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Texas Signals, Signs and Markings: five situations explained
In this video
- Intro
- At a stop sign, is slowing down enough if no one is coming?
- A round yellow sign warns you of what?
- Is it legal to drive around a barricade placed where water covers the road?
- A blue road sign gives you what kind of information?
- You see a green arrow together with a red light. What may you do?
- Recap
In short
A stop sign means come to a complete stop, yield, and then proceed carefully. Round signs are used for railroad advance warning. Driving around a warning sign or barricade at a location where water is over the road is a Class B misdemeanor.
The five situations
Pick an answer first, the way the video pauses for you. Each one cites the Texas Driver Handbook (DL-7).
Situation 1
At a stop sign, is slowing down enough if no one is coming?
Answer: C. No. You must come to a complete stop. A stop sign means come to a complete stop, yield, and then proceed carefully. Slowing down is not adequate.
Texas Driver Handbook (DL-7) › Chapter 5 › Regulatory and Warning Signs
Situation 2
A round yellow sign warns you of what?
Answer: A. A railroad crossing ahead. Round signs are used for railroad advance warning.
Texas Driver Handbook (DL-7) › Chapter 5 › Traffic Signs › Signs by Shape
Situation 3
Is it legal to drive around a barricade placed where water covers the road?
Answer: A. No. It is a Class B misdemeanor. Driving around a warning sign or barricade at a location where water is over the road is a Class B misdemeanor.
Texas Driver Handbook (DL-7) › Chapter 5 › Obey Warning Signs and Barricades
Situation 4
A blue road sign gives you what kind of information?
Answer: A. Motorist services, such as fuel or food. Blue signs give motorist services guidance.
Texas Driver Handbook (DL-7) › Chapter 5 › Traffic Signs › Standard Colors
Situation 5
You see a green arrow together with a red light. What may you do?
Answer: B. Go in the direction of the arrow after yielding to vehicles and pedestrians. A green arrow with a red light lets you go carefully in the arrow’s direction after yielding to other vehicles and pedestrians.
Texas Driver Handbook (DL-7) › Chapter 5 › Green Arrow Displayed at the Same Time as a Red Light
Transcript
Intro
Signs, signals and road markings talk to you in shapes and colors. Let's decode five of them from the Texas Driver Handbook. For each one, pick your answer before I reveal it.
Situation 1
It's early morning. You come up to a stop sign and the cross street looks completely empty. No cars, no people. At a stop sign, is slowing down enough if no one is coming? The answer is C: No. You must come to a complete stop. A stop sign means come to a complete stop, yield, and then proceed carefully. Slowing down is not adequate. Even with nobody around, a stop sign means a full stop. Come to a complete stop, look, yield if needed, then go carefully.
Situation 2
Driving through farmland, you spot a round yellow sign up ahead on the right. A round yellow sign warns you of what? The answer is A: A railroad crossing ahead. Round signs are used for railroad advance warning. Round is the shape to remember: it's the advance warning for a railroad crossing. Slow down and get ready to look and listen for trains.
Situation 3
After a heavy storm, you find a barricade across the road. Past it, water is flowing over the pavement. Is it legal to drive around a barricade placed where water covers the road? The answer is A: No. It is a Class B misdemeanor. Driving around a warning sign or barricade at a location where water is over the road is a Class B misdemeanor. Driving around that barricade isn't just risky, it's a Class B misdemeanor in Texas. Turn around and find another route.
Situation 4
On a long highway trip, you're getting hungry, and a blue sign appears beside the road. A blue road sign gives you what kind of information? The answer is A: Motorist services, such as fuel or food. Blue signs give motorist services guidance. Blue signs point you to motorist services, like fuel, food or lodging. They guide you; they don't give orders.
Situation 5
You're in the left turn lane. The signal shows a red light, and next to it, a green arrow pointing left. You see a green arrow together with a red light. What may you do? The answer is B: Go in the direction of the arrow after yielding to vehicles and pedestrians. A green arrow with a red light lets you go carefully in the arrow’s direction after yielding to other vehicles and pedestrians. The green arrow lets you go in its direction, but carefully: yield to any vehicles and pedestrians still in the intersection first.
Recap
A stop sign means come to a complete stop, yield, and then proceed carefully. Round signs are used for railroad advance warning. Driving around a warning sign or barricade at a location where water is over the road is a Class B misdemeanor. Blue signs give motorist services guidance. A green arrow with a red light lets you go carefully in the arrow’s direction after yielding to other vehicles and pedestrians. Nice work. Try more signs and signals questions in Practice by Topic, then test yourself with a full mock exam.
The rules in this lesson
- A stop sign means come to a complete stop, yield, and then proceed carefully.
- Round signs are used for railroad advance warning.
- Driving around a warning sign or barricade at a location where water is over the road is a Class B misdemeanor.
- Blue signs give motorist services guidance.
- A green arrow with a red light lets you go carefully in the arrow’s direction after yielding to other vehicles and pedestrians.
Original practice lesson written from the Texas Driver Handbook (DL-7). EstatePass is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Texas DPS; these are not official test questions.