1. CHAPTER 3 Signs, Signals, and Pavement Markings
UNIT 1
CHAPTER 3
Signs, Signals, and Pavement Markings

2. Lesson 1 – Regulatory and Warning Signs
Regulatory Sign – controls the movement of traffic, and informs you of laws that apply at a given time or place
Signs are either red, black, green on white or white on black
Most are vertical rectangles (speed limit, turning restrictions, lane use, pedestrian and parking controls)
Red slash through any of these signs means “NO”

3. The four most common regulatory signs include:
The four most common regulatory signs include: * Stop signs – come to a complete stop * Speed limit signs * Yield signs – slow down and check for traffic * Railroad crossbuck signs with flashing lights bells If you and another person reach a four way stop sign at the same time, the driver on the left should yield to the driver on the right

4. Warning Signs – alerts you to changes in the condition or use of the roadway ahead
Road construction
School zones
Curves
Intersections
Pedestrian or animal crossing
Changes in road width
Signs are either yellow, fluorescent yellow-green, or orange
Use numbers or symbols
Most are diamond shaped

5. When you see a warning sign, increase your level of alertness to changes in the roadway, in traffic or in environmental conditions. Always proceed with caution.

6. Lesson 2 Guide and International Signs
Guide sign –
identifies roadways and routes (blue or black)
provides information about mileage to certain destinations (green)
points out roadside services (blue)
directs you to recreational areas (brown)
International sign – any sign you can
understand without knowing another language

7. Lesson 3 Pavement Markings
Yellow lines – Used to separate traffic traveling in opposite directions and the left edge of multi-lane, divided highways
Single broken yellow on your side means you can pass when safe
Solid yellow line on your side means you can not pass

8. Shared left turn lane – each side of the center lane is marked by parallel solid and broken yellow lines with white arrows that point alternately left and right (route 35 near Brooke 35)
Don’t get in the lane too soon
Watch for vehicles pulling out of driveways and cross streets
Use the shared left turn lane only to turn left

9. Reversible lane – when double dashed (broken) yellow lines are used
Improves flow of traffic in one direction in the morning and the opposite direction in the evening
Usually found in high traffic areas (near cities)

10. White lines –
Parallel dashed lines on the roadway that mark the lanes for traffic moving in the same direction
Solid lines between lanes are meant to discourage passing at high-risk locations but may not prohibit passing (construction zones)
Solid lines are also used to indicate the right side of the roadway, bicycle lane or breakdown lane
HOV lane – High Occupancy
Vehicle (extra lane for cars with
two or more occupants)

11. Lesson 4 Traffic-Control Device
Traffic signals – control traffic by indicating who has been granted the right of way
May be hung vertical or horizontal
Red (top or left), yellow/amber (center), green (bottom or right)
Flashing traffic signal – either stop or slow down
Yellow/amber – slow down & proceed with caution
Red – stop (same as stop sign)

12. Pedestrian signals – tells pedestrians how to proceed
Don’t walk
Walk
Arrows
Traffic officer signals – if a traffic officer is redirecting traffic follow what they have you do (overrules traffic signals)
Never cut through a parking lot to avoid a light unless directed to do so by a traffic officer
Lane-use lights – indicate which lane(s) you can use at any given time