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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