IA 2
This is what a traveler lines up with to cross the street.
What is a crosswalk?
What are Tactile Domes?
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?
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?
This is when a car engine is on but the car is not moving.
What is idling?
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?
This tells us where to scan when crossing and is referred to as a T or a +
What is shape?
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?
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?
This is when a car goes from a stopped position and begins moving.
What is a surge?
This is present at an intersection corner to tell drivers how to behave.
What is a traffic control?
This term is used at uncontrolled intersections to observe how fast traffic is moving
What is speed?
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?
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?
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?
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?
This tells us how busy an intersection is.
What is the volume of traffic?
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?
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?
This is when there are loud sounds that block you from hearing nearby traffic.
What is a masking sound?
This describes the approximate number of driving lanes on the street that you are crossing.
What is the width?
When a wide street has no control and has lots of traffic moving quickly, the street is
What is unsafe to cross?
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?
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?
This is the cross street that is in front of you or behind you.
What is a perpendicular street?
What is an alternate route?
What is public assistance?
What is changing your corner position?