South Carolina driving lesson · Signs, Signals & Markings
Guide, route & evacuation signs
A 3-minute lesson from the South Carolina course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Guide signs help you find your way: where roads go, which towns are ahead and where to find services. Route signs tell you what type of road you're on.
Know the rule
Guide signs are square or rectangular and green, brown or blue. They show intersecting roads, direct you to cities and towns, and point out places of interest, hospitals, service stations, restaurants and hotels.
Each county has its own set of secondary road numbers. Only a few appear on the state primary map, but all are on county maps from the Department of Transportation.
Secondary roads are local roads serving rural and urban traffic. In rural areas they aren't intended as through routes and normally shouldn't be used by drivers unfamiliar with the area.
You see a marker reading S-11-17. It's a state secondary road: county number 11, road number 17. It's a local road, so if you don't know the area, stick to primary routes for through travel.
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.
Guide signs are typically what colors?
Green, brown, or blue
Red, white, or black
Yellow and orange only
White with black letters
Answer: Green, brown, or blue
Guide signs are square or rectangular and are green, brown, or blue.
