Traffic Laws Traffic Signs

TRAFFIC SIGNS 3 TYPES REGULATORY – LAW SIGNS WARNING - HAZARD SIGNS GUIDE - GENERAL INFORMATION

REGULATORY – LAW SIGNS STOP SIGN YIELD SPEED LIMIT RAILROAD CROSSBUCK ONE – WAY

STOP SIGN RED OCTOGON IN SHAPE STOP LINE THEN DOUBLE STOP IF VISION IS PROBLEM RIGHT-OF-WAY

YIELD RED TRIANGLE IN SHAPE LOOK FOR EYE CONTACT

SPEED LIMIT BASIC SPEED RULE ADVISORY SPEED – RECOMMENDED SPEED SPEED LIMIT WHEN NOT POSTED PARKING LOTS - SUBDIVISIONS - ENTERING MOST TOWNS - OPEN ROAD - PAINTED NOT PAINTED INTERSTATE -

RAILROAD CROSSBUCK

ONE – WAY 3 WAYS TO TELL ONE-WAY STREET a. traffic flow/parked cars b. signs/signals c. white lines on the street RULE FOR TURNING IN TO PROPER LANE – CLOSEST LEGAL LANE RIGHT LANE ON MULTI-LANE ROAD EXCEPT TO PASS OR TURN LEFT

WARNING - HAZARD SIGNS YELLOW MOST ARE DIAMOND IN SHAPE ORANGE – CONSTRUCTION CIRCLE – RAIROAD WARNING PENANT – NO PASSING SQUARE TRIANGLE AT TOP - SCHOOL CROSSING

GUIDE SIGNS – GENERAL INFORMATION ROUTE MARKERS DIRECTION OF SIGNS ODD NUMBER – North-South EVEN NUMBER – East-West DESTINATION CITY SIGNS MILEAGE MARKERS SERVICE MARKERS RECREATIONAL AREAS

TRAFFIC LIGHTS FLASHING RED - FLASHING YELLOW - STALE GREEN LIGHT - RULE AT STATE GREEN INTERSECTIONS 3 TYPES OPEN – no traffic signals or signs CLOSED – traffic signals and signs direct the driver COMBINATION – both open and closed characteristics TURNING ON RED LIGHT RIGHT ALWAYS UNLESS THERE IS A SIGN LEFT ONE-WAY TO ONE-WAY UNLESS THERE IS A SIGN STOP AT STOP LINE (SHORT OF INTERSECTION BEFORE CROSSWALK)