Road Signs

1. Road Signs

2. State of Delaware requires you know colors and shapes Colors Shapes Octagon - STOP Triangle - YIELD Round - Rail Road Pentagon - School Zone Pennant - No Passing Diamond - General Warning Square- General Regulatory Horizontal Rectangle- Guide Vertical Rectangle- Regulatory • Red- Regulatory • White- Regulatory • Black- Regulatory • Orange- construction • Yellow- Warning • Green- Guide • Brown- Recreation • Blue- Motorist Services

13. Guide signs • Guide signs. Guide signs are used to inform drivers of routes, gas, food, lodging, hospitals, rest areas and others. Guide signs are designatedby color and shape.

18. FINAL THREE CATAGORIES OF SIGNS • Recreation Construction Motorist Services

19. Brown is for recreational areas.

20. Blue is motorist services. Gas, food, lodging, hospitals etc.

22. The Two most important Regulatory Signs:

23. Two VERY Important Terms • RIGHT OF WAY • Means to HAVE immediate use of the roadway • The person with the RIGHT OF WAY goes first • YIELD • Means to GIVE UP immediate use of the roadway • The person who YIELDS waits for traffic to pass before proceeding

24. Question • Are all speed limit signs white and black?

25. ANSWER • NO! • The white and black signs are REGULATORY. They are the legal speed limit for that road • Yellow and Black signs may also have a speed limit written on it. They are ADVISORY SPEED LIMITS

26. Advisory Speed Limits give the SUGGESTED speed for a particular stretch of road.

27. SECOND QUESTION…If you choose NOT to follow the advisory limit and you are in a crash, will you be given a ticket for speeding?

28. ANSWER:No, the legal speed limit is the white and black sign. However, you will be ticketed for reckless driving

29. Signs, Signals, and Road markings Before moving on…quiz yourself on what was just covered

30. A) RAILROAD B) DO NOT ENTER C) STOP D) WARNING

31. A) RAILROAD B) DO NOT ENTER C) STOP D) WARNING STOP

32. A) YIELD B) SLOW MOVING VEHICLE C) NO PASSING ZONE D) WARNING

33. A) YIELD B) SLOW MOVING VEHICLE C) NO PASSING ZONE D) WARNING

34. A) Railroad B) Do not enter C) Stop sign D) Route sign R

35. A) Railroad B) Do not enter C) Stop sign D) Route sign R R

36. A) RAILROAD B) STOP C) DO NOT ENTER D) NO PASSING

37. A) RAILROAD B) STOP C) DO NOT ENTER D) NO PASSING

38. A) Regulatory B) Warning C) Guidance D) Caution

39. A) Regulatory B) Warning C) Guidance D) Caution

40. A) Hazard B) Curve to the right C) No passing zone D) Slow moving vehicle

41. A) Hazard B) Curve to the right C) No passing zone D) Slow moving vehicle NO PASSING ZONE

42. A) Warning School Zone Regulatory D) Railroad

43. A) Warning School Zone Regulatory D) Railroad

44. A) regulatory B) warning C) school D) yield

45. A) regulatory B) warning C) school D) yield

46. A) County route B) State route C) Interstate route D) US route

47. A) County route B) State route C) Interstate route D) US route

48. REMEMBER!!! • Signs are messages on the road directed at YOU!!! • You must be aware of them. Keep your eyes moving and read all road signs!!!