Signs & Signals
This eight-sided red sign requires a driver to come to a complete halt?
What is a Stop Sign?
When two cars arrive at a four-way stop at the same time, the car on this side has the right of way.
What is the right side?
This is the standard legal blood alcohol concentration (BAC) limit for adult drivers in most U.S. states.
What is 0.08%?
This safety device is the most effective way to prevent death or serious injury in a crash.
What is a seatbelt?
While most stop signs are octagons, this is the only country in the world that uses a circular stop sign (red with a horizontal white bar) as their national standard.
What is Pakistan? (They follow the SADC standard).
A flashing yellow light at an intersection means you should do this.
What is slow down and proceed with caution?
(Joke Bonus: Speed up even more)
You must always yield to these people, even if they are crossing the street illegally.
What are pedestrians?
You should use this rule to maintain a safe following distance behind the car in front of you.
What is the Three-Second Rule?
Hydroplaning is most likely to occur during these weather conditions.
What is heavy rain?
In the world of road paint engineering, these tiny, transparent spheres are mixed into the pigment to create retroreflectivity, allowing lines to "glow" under headlights.
What are Glass Beads?
This shape is used exclusively for "Yield" signs
What is an inverted triangle?
When an emergency vehicle with sirens is approaching, you should pull over to this side of the road.
What is the right side?
This type of line on the road means you are allowed to pass other vehicles.
What is a broken (dashed) line?
If your car begins to skid, you should steer in this direction.
What is the direction the back of the car is sliding?
Joke Bonus: Tokyo Drift
Most of the world drives on the right, but this European island nation made the massive, coordinated switch from the left to the right side of the road on "H-Day" (Högertrafikomläggningen) in 1967.
What is Sweden?
A diamond-shaped orange sign typically indicates this type of temporary zone.
What is a Construction or Work Zone?
In a roundabout, you must yield to traffic already in this part of the circle.
What is the left (or the interior)?
You must turn these on at least 100 feet before making a turn
What are turn signals (blinkers)?
This is the term for driving while distracted by a cell phone, food, or other passengers.
What is Distracted Driving? (Bad Bad Don't do this)
According to the US Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), this is the specific, rare color reserved exclusively for "Incident Management" signs (like a temporary detour for a disaster).
What is Fluorescent Pink?
These blue rectangular signs provide information about types of stopping points, such as hospitals or gas stations.
What are Service Signs?
This is the specific term for the area around a large truck where the driver cannot see you.
What is the "No Zone" (or blind spot)?
This law requires you to move over one lane or slow down significantly for stationary emergency vehicles on the shoulder.
What is the Move Over Law?
Using these at night helps you see further, but you must dim them within 500 feet of an oncoming vehicle.
What are high-beam headlights?
Before the modern electric traffic light, the first gas-lit traffic signal was installed in 1868 outside the Houses of Parliament in this city—only to explode a month later, injuring the operator.
What is London?