1. Do Now What do road signs tell us? Why are road signs important?
Name 4 road signs that you can think of?

2. Understanding Regulatory and Warning Signs

4. Regulatory Signs Regulates and controls the movement of traffic.
Tells drivers what to do and what not to do.
The colors are usually red, white, black

5. Stop signs You must come to a complete stop for 3 full seconds.
You must stop behind the white stop line!

6. Yield signs You must slow down and check oncoming traffic behind you.
*You may have to come to a complete stop!

7. Speed limit Signs
Show you the maximum or fastest speed allowed on the roadway.
Expressways may post minimum

8. *Alerts you of changing conditions or use of road ahead.
What are Warning Signs?
*Alerts you of changing conditions or use of road ahead.

9. Railroad Crossbuck Communicates that a train is coming.
You must stop regardless if lights are flashing.

10. Intersections
Communicates what type of road the driver will face ahead.

11. Crossings
Tells the driver if certain people or animals cross the road.

12. Conditions
Signs tell you what to expect in the roadways.

13. Functions of Guide Signs
Gives information about roadways
Tells mileage to certain destinations
Identifies roadside services and recreational areas.

14. Destination signs
Signs that tell you where you are, what exits are coming, and how far the next exit is.

15. Mileage marker signs Tells you how far your destination is.
How far is Sacramento??

16. Roadside service signs
Are indicated by the colors blue with white lettering. It tells you about gas,hospital & more!!

17. Recreation
Brown with white lettering.

18. Route Markers
Interstates that lead into city have 3 digits & begin with an odd number.

19. Interstate goes around the city
A three digit route that begins with an even number goes around a city .

20. International signs
Are ones that you can understand without knowing another language.
The meaning is conveyed by colors shapes, symbols and numbers.

22. Understanding yellow lines
Divide traffic traveling in opposite directions.
Dashed= pass
Solid=no pass

23. Understanding white lines
White line parallel to the roadway separate same direction traffic into lanes

24. Other markings

25. Traffic Signals Red=Stop Yellow=do not enter intersection
stop if you can
Green=Go when safe to do so.