A 3-minute lesson from the Utah course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Sign shape and color tell you what kind of message is coming before you can read it. White regulatory signs are laws you must obey; green, brown, and blue guide signs give directions and services; route markers show which road you're on.
Know the rule
Guide signs are square or rectangular and green, brown, or blue. They point out intersecting roads, cities and towns, points of interest, hospitals, service stations, restaurants, and hotels.
Regulatory signs are square, rectangular, or a unique shape, and white with black, red, or green letters or symbols. They cover traffic direction, lane use, turning, speed, parking, and other special situations.
Yield, center lane left turn only, and one-way signs
Know the rule
The shape and color of a route number sign show the type of road: interstate, U.S., state, city, county, or local. Use a map to plan and follow route signs.
You're about to turn onto a street and see a DO NOT ENTER sign at its entrance. Traffic on that street is not allowed to enter from your direction, so you skip the turn and find another route.
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.
What does a yield sign require you to do?
Come to a complete stop always
Speed up to merge safely
Ignore cross traffic if your lane is clear
Slow down and yield to traffic that has the right-of-way
Answer: Slow down and yield to traffic that has the right-of-way
A yield sign means you must slow down and yield to traffic that has the right-of-way.
