Driver’s Ed (Louisiana) Chapter 3: Signs, Traffic Lights, and Pavement Markings – Flashcards
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What does traffic control devices include?
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traffic signals, signs, and pavement markings.
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What does traffic control devices do?
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regulate and control traffic
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Who are the people that are parts of traffic control?
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law enforcement, highway personnel, or school crossing guards
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What does a red octagon mean?
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stop
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What does a white rectangle mean?
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regulatory
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What does a yellow circle shape mean?
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railroad
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What does a red triangle mean?
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yield
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What does a yellow diamond mean?
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WARNING Hazard Ahead (curves, approaching side roads, and traffic flows)
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What does a green police officer shield mean?
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guide (route marker sign)
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What does a green rectangle mean?
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guide signs, some warning signs, and temporary traffic control signs
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What does a yellow triangle on its side mean?
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No Passing
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What does a yellow house looking thing mean?
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school
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What does a blue and red symbol mean?
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interstate
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What does regulatory signs include?
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speed limit, school zones, parking and loading zones
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What does an orange diamond mean?
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construction zones
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What is the color red used for?
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stop and yield signs like DO NOT ENTER and WRONG WAY
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What is the color orange used for?
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temporary traffic control signs and it means construction zone ahead
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What is the color yellow used for?
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warning signs and school signs and it means caution, be alert, and prepare to slow down
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What is the color black used for?
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ONE WAY, night speed limit, and truck regulatory signs and it is used as the color of the wording on signs with white, yellow, orange, florescent yellow-green backgrounds
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What is the color white used for?
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regulatory signs and some route markers and it is used as the color of the wording on signs with red, green, blue, brown, and black backgrounds
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What is the color blue used for?
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traveler services, information signs, emergency evacuation route signs, and as part of interstate and some state route markers
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What is the color green used for?
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guide and information signs and it is the color of the wording for permissive regulation and parking signs
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What is the color florescent yellow-green used for?
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pedestrian, bicycle, and school warning signs
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What is the color brown used for?
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guide and information signs related to points of recreational or cultural interest
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What is the color florescent pink used for?
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incident management signs (hurricane or a road closure due to a crash)
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What do traffic signs tell you?
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- traffic rules - hazards - roadway location - roadway direction - location of roadway services
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What gives clues to the type of information they provide?
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shape, color, symbols, and words
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What are examples of regulatory signs?
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rules for traffic direction, lane use, turning, speed, parking, and other special situations
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What does a red circle with a red slash over a symbol mean?
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these signs prohibit certain actions
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When should you reduce your speed?
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when the roadway is slippery, during rain, snow, icy conditions, foggy conditions, and anytime it is difficult to see the roadway clearly
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What do Guide Signs give information on?
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intersecting roads, help direct you to cities and towns, and show points of interest along the highway, also helps you find hospitals, sercive stations, restaurants, and hotels
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Food
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couldn't find a blue one
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Fuel
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I couldn't find a blue one
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Be Prepared to Stop
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I couldn't find a pink one
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What are the most commonly used traffic control devices?
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signs, barricades, drums, and cones, tubes, flashing arrow panels, and flag persons
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What are the most commonly used devices to alert drivers of unusual or potentially dangerous conditions in highway and street work areas and guide drivers safely through the work zone?
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barricades, panels, cones, drums
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Where are traffic signals horizontal?
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metropolitan areas
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Single Broken Yellow line
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centerline with only two lanes of opposite moving traffic
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Double Solid Yellow lines
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centerline of roadway when there are four or more lanes of traffic
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No passing Line
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a single solid yellow line used on two-lane roads to indicate zones where passing is prohibited
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Dashed White Lanes
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separate lames of traffic moving in the same direction
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Single Solid White lines
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movement from lane to lane is hazardous (the wider the line, the greater the hazard) ( you may cross it with great care)
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White Edge Lines
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right edge of roadway
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Double Solid white Lines
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separate two lanes of traffic going in the same direction (no crossing) (interstates)
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Red Pavement Marking or reflector
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wrong way idiot
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Railroad Crossing marking
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"X" and two "R's" with no passing solid yellow line and a white stop line
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Two-Way Left Turn Channelization Markings
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combination of solid yellow and dashed yellow lines
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Stop Lines
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solid white lines (intersections and pedestrian crosswalks)
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Directional markings
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white arrows or words painted in the traffic lane to indicate the direction in which you must go
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What are roundabouts?
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circular intersections
