Chapter Three Flashcards
What does the color GREEN signifying?
Guides and informs
What does the color RED signifying?
Prohibits and commands
What does the color BLUE mean?
Describes services for motorists
What does the color YELLOW mean?
Warns
What does the color WHITE mean?
Regulates
What does the color ORANGE mean?
Warns and controls in construction zones
What does the color YELLOW-GREEN mean?
Warns and controls in pedestrian, bicycle crossings, and school areas
What does the color BROWN mean?
Indicates historic, cultural, or recreation sites
Give an ex of an octagon sign?
A triangle?
A diamond?
Stop sign
Yield
Side road curve
Give an ex of a rectangle sign?
A pentagon?
A cross buck ?
A circle?
Speed limit
School zone
Railroad crossing
Railroad
List the four main classifications of road signs?
Informational/guide, regulatory, warning, construction
What are the colors and shape of a stop sign?
Red and white
Octagon
What are the colors and shape of a yield sign?
Red and white
Triangle
What are the colors and shape of a railroad warning signs?
Yellow and black
Cross buck or circle
Most regulatory signs are of what color and shape?
Red and white or
Black and white
Rectangle
Most construction/repair signs are what colors and shape?
Orange and black
Diamond
What are the colors and shape of no passing zone signs?
White and black
Rectangle
What are the colors and shape of slow moving vehicle signs?
Red with dark red border
Triangle
What are the colors and shape of school warning signs?
Yellow and yellow green
Pentagon
Most warning signs are what colors and shape?
Yellow and black
Diamond
Meaning of “added lane”? Color?
The roadway will gain an additional lane of traffic
Yellow and black
Meaning of “center lane only (left turn)”? Color?
The center lane is shared for the purpose of making left turns by traffic traveling in both directions
White and black
Meaning of “flag person sign”? Color?
Indicates that a person with a flag is ahead. Drive cautious.
Orange and black
Meaning of “steep hill sign”? Color?
The road ahead declines steely make sure your brakes work
Yellow And black
Meaning of “no passing zone” sign? Color?
On left of 2-way highway. It warns the beginning of a no passing zone
Yellow/black
Meaning of “handicapped parking” sign? Color?
Reserved for vehicles displaying disability license plate or disability permit
Blue/white
Meaning of “divided highway ends” sign? Color?
Divided highway ends. 2-way traffic will no longer be separated.
Yellow/black
Meaning of “school zone” sign? Color?
Indicates that a school or approved school crosswalk is ahead
Yellow or fluorescent yellow green
Meaning of “merge” sign? Color?
Vehicles merge onto the roadway on which you are traveling
Yellow/black
Meaning of “lane ends” sign? Color?
Two lanes will become one
Yellow/black
Meaning of “roundabout (regulatory)” sign? Color?
As you approach a roundabout slow down and be prepared to stop
Yellow/black
Difference between stop sign and yield sign?
Stop: come to complete stop no matter what
Yield: slow down and stop if necessary
At a stop sign, where should a driver make their complete stop when there is no marked cross walk or stop line?
Right in line with the sign
Explain the purpose of highway warning signs?
Alert you of hazards ahead on the highway
What should you do if highway worker tells you to stop but the light is green?
Obey the highway worker
What should you do at a intersection when the signal lights are out?
Treat intersection as you would an uncontrolled intersection.
What does a steady red traffic light mean?
Stop
How to make a right turn on a red traffic light?
After stopping you make a right turn if intersection is clear and if traffic travels in that direction
When is a left turn on a red light allowed?
If it’s from a one way road to another one way road
Difference between red light and red arrow light?
You may not move with a red arrow until green.
What should you do at a flashing red light?
Treat it as you would a stop sign- proceed when intersection is clear.
What should a driver do when approaching a signalized intersection and signal turns yellow?
Come to a stop
What should a driver do at a signalized intersection when light turns yellow and they’re already in the intersection?
Proceed through intersection with caution
What should drivers do when traveling through an intersection with a flashing yellow light
Proceed through the intersection with caution (yield to vehicles and pedestrians)
What does a green light mean?
Go
True or false: motor vehicles have the right of way over pedestrians when turning right in a green light?
False
A vehicle turning left on a green signal light (no arrow) must yield to ____ and ____.
Oncoming traffic and pedestrians
Vehicles need to yield to pedestrians who start to cross at a crosswalk
TRUE OR FALSE
True
What is the purpose of lane use control signals?
Allow lanes to be used by traffic from different directions at different times
What should you do when you see a flashing yellow X lane use control signal?
You can use the lane below it to make a left turn
What does a stray green arrow lane use control signal mean?
You are allowed to drive in the lane below the green arrow
What should you do when you see a red X lane use control signal?
It means you cannot drive in the lane below the X
What is the purpose of freeway ramp meters?
Helps cont the flow of merging traffic.
At an intersection, a white strobe light that is flashing means…
The emergency vehicle is approaching from the sides
A white strobe light at an intersection that is on but not flashing means….
Emergency vehicle is approach from behind or in front
What else directs and regulates traffic like road signs?
Pavement markings
What does “double solid white lines” mean?
Lane changes are prohibited when this line is present
What does a “solid white line” mean?
Lane changes are discouraged when line is present; they mark cross walks, stop lines at intersections, parking stalls, and edges of roadway.
What does a “dashed white line” mean?
Driver can change lanes in areas where this mark is present, shorter and thicker dashed lines dans lane will end.
What does “double solid yellow lines” mean?
Indicates that passing is prohibited in both directions. Drivers traveling in both directions cannot cross double solid lines in order to pass vehicles.
What do “dashed yellow lines” mean?
Indicates that passing is allowed in areas where this mark is present
What do “solid yellow lines” mean?
Indicates that passing is prohibited in areas where this marking is present. Passing in a no passing zone is illegal.
What do “dashed yellow lines with solid lines I both sides” mean?
Road with 3 lanes with traffic moving in both directions. Center turn lane is reserved for traffic turning left from both directions.
What do “dashed yellow lines with a solid yellow line on one side” mean?
Two-lane road with traffic moving in both directions. Traffic in the lane with the solid yellow line is prohibited from passing.
What is the purpose of turn lanes?
Separate left or right turning traffic from through traffic
How are turn lanes marked?
White arrows or multiples arrows which allow you to go left, right, or straight.
Center turn lane between two opposing traffic lanes can only be used for what purpose?
Only for left turns.
Who can travel in car pool (HOV) lanes? How are they identified?
Vehicles with 2+ people in car
A diamond symbol or ‘carpool only’ signs
Give 3 ex of pavement markings
Carpool markings
Warning markings
Double solid white line
