What does this red eight-sided sign require when it faces your approach?
Correct answer: A complete stop before proceeding safely.
This is a stop sign, not an advance warning. Stop at the proper location, yield and proceed only when safe.
Source: Colorado Driver Handbook, DR2337 (12/05/24), physical PDF 10 (printed 7); Stop Signs. ↗
You approach the sign shown. What does it require?
Correct answer: Slow or stop as needed to give way to traffic with priority.
A yield sign requires giving way to pedestrians and vehicles entitled to proceed. Be ready to stop if slowing is not enough.
Source: Colorado Driver Handbook, DR2337 (12/05/24), physical PDF 10 (printed 7); Yield Signs. ↗
This sign faces you at the entrance to a ramp. What should you understand?
Correct answer: You must not enter the ramp from this direction.
Do Not Enter prevents entry from the wrong direction. Do not drive past it into opposing traffic.
Source: Colorado Driver Handbook, DR2337 (12/05/24), physical PDF 11 (printed 8); Do Not Enter/Wrong Way Signs. ↗
What problem does this sign tell a driver approaching it about?
Correct answer: The driver is facing against the permitted traffic direction.
Wrong Way warns that the approach is against the lawful flow. Do not continue farther into the wrong-way roadway.
Source: Colorado Driver Handbook, DR2337 (12/05/24), physical PDF 11 (printed 8); Do Not Enter/Wrong Way Signs. ↗
Which maneuver is prohibited by the pictured symbol?
Correct answer: A U-turn to travel back in the opposite direction.
The curved U-turn arrow is crossed out. The sign prohibits that U-turn movement, not every possible leftward movement.
Source: Colorado Driver Handbook, DR2337 (12/05/24), physical PDF 11 (printed 8); Prohibited Signs. ↗
At an intersection, what turn is prohibited by this sign?
Correct answer: A right turn.
The red slash cancels the right-turn movement shown by the black arrow. Choose a different lawful route.
Source: Colorado Driver Handbook, DR2337 (12/05/24), physical PDF 11 (printed 8); Prohibited Signs. ↗
This five-sided warning sign should make you especially alert for what?
Correct answer: Schoolchildren and school-related pedestrian activity.
The pentagon with walking figures is associated with a school area or school crossing. Watch for children and follow any posted speed or crossing controls.
Source: Colorado Driver Handbook, DR2337 (12/05/24), physical PDF 11 (printed 8); Warning Signs. ↗
What hazard does the car-and-wavy-tracks symbol warn you about?
Correct answer: A surface that can become slippery.
The symbol warns of a slippery surface, commonly when wet. Reduce speed as needed and avoid abrupt control inputs.
Source: Colorado Driver Handbook, DR2337 (12/05/24), physical PDF 11 (printed 8); Warning Signs. ↗
The joining branch in this warning sign indicates what ahead?
Correct answer: Traffic merging into the roadway from the right.
The branch joins the main arrow, warning that traffic will merge. Watch the entering traffic and maintain safe spacing.
Source: Colorado Driver Handbook, DR2337 (12/05/24), physical PDF 11 (printed 8); Warning Signs — Merging Traffic. ↗
What does this round yellow sign warn you to expect ahead?
Correct answer: A railroad crossing.
The X and two Rs are an advance warning of a railroad crossing. Be alert for the crossing and any active warning devices.
Source: Colorado Driver Handbook, DR2337 (12/05/24), physical PDF 11 (printed 8); Railroad Crossings. ↗
Text-description question: two white boards form an X and say RAILROAD CROSSING. What do they mark?
Correct answer: The location of a railroad crossing.
This crossbuck identifies a railroad crossing. Look and listen, obey any active controls and do not try to beat a train.
Source: Colorado Driver Handbook, DR2337 (12/05/24), physical PDF 11 (printed 8); Railroad Crossings. ↗
What restriction does this pennant-shaped sign identify?
Correct answer: A no-passing zone.
The pennant identifies a no-passing zone. Do not read it as an instruction to pass or as a one-way direction sign.
Source: Colorado Driver Handbook, DR2337 (12/05/24), physical PDF 11 (printed 8); Warning Signs. ↗
Text-description question: a ONE WAY sign has an arrow pointing left. What direction does it show for traffic on that street?
Correct answer: Travel to the left in the direction of the arrow.
The arrow identifies the permitted direction on the one-way street. It is not merely a parking or route suggestion.
Source: Colorado Driver Handbook, DR2337 (12/05/24), physical PDF 11 (printed 8); One Way Signs. ↗
You are in the left lane governed by this sign. Which movement must you plan?
Correct answer: A left turn from that lane.
A lane-use sign assigns the movement for the lane it controls. If you need a different direction, plan a safe legal lane change before the intersection.
Source: Colorado Driver Handbook, DR2337 (12/05/24), physical PDF 11 (printed 8); Lane Control Signs. ↗
In favorable conditions, what maximum speed is shown on this regulatory sign?
Correct answer: 50 miles per hour.
The pictured maximum is 50 mph. This is not a guarantee that 50 mph is safe in rain, fog, ice or other adverse conditions.
Source: Colorado Driver Handbook, DR2337 (12/05/24), physical PDF 10 (printed 7); Speed Limit Signs. ↗
What kind of limit is the pictured MINIMUM SPEED 40 sign stating?
Correct answer: A posted minimum speed of 40 mph.
The word MINIMUM distinguishes this sign from a maximum-speed sign. It does not instruct you to maintain an unsafe speed when conditions require slowing.
Source: Colorado Driver Handbook, DR2337 (12/05/24), physical PDF 10 (printed 7); Speed Limit Signs. ↗
