Warning, Construction & Information Signs
You see this sign as you drive along a street. What should you expect ahead?
- AEmergency vehicles may enter the road.
- BA fire hydrant is near the road, so you may not park.
- CThe road ahead is closed because of a fire.
- DA lane ahead is reserved for emergency vehicles.
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Correct answer: A. Emergency vehicles may enter the road.
Why
This yellow diamond with a fire truck warns that emergency vehicles, such as fire trucks from a nearby station, may enter the road ahead. Slow down and watch for them. If one comes out with lights and a siren, yield and let it go first, and do not stop where you block its way out. A yellow diamond with a plain truck is different: it warns of trucks that may enter or cross the road.
Why the other answers are not correct
- B. Parking rules use regulatory signs; this yellow diamond warns of vehicles that enter the road.
- C. A closed road uses a ROAD CLOSED sign; this sign stays up whether or not there is a fire.
- D. Reserved lanes use regulatory signs and markings; this sign warns of vehicles that enter the road.
Verified against Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways, 11th Edition with Revision 1 · Section 2C.54 Vehicular Traffic Warning Signs (W8-6, W11-1, W11-5, W11-8, W11-10, W11-11, W11-12P, W11-14, W11-15, and W11-15a) · p. 232
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