Understanding Regulatory and Warning Signs

Regulatory Signs

• Regulates and controls the movement of traffic.

• Tells drivers what to do and what not to do.

• The colors are usually red, white, black,

• Red-allowed to do

• Black-No allowed to do

Stop signs

• You must come to a complete stop for 3 full seconds.

• You must stop behind the white stop line!

Yield signs

• You must slow down and check oncoming traffic behind you.

*You may have to come to a complete stop!

Speed limit Signs

• Show you the maximum or fastest speed allowed on the roadway.

• Expressways may post minimum

What are Warning Signs?

*Alerts drivers to surprise situations on the road

WARNING

• Road Construction

• School Zones

• Crossings

• Curves

• Intersections

• Changes in road width

• Deer Crossing

Intersections

• Communicates what type of road the driver will face ahead.

Railroad Crossbuck

• Communicates that a train is coming.

• You must stop regardless if lights are flashing.

Crossings

• Tells the driver if certain people or animals cross the road.

Conditions

• Signs tell you what to expect in the roadways.

Functions of Guide Signs

• Gives information about roadways

• Tells mileage to certain destinations

• Identifies roadside services and recreational areas.

Route Markers

• Interstates that lead into city have 3 digits & begin with an odd number.

Interstate goes around the city

• A three digit route that begins with an even number goes around a city .

Destination signs

• Signs that tell you where you are, what exits are coming, and how far the next exit is.

Mileage marker signs

• Tells you how far your destination is.

How far is Sacramento??

Roadside service signs

• Are indicated by the colors blue with white lettering. It tells you about gas, camping,hospital & more!!

International signs

• Are ones that you can understand without knowing another language.

• The meaning is conveyed by colors shapes, symbols and numbers.

Understanding yellow lines

• Divide traffic traveling in opposite directions.

• Dashed= pass

• Solid=no pass

Understanding white lines

• White line parallel to the roadway separate same direction traffic into lanes

Other markings

Traffic Signals

• Red=Stop

• Yellow=do not enter intersection

stop if you can

• Green=Go when safe to do so.

Let’s take a nice quiz

Number you paper 1-10 and identify the sign.

#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

#6

#7

#8

#9

#10

The Answers

• 1 No Parking 7. Narrow bridge

• 2.Bicycle 8. Directional 3.Two way traffic arrow to the rt.

• 4. Construction (worker) 9. Advance 5.Hill turn to left

• 6. Slippery when wet 10.No rt. turn

THANK YOU&

Have a nice day!!!