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Drive America Introduction Are you planning to travel to America for a vacation or to study English? If you are planning on driving during your stay, it is important to know the meaning of traffic signs, rules, and regulations. The police in America are very strict and will give you a ticket for even the slightest mistake. These tickets can cost a lot of money and you will need to spend time to pay the penalty at the appropriate agency. YOU NEED TO BE PREPARED. Many of my friends, who were international students, received tickets because they did not understand the meaning of road signs, or the written English. Learn all of the road signs in America and you can reduce your chances of getting a ticket. All of the important road signs are covered on these pages. If you have any questions, post a comment at the bottom of any page. GOOD LUCK.

Sign Types Basically three types of road signs are used in the United States....guide, regulatory, and warning.   Guide - Guide road signs show route designations, destinations, directions, distances, services, points of interest, and other geographical, recreational, or cultural information. Guide series includes general service, specific service, recreation, and emergency management signs. Regulatory - Regulatory road signs give notice of traffic laws or regulations. These signs tell you when to stop, yield, where you can and cannot turn, where you can and cannot park, and when a train is coming, and more. Warning - Warning road signs give notice of a situation that might not be readily apparent. Warning road signs typically have a yellow background color but the background color can also be orange or fluorescent-pink depending on the situation.

Learn Signs These are all of the road signs you need to know while driving in the United States of America. Guide road signs Bicycle Direction Route Recreational Activities Recreational Destinations Recreational Direction Recreational Facilities Recreational Information Recreational Services Regulatory road signs Bicycle Management Parking Pedestrian Preferential Road Slow Speed Train Truck Warning road signs Pedestrian Road Slow Speed Train Truck Work

Sign Meaning - Colors The colors of road signs usually determine what type of sign it is and what you can expect, or need to do. Red Red road signs are used for any of the following: regulatory, prohibitive, interstate route Orange Orange road signs are used for any of the following: temporary traffic control, incident management Yellow Yellow road signs are used for any of the following: warning, pedestrian, bicycle, school Green Green road signs are used for any of the following: guide, street name, destination, reference location, information, recreational Fluorescent green Fluorescent green road signs are used for any of the following: pedestrian, bicycle, school Fluorescent yellow green Fluorescent yellow green road signs are used for any of the following: pedestrian, bicycle, school Blue Blue road signs are used for any of the following: interstate route, county route, information, evacuation route, road user service Brown Brown road signs are used for any of the following: forest route, recreational Fluorescent pink Fluorescent pink road signs are used for any of the following: incident management White White road signs are used for any of the following: regulatory, prohibitive, permissive, state routes, us routes Black Black road signs are used for any of the following: regulatory, changeable message signs   Sign Meaning - Shapes The shapes of road signs also determine what type of sign it is and what you can expect, or need to do. Square Square road signs are used for any of the following: regulatory, warning, guide Diamond Diamond road signs are used for any of the following: warning Octagon Octagon road signs are used for any of the following: stop Equilateral triangle Equilateral triangle road signs are used for any of the following: yield Circle Circle road signs are used for any of the following: highway rail grade crossing Crossbuck Crossbuck road signs are used for any of the following: highway rail grade crossing Pennant or isosceles triangle Pennant or isosceles triangle road signs are used for any of the following: no passing Pentagon Pentagon road signs are used for any of the following: school, county route Trapezoid Trapezoid road signs are used for any of the following: recreational - cultural interest, national forest route Shield Shield road signs are used for any of the following: interstate and U.S. route

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