Signs, Signals and Roadway
Markings
Chapter 2
Traffic Signs
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Regulatory Signs – tell you laws you must obey
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Examples: Stop Sign, Yield, Do Not Enter, Speed
Limit, One Way, etc.
Warning Signs – alert you of conditions ahead
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Most are diamond shaped
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Most black on yellow
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Examples: Pedestrian Crosswalk, School Signs, Stop
Ahead, Yield Ahead, Intersection/Curve ahead
Construction Signs – orange alerts you to
construction and maintenance ahead
Traffic Signs continued
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Guide Signs – tell you where you are and how to get
to where you are going
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Route Markers – Ex. Interstate and Route signs
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Destination & Distance – always green
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Ex: mile markers and exit signs
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Zero usually starts at the south and western parts
of a state
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Parks & Recreation – always brown
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Service – always blue Ex. Rest Areas, Food & Gas
Shapes of Signs
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Octagon – 8 sided – red - stop
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Three sided – red & white -Yield
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Round – black on yellow - railroad
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Diamond – yellow, yellow-green or orange – warning
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Pentagon – 5 sided – old school house – school zone or
school crossing
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Pennant – black on yellow – No passing zone
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Square or Rectangle – regulatory or guide sign
Color of Signs
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Red – regulatory
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Black & White – some regulatory other route
markers
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Yellow – warning
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Orange – construction
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Green – guide
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Blue – service guide
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Brown – parks & recreation
Traffic Signals
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Red – stop at marked line/crosswalk/before entering
the intersection
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Yellow – warns the signal is changing to red
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Green – go after yielding to pedestrians or vehicles in
intersection
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Right on Red – complete stop, yield right of way to
pedestrians and oncoming traffic
Left on Red – turning from a one-way street onto another
one-way street
Flashing Light
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Red – just like stop sign – also used at RR crossings
Yellow – proceed with caution
Traffic Lights continued
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Arrows
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Red Arrow – don’t make the movement shown by the
arrow
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Yellow Arrow – green arrow ending
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Green Arrow – yield and go in the direction arrow is
pointing
Lane Signals – often used on expressways
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Red X – never drive in this lane
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Yellow X – will be changing to red
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Green Arrow – lanes may be used
Pavement Markings
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Yellow Broken Line – two way traffic
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Drivers may pass only when traffic is not coming in the
opposite direction
Yellow Sold Line – two way traffic
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Drivers may not pass
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May turn left across a solid yellow line after yielding
Two Way Left Turn Lanes – yellow lines & white arrows
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Can’t make left turn from any other lane if a turn lane is
provided
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Can’t drive in this lane unless preparing to turn left
Pavement Markings
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White Solid Lines – separates traffic moving in same
direction
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Single Solid White Line - Crossing is discouraged
Solid Double White Lines crossing is prohibited
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Broken White Lines – crossing is permitted when
passing or turning
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Rumble Strips – short sections of corrugated road
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Warn drivers of dangerous intersections, toll plaza’s,
edge of road
Large X and two RR – railroad crossing ahead