Roadwise States Rhode Island Driving lessons Regulatory & Guide Signs Rhode Island driving lesson · Vehicle Equipment & Signs
Regulatory & Guide Signs A 2-minute lesson from the Rhode Island course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Read time 2 minutes
Course unit Vehicle Equipment & Signs
Checkpoint questions 4
Source pages 85 Regulatory signs tell you what the law requires—stop, yield, which way to go, how fast. Guide signs help you find routes, exits and services. Know each sign on sight.
Stop Yield Do Not Enter Wrong Way No Turn on Red No U-Turn Keep Right Regulatory signs in the handbook: Stop, Yield, Do Not Enter, Wrong Way No Left Turn, No U-Turn, No Right Turn on Red No Parking, No Trucks, No Passing Zone (Do Not Pass) One Way and Keep Right Speed Limit (may include a minimum speed) Right Turn Only, Right or Straight, Left or Straight Restricted Lane and other lane-use restrictions Handbook p. 85 ↗ Speed limit with a minimum speed Restricted lane ahead Guide signs in the handbook: Freeway direction and distance signs Exit Ahead and Exit signs; mile markers Telephone, hotels, food and hospital services Tourist attractions U.S., Rhode Island and Interstate route markers Handbook p. 85 ↗ U.S. and Interstate route markers Put it into practice
You turn onto a street and see a red-and-white WRONG WAY sign facing you. You've entered against traffic—stop and turn around safely.
A useful reminder A speed limit sign can show a minimum as well as a maximum—on the handbook's example, 55 max and 45 min.
Check your understanding Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
In the handbook's sign chart, which category includes the Stop and No Left Turn signs? Regulatory signs Guide signs Warning signs Service signs Answer: Regulatory signs
Stop, Yield, Do Not Enter and No Left Turn are shown under Regulatory Signs.
Handbook p. 85 ↗ Which of these is an example of a guide sign? Stop No U-Turn Exit Ahead Slippery When Wet Answer: Exit Ahead
Guide signs like Exit Ahead, Mile Marker, and Hospital direct drivers to destinations and services.
Handbook p. 85 ↗ Which of these is an example of a regulatory sign? Hospital Railroad Crossing Ahead No U-Turn Mile Marker Answer: No U-Turn
No U-Turn is a regulatory sign telling drivers what they may not do; Hospital and Mile Marker are guide signs.
Handbook p. 85 ↗ True or False: A Stop sign is classified as a regulatory sign. True False Answer: True
A Stop sign is a regulatory sign, telling drivers what they must do.
Handbook p. 85 ↗ Previous lesson Construction & Work Zones Next lesson Warning Signs More in Vehicle Equipment & Signs About the source Roadwise’s Rhode Island course uses the driver handbook edition supplied with this study pack. This lesson cites source pages 85. The linked PDF is a third-party mirror of the handbook, rather than a government-hosted page.
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