Video lessons · Unit 2: Road signs

Signs Speak with Their Shape

What if you can't read the sign? Grandpa explains it in one minute.

What you'll learn

• Signs talk with their SHAPE, before you can even read them.
• Eight sides: STOP. It's the only sign with that shape.
• Upside-down triangle: YIELD.
• Yellow diamond: heads up, something's coming. Curve, people, deer…
• Five sides: school. Drive like those are your grandkids.
• Orange: work zone. Tickets there can cost you extra.

Test yourself: 5 exam-style questions

1. 1. What does this sign mean?

   
   1. School zone ahead
   2. Caution
   3. Yield
   4. Stop completely
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   Answer: Stop completely

   Eight sides, red: full stop, even if nobody's coming.

2. 2. What does this sign mean?

   
   1. Do not enter
   2. Always come to a full stop, even if no one's coming
   3. Yield: slow down and stop if needed
   4. Lane ends
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   Answer: Yield: slow down and stop if needed

   Upside-down triangle: stop if someone's coming, otherwise keep going.

3. 3. A five-sided (pentagon) sign means…

   
   1. Hospital ahead
   2. School zone or crossing
   3. Work zone
   4. Railroad crossing ahead
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   Answer: School zone or crossing

   Five sides means school. Watch for kids.

4. 4. Yellow diamond-shaped signs are…

   
   1. Warning signs (hazard ahead)
   2. Service signs
   3. Regulatory signs (rules you must obey)
   4. Guide signs
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   Answer: Warning signs (hazard ahead)

   Yellow diamond: something's ahead, get ready.

5. 5. What does a round yellow sign with an X and two R's mean?

   
   1. Road closed
   2. No turns
   3. Railroad crossing ahead
   4. U-turn
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   Answer: Railroad crossing ahead

   Round and yellow: railroad ahead. Slow down, look and listen.