Residential
Traffic Controls
Street Crossing Skills
Street Crossing Terms
Intersection Analysis
100

This is a slope in front of a house where people park their car or pull into their garage.

What is a driveway?

100

This is an 8-sided red sign that requires cars to make a full stop and go through the intersection 1 at a time.

What is a stop sign?

100

This is a safe time to cross when you do not hear or see cars at quiet stop sign or uncontrolled streets. 

What is all clear?

What is all quiet?

100

This is when a car engine is on but the car is not moving.

What is idling?

100

This is the ability to see and hear cars from different directions which is important to make safe street crossings. 

What is visibility?

What is good visibility?

200

These are tactile bumps that warn travelers who are blind or visually impaired of potential danger. They are commonly found at intersection corners, transportation platforms, and at the beginning or end of a staircase.

What are truncators?

What are truncated domes?

What are tactile warning surfaces?

200

This is a traffic control where several cars stop on a street and then surge forward at the same time when it is their turn to go.  

What is a traffic light?

What is a stop light?

What is a signalized intersection?

200

This is when you move your cane in an arc before you begin a street crossing to signal to drivers that you are crossing.

What is flagging?

What is extra arcs?

200

This is when a car goes from a stopped position and begins moving.

What is a surge?

200

This is present at an intersection corner to tell drivers how to behave. 

What is a traffic control?

300

This is a strip of grass between the street and sidewalk. 

What is a parkway?

300

This is a 3-sided red sign that tells drivers that they must slow down and be ready to stop to let any vehicle, bicyclist, or pedestrian pass before you proceed through an intersection.

What is yield?

What is a yield sign?


300

This is when the traveler holds their cane diagonal to their body with the cane anchored at the curb while standing at a street corner.

What is the ready position?

What is the ready and waiting position? 

300

This is the street that is next to you when you are walking down a block or at a corner.

What is a parallel street?

300

This is a term to describe if traffic is a one or two way street.

What is traffic flow?

What is direction of traffic?

Wha is directionality? 

400

This is when a car is parked next to a curb instead of in a parking spot or a driveway.

What is parallel parking?

400

This is when a traffic control is not present. Cars do not have to stop and they remain in continuous motion as they pass you.

What is an uncontrolled street?

400

This is when you look or listen for nearby cars before and during a street crossing.

What is scanning?

What is visual scanning?

What is auditory scanning? 

400

This is when there are loud sounds that block you from hearing nearby traffic.

What is a masking sound?

400

This describes the approximate number of driving lanes on the street that you are crossing.

What is the width?

500

A curve in the road that helps assist with the drainage of water to prevent rain water from collecting into puddles.

What is a camber?

What is a road camber?

500

This traffic light color means caution or slow down to a stop if you are able to safely. 


What is yellow?

What is a yellow light?

500

This is a safe time to cross when you hear cars on the street next to you surge forward going straight. 

What is a near parallel surge?

500

This is the street that is in front of you or behind you.

What is a perpendicular street?

500
This is a strategy that you use if you determine a street is unsafe to cross.

What is an alternate route?

What is public assistance?

What is changing your corner position?

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