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TRAFFIC SIGNS, SIGNALS, PAVEMENT MARKINGS
TRAFFIC SIGNS Signs are defined by their function and are broken
into three major groups:
Regulatory Signs give notice of traffic laws or regulations.
Warning Signs give notice of a situation that might not be readily apparent.
Guide signs show route designations, destinations, directions, distances, services, points of interest, and other geographical, recreational, or cultural information.
Regulatory Signs This type of signs regulates or controls the
movement of traffic.
REGULATORY SIGNS ARE:
RED & WHITE
WHITE & BLACK
GREEN ON WHITE
MOST REGULATORY SIGNS ARE VERTICAL RECTANGLES
REGULATORY SIGNS STOP SIGN
YIELD SIGN
WRONG WAY
REGULATORY SIGNS SPEED LIMIT SIGNS
REGULATORY SIGNS SPECIAL PARKING SIGNS OR SEAT BELT LAWS
WARNING SIGNS Warning road signs give notice of a situation that
might not be readily apparent. Warning road signs
typically have a yellow background color but
the background color can also be orange or
fluorescent-pink, or YELLOW-GREEN depending on the situation.
EXAMPLES OF WARNING ROAD SIGNS:
WARNING SIGNSINTERSECTIONS:
CHANGES IN WIDTH:
WARNING SIGNS TRAFFIC:
CROSSINGS:
WARNING SIGNS CONDITIONS:
CURVES:
WARNING SIGNS CONSTRUCTION SIGNS:
SPECIAL WARNING SIGNS SLOW MOVING SIGN:
NO PASSING SIGN:
RAILROAD
CROSSING SIGN
SPECIAL WARNING SIGNS
fluorescent-pink
GUIDE SIGNS Guide signs are essential to guide drivers
along streets and highways, to inform them of interesting routes, to direct them to cities, towns, villages, or other important destinations, to identify nearby rivers and streams, parks, forests, and historical sites, and generally to give such information as will help them along their way in the most simple, direct manner possible.
How the interstate system is number.
How the Interstates are Numbered
The Interstate Highway numbering system was established in 1957. The Interstate route marker is the familiar red, white, and blue shield with the word “Interstate,” the state name, and the route number.
How the interstate system is number.
Routes running north and south have odd numbers, such as I-29. The lowest numbers are in the west, such as I-5 along the west coast. The highest numbers are in the east, such as I-95.
How the interstate system is number.
East and west routes have even numbers. The lowest numbers are in the south, such as I-10 along the southern border. The higher numbers are in the north, such as I-94 along the northern border.
U. S HIGHWAYS & STATE ROUTES THE U.S. HIGHWAY SYSTEM IS NUMBER JUST
LIKE THE INTERSTATE SYSTEM. EVEN NUMBERED ROADS GO EAST AND WEST. ODD NUMBERED ROADS GO NORTH AND SOUTH.
STATE ROADS STATE ROUTES ARE NUMBER THE SAME WAY.
Destination and mileage signs
Destination and mileage signs
THESE SIGNS TELL YOU WHERE YOU ARE, WHICH LANE TO GET YOUR DESTINATION, WHAT EXIT TO TAKE, WHAT EXIT ARE COMING UP, AND HOW FAR AWAY THE EXITS ARE.
THE MILEAGE MARKERS INFORM YOU HOW FAR YOU ARE FROM A DIFFERENT PLACE.
OTHER GUIDE SIGNSROADSIDE SERVICES:
FUEL HOSPITAL TELE
LODGING PHONE
RECREATIONAL AREA SIGNSRECREATIONAL AREAS:
INTERNATIONAL ROAD SIGNS INTERNATIONAL ROAD SIGNS:
NO LEFT NO PARKING NO “U”
TURN TURN
PAVEMENT MARKINGS
WHAT DO YELLOW & WHITE LINES ON THE ROADWAY MEAN?
YELLOW LINES YELLOW LINES ARE USED TO SEPARATE TRAFFIC
TRAVELING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS, THE LEFT EDGE OF MULTIPLE-LANES, DIVIDED HIGHWAYS
SEPARATING TRAFFIC GOING
IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS.
DOUBLE YELLOW LINE MEANS?
NO PASSING IS ALLOWED
YELLOW LINES A SINGLE, BROKEN YELLOW LINE MEANS?
PASSING IS PERMITTED ON
BOTH SIDE OF TRAFFIC
YELLOW LINES A broken yellow line (on your side) to the left of a
solid yellow line means?
Passing on your side
is permitted when it
is safe to do so.
LEFT TURN CENTER LANE A LEFT TURN CENTER LANE. VEHICLE MOVING IN
EITHER DIRECTION CAN USE THIS LANE TO MAKE LEFT TURNS OFF THE ROADWAY INTO AN ENTRANCE.
LEFT TURN CENTER LANE RULES FOR USING THE CENTER LEFT TURN
LANE:
1. DON’T GET INTO THE LANE TOO SOON.
2. WATCH FOR VEHICLES PULLING OUT OF DRIVEWAYS AND CROSS STREETS.
3. USE THE SHARED LEFT TURN LANE ONLY TO TURN LEFT.
WHITE LINES WHITE LINE ON THE PAVEMENT INDICATES THE
RIGHT EDGE OF THE LANE.
RIGHT EDGE
INTERSECTION MARKINGSTOP LINE: STOP BEHIND THE
STOP LINE
INTERSECTION MARKINGCROSS WALK INTERSECTIONS:
STOP HERE BEFORE ENTERING THE CROSSWALK.
INTERSECTION MARKINGCURBLINE: IF THERE ARE NO IDENTIFYING
PAVEMENT MARKINGS AND THE SIGN OR TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE SAYS STOP, THEN YOU MUST STOP WITH THE FRONT OF YOUR VEHICLE BEHIND THE IMAGINARY LINE.
CURBLINE
WHICH CAR STOP
CORRECTLY?
B
TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES
TRAFFIC SIGNALS RED : STOP
YELLOW : DO NOT ENTER
THE INTERSECTION
GREEN : GO (WHEN SAFE TO DO SO)
TRAFFIC SIGNALS ADDITIONALTRAFFIC SIGNALS:
RED
YELLOW
GREEN
LEFT TURN SIGNAL
ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC SIGNALS:RED FLASHING LIGHT
MEANS THE SAME AS A STOP SIGN
ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC SIGNALS:FLASHING YELLOW LIGHT
MEANS THE SAME
AS A YIELD SIGN.
PEDESTRAIN SIGNALS YOU WILL FIND PEDESTRAIN SIGNALS AT BUSY
INTERSECTIONS. THEY MAY HAVE EITHER WORDS OR SIGNALS TELLING PEDESTRAINS, OR PEOPLE ON FOOT, HOW TO PROCEED.
CHAPTER REVIEW
QUESTIONS
SIGNS NAME THE FOLLOWING SIGNS:
1.____________
2.____________
3.____________
4.____________
5____________
6.____________
SIGNS CONTINUED NAME THE SIGNS:
7._____________ 9. __________
8._____________ 10. _________
SIGNS CONTINUED NAME THE SIGNS:
11. _________ 13. ________
12.__________ 14.________
SIGN ANSWERS 1. NO PASSING SIGN
2. STOP SIGN
3. WARNING SIGN
4. REGULATORY SIGN
5. SCHOOL ZONE SIGN
6. NO INTERNATIONAL SIGN
7. CONSTRUCTION ZONE SIGN
8. US HIGHWAY SIGN
9. INTERSTATE SIGN
10. DO NOT ENTER SIGN
11. CROSS ROAD SIGN
12. WRONG WAY SIGN
13. RAIL ROAD SIGN
14. NO LEFT TURN
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