Road Signs

State of Delaware requires you know colors and shapes

Colors• Red- Regulatory• White- Regulatory• Black- Regulatory• Orange- construction• Yellow- Warning• Green- Guide• Brown- Recreation• Blue- Motorist Services

Shapes• Octagon - STOP• Triangle - YIELD• Round - Rail Road• Pentagon - School Zone• Pennant - No Passing• Diamond - General Warning• Square- General Regulatory• Horizontal Rectangle- Guide• Vertical Rectangle-

Regulatory

Guide signs

• Guide signs. Guide signs are used to inform drivers of routes, gas, food, lodging, hospitals, rest areas and others. Guide signs are designatedby color and shape.

FINAL THREE CATAGORIES OF SIGNS

• Recreation

Construction

Motorist Services

Brown is for recreational areas.

Blue is motorist services. Gas, food, lodging, hospitals etc.

The Two most important Regulatory Signs:

Two VERY Important Terms

• RIGHT OF WAY• Means to HAVE

immediate use of the roadway

• The person with the RIGHT OF WAY goes first

• YIELD• Means to GIVE UP

immediate use of the roadway

• The person who YIELDS waits for traffic to pass before proceeding

Question

• Are all speed limit signs white and black?

ANSWER

• NO!• The white and black signs are REGULATORY.

They are the legal speed limit for that road• Yellow and Black signs may also have a speed

limit written on it. They are ADVISORY SPEED LIMITS

Advisory Speed Limits give the SUGGESTED speed for a particular stretch of road.

SECOND QUESTION…If you choose NOT to follow the advisory limit and you are in a

crash, will you be given a ticket for speeding?

ANSWER:No, the legal speed limit is the

white and black sign. However, you will be ticketed for reckless

driving

Signs, Signals,and Road markings

Before moving on…quiz yourself on what was just covered

A) RAILROAD

B) DO NOT ENTER

C) STOP

D) WARNING

A) RAILROAD

B) DO NOT ENTER

C) STOP

D) WARNING

STOP

A) YIELD

B) SLOW MOVING VEHICLE

C) NO PASSING ZONE

D) WARNING

A) YIELD

B) SLOW MOVING VEHICLE

C) NO PASSING ZONE

D) WARNING

A) Railroad

B) Do not enter

C) Stop sign

D) Route sign

A) Railroad

B) Do not enter

C) Stop sign

D) Route sign

A) RAILROAD

B) STOP

C) DO NOT ENTER

D) NO PASSING

A) RAILROAD

B) STOP

C) DO NOT ENTER

D) NO PASSING

A) Regulatory

B) Warning

C) Guidance

D) Caution

A) Regulatory

B) Warning

C) Guidance

D) Caution

A) HazardB) Curve to the rightC) No passing zoneD) Slow moving vehicle

A) HazardB) Curve to the rightC) No passing zoneD) Slow moving vehicle

NO PASSING ZONE

A) WarningB) School ZoneC) RegulatoryD) Railroad

A) WarningB) School ZoneC) RegulatoryD) Railroad

A) regulatory

B) warning

C) school

D) yield

A) regulatory

B) warning

C) school

D) yield

A) County route

B) State route

C) Interstate route

D) US route

A) County route

B) State route

C) Interstate route

D) US route

REMEMBER!!!

• Signs are messages on the road directed at

YOU!!!• You must be aware of

them. Keep your eyes moving and read all road signs!!!