs are of what color and shape?

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Red and white or
Black and white
Rectangle

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Most construction/repair signs are what colors and shape?

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Orange and black

Diamond

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What are the colors and shape of no passing zone signs?

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White and black

Rectangle

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What are the colors and shape of slow moving vehicle signs?

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Red with dark red border

Triangle

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What are the colors and shape of school warning signs?

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Yellow and yellow green

Pentagon

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Most warning signs are what colors and shape?

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Yellow and black

Diamond

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20
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Meaning of “added lane”? Color?

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The roadway will gain an additional lane of traffic

Yellow and black

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Meaning of “center lane only (left turn)”? Color?

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The center lane is shared for the purpose of making left turns by traffic traveling in both directions

White and black

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Meaning of “flag person sign”? Color?

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Indicates that a person with a flag is ahead. Drive cautious.
Orange and black

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Meaning of “steep hill sign”? Color?

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The road ahead declines steely make sure your brakes work

Yellow And black

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Meaning of “no passing zone” sign? Color?

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On left of 2-way highway. It warns the beginning of a no passing zone
Yellow/black

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Meaning of “handicapped parking” sign? Color?

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Reserved for vehicles displaying disability license plate or disability permit
Blue/white

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Meaning of “divided highway ends” sign? Color?

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Divided highway ends. 2-way traffic will no longer be separated.
Yellow/black

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Meaning of “school zone” sign? Color?

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Indicates that a school or approved school crosswalk is ahead

Yellow or fluorescent yellow green

28
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Meaning of “merge” sign? Color?

A

Vehicles merge onto the roadway on which you are traveling

Yellow/black

29
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Meaning of “lane ends” sign? Color?

A

Two lanes will become one

Yellow/black

30
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Meaning of “roundabout (regulatory)” sign? Color?

A

As you approach a roundabout slow down and be prepared to stop
Yellow/black

31
Q

Difference between stop sign and yield sign?

A

Stop: come to complete stop no matter what
Yield: slow down and stop if necessary

32
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At a stop sign, where should a driver make their complete stop when there is no marked cross walk or stop line?

A

Right in line with the sign

33
Q

Explain the purpose of highway warning signs?

A

Alert you of hazards ahead on the highway

34
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What should you do if highway worker tells you to stop but the light is green?

A

Obey the highway worker

35
Q

What should you do at a intersection when the signal lights are out?

A

Treat intersection as you would an uncontrolled intersection.

36
Q

What does a steady red traffic light mean?

A

Stop

37
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How to make a right turn on a red traffic light?

A

After stopping you make a right turn if intersection is clear and if traffic travels in that direction

38
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When is a left turn on a red light allowed?

A

If it’s from a one way road to another one way road

39
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Difference between red light and red arrow light?

A

You may not move with a red arrow until green.

40
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What should you do at a flashing red light?

A

Treat it as you would a stop sign- proceed when intersection is clear.

41
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What should a driver do when approaching a signalized intersection and signal turns yellow?

A

Come to a stop

42
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What should a driver do at a signalized intersection when light turns yellow and they’re already in the intersection?

A

Proceed through intersection with caution

43
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What should drivers do when traveling through an intersection with a flashing yellow light

A

Proceed through the intersection with caution (yield to vehicles and pedestrians)

44
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What does a green light mean?

A

Go

45
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True or false: motor vehicles have the right of way over pedestrians when turning right in a green light?

A

False

46
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A vehicle turning left on a green signal light (no arrow) must yield to ____ and ____.

A

Oncoming traffic and pedestrians

47
Q

Vehicles need to yield to pedestrians who start to cross at a crosswalk
TRUE OR FALSE

A

True

48
Q

What is the purpose of lane use control signals?

A

Allow lanes to be used by traffic from different directions at different times

49
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What should you do when you see a flashing yellow X lane use control signal?

A

You can use the lane below it to make a left turn

50
Q

What does a stray green arrow lane use control signal mean?

A

You are allowed to drive in the lane below the green arrow

51
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What should you do when you see a red X lane use control signal?

A

It means you cannot drive in the lane below the X

52
Q

What is the purpose of freeway ramp meters?

A

Helps cont the flow of merging traffic.

53
Q

At an intersection, a white strobe light that is flashing means…

A

The emergency vehicle is approaching from the sides

54
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A white strobe light at an intersection that is on but not flashing means….

A

Emergency vehicle is approach from behind or in front

55
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What else directs and regulates traffic like road signs?

A

Pavement markings

56
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What does “double solid white lines” mean?

A

Lane changes are prohibited when this line is present

57
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What does a “solid white line” mean?

A

Lane changes are discouraged when line is present; they mark cross walks, stop lines at intersections, parking stalls, and edges of roadway.

58
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What does a “dashed white line” mean?

A

Driver can change lanes in areas where this mark is present, shorter and thicker dashed lines dans lane will end.

59
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What does “double solid yellow lines” mean?

A

Indicates that passing is prohibited in both directions. Drivers traveling in both directions cannot cross double solid lines in order to pass vehicles.

60
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What do “dashed yellow lines” mean?

A

Indicates that passing is allowed in areas where this mark is present

61
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What do “solid yellow lines” mean?

A

Indicates that passing is prohibited in areas where this marking is present. Passing in a no passing zone is illegal.

62
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What do “dashed yellow lines with solid lines I both sides” mean?

A

Road with 3 lanes with traffic moving in both directions. Center turn lane is reserved for traffic turning left from both directions.

63
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What do “dashed yellow lines with a solid yellow line on one side” mean?

A

Two-lane road with traffic moving in both directions. Traffic in the lane with the solid yellow line is prohibited from passing.

64
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What is the purpose of turn lanes?

A

Separate left or right turning traffic from through traffic

65
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How are turn lanes marked?

A

White arrows or multiples arrows which allow you to go left, right, or straight.

66
Q

Center turn lane between two opposing traffic lanes can only be used for what purpose?

A

Only for left turns.

67
Q

Who can travel in car pool (HOV) lanes? How are they identified?

A

Vehicles with 2+ people in car

A diamond symbol or ‘carpool only’ signs

68
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Give 3 ex of pavement markings

A

Carpool markings
Warning markings
Double solid white line

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