Roadwise States Virginia Driving lessons Warning Signs: Traffic, Speed & Road Users Virginia driving lesson · Signals, Signs & Pavement Markings
Warning Signs: Traffic, Speed & Road Users A 3-minute lesson from the Virginia course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Read time 3 minutes
Course unit Signals, Signs & Pavement Markings
Checkpoint questions 5
Source pages 10 Yellow diamond warning signs alert you to hazards before you can see them. When you pass one, slow down and watch for other markings, signs, signals or work zones that may follow. These signs cover speed changes, lane changes, hills and who else might be on the road.
No passing zone pennant Know the rule
Merge: two lanes going the same way are about to become one. Drivers in both lanes are responsible for merging safely.
Handbook p. 10 ↗ Know the rule
Lane Reduction: the right lane ends soon. Right-lane drivers must merge left when space opens; left-lane drivers should let vehicles merge smoothly.
Handbook p. 10 ↗ Lane reduction (right lane ends) Divided highway begins Know the rule
Horse-drawn buggies: slow down and don't use the horn. State law requires passing with at least three feet of clearance when the way is clear.
Handbook p. 10 ↗ Road-user warning signs: Deer Crossing: slow down, be alert and be ready to stop Tractors and Farm Equipment: be ready to slow or stop; pass only when the way is clear Pedestrian Crossing: watch for walkers, bikes and other devices; slow and be prepared to stop Bicycle Crossing/Bike Path: bikes cross or ride beside traffic; drive with caution School Zone/Crossing: watch for children; obey the speed limit and crossing guards A second sign with an arrow may show the exact crossing location Handbook p. 10 ↗ Horse-drawn buggy sign Put it into practice
You come over a rise behind a horse-drawn buggy. Slow down, don't use the horn, and wait until the way is clear to pass with at least three feet of clearance.
A useful reminder Two signs mean 'no passing zone begins': the black-and-white Do Not Pass rectangle and the yellow No Passing Zone pennant.
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.
An Advisory Speed sign at a highway exit indicates what? The maximum safe speed for that exit The minimum legal speed on the exit ramp The speed limit for the entire highway The recommended speed in wet weather only Answer: The maximum safe speed for that exit
An Advisory Speed sign shows the maximum safe speed for a highway exit.
Handbook p. 10 ↗ When you see a Merge sign, who is responsible for merging safely? Only the driver in the ending lane Drivers in both lanes Only the driver in the continuing lane The driver who is farther behind Answer: Drivers in both lanes
At a Merge sign, two lanes become one, and drivers in both lanes are responsible for merging safely.
Handbook p. 10 ↗ At a Lane Reduction sign where the right lane ends, what should drivers in the left lane do? Speed up so merging drivers fall in behind Allow vehicles from the ending lane to merge smoothly Move into the ending lane to make room Hold their position; merging drivers must wait Answer: Allow vehicles from the ending lane to merge smoothly
When the right lane ends, drivers there must merge left, and drivers in the left lane should allow vehicles to merge smoothly.
Handbook p. 10 ↗ What must you do when passing horse-drawn buggies? Honk once, then pass with three feet of clearance Slow down and pass with at least two feet of clearance Stay behind it until it pulls off the road Slow down, don't honk, and pass with 3+ feet of clearance Answer: Slow down, don't honk, and pass with 3+ feet of clearance
State law requires passing horse-drawn buggies with at least three feet of clearance; slow down and don't use the horn.
Handbook p. 10 ↗ A Deer Crossing sign warns you to do what? Slow down, be alert, and be ready to stop Slow down only if you see a deer Only be cautious at night Watch only for deer already in the road Answer: Slow down, be alert, and be ready to stop
A Deer Crossing sign warns that deer cross the roadway there, so slow down, be alert, and be ready to stop.
Handbook p. 10 ↗ Previous lesson Regulatory Signs Next lesson Warning Signs: Curves, Intersections & Road Surface More in Signals, Signs & Pavement Markings About the source Roadwise’s Virginia course uses the driver handbook edition supplied with this study pack. This lesson cites source pages 10. The linked PDF is a third-party mirror of the handbook, rather than a government-hosted page.
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