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DRIVER SAFETY

This manual appendix provides essential information on driver safety, road signs, and traffic signals, including meanings and actions to take for different signal lights and sign shapes. Learn about pedestrian lights, flashing lights, road markings, and various road sign categories and shapes.

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DRIVER SAFETY

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  1. APPENDIX OF MANUAL DRIVER SAFETY

  2. ROAD SIGNS • TRAFFIC SIGNALS • Red is always on top, • then yellow, • then green. • If hung horizontally, Red is on left • Red Light = Stop!! • Yellow Light = Stop if safe to do so before entering intersection. • Green Light = Proceed.

  3. FLASHING LIGHTS • Flashing yellow light = slow down and proceed with care. • Flashing red light = same as STOP sign. Stop Yield to all traffic and proceed when clear. • Unlit = Yield to traffic approaching and proceed with care.

  4. PEDESTRIAN LIGHTS • ORANGE - Pedestrians should not leave crosswalk. • WHITE (Steady pedestrian silhouette) – Pedestrians facing this have the right to cross

  5. Traffic Signs • 3 Categories • Warning –warns of hazards • Guidance – guides you to destinations • Regulatory – regulate traffic speed and movement (Stop signs, Yield Signs, etc) • They are different shapes and sizes

  6. ROAD SIGNS • WHITE Rectangle = Regulation (speed) • BLUE Rectangle/square = Service Information • BROWN Rectangle = Recreation • GREEN Rectangle = Direction (miles, streets, etc.) • ORANGE Diamond = Construction • RED Octagon = STOP SIGN • RED Triangle = YIELD • YELLOW Pennant = No passing • YELLOW Pentagon = School Signs • YELLOW Round = Rail Road warning signs • YELLOW Diamond = Warning Signs

  7. Road Work Signs • Orange – diamond shaped signs • Can reduce speed limit in these zones. • Traffic fines doubled in these zones. • Use extra caution when in a construction zone!!

  8. ROAD MARKINGS • Yellow center line • White lines • Dashed lines • Solid lines • Road Arrows • White dashed lines • Yellow solid lines • Yellow solid and dashed lines • Edge lines • White crosswalks • White stop lines • White special markings • White diamonds

  9. Rumble Strips/Speed Bumps • Rumble strips – On side of highways to warn you that you have drifted out of your lane • Speed bumps – Used to reduce speed.

  10. Traffic Signs • Real Signs • Road Sign Info

  11. Name the type of sign…..

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