Your navigation app directs you into an opening where this sign faces you. What should you do?
Correct answer: Choose a different, lawful way into the road.
This DO NOT ENTER sign prohibits entry from the direction you are approaching. A navigation instruction does not override the posted restriction.
Source: Georgia DDS Driver's Manual 2023-2024, Section 7, printed p. 29: Regulatory Signs - DO NOT ENTER ↗
You missed your destination and see this sign at the next intersection. How does it affect your plan?
Correct answer: You must not reverse direction with a U-turn here.
The crossed-out U-shaped arrow prohibits a U-turn at this intersection. Stopping or finding a traffic gap does not remove that prohibition.
Source: Georgia DDS Driver's Manual 2023-2024, Section 7, printed p. 29: Regulatory Signs - No U-turn ↗
This sign is mounted at the nose of a median. Which route around the median does it require?
Correct answer: Pass to the right of the median.
The arrow directs traffic to the right of the median or obstruction. It is not a requirement to turn onto a different street.
Source: Georgia DDS Driver's Manual 2023-2024, Section 7, printed p. 29: Regulatory Signs - Keep Right ↗
This sign faces your approach without a time restriction. The traffic light turns green. May you turn right?
Correct answer: No; the sign still prohibits the right turn.
A green traffic light does not cancel this NO RIGHT TURN restriction. The crossed-out right-turn arrow bars that maneuver.
Source: Georgia DDS Driver's Manual 2023-2024, Section 7, printed p. 29: Regulatory Signs - No Right Turn ↗
After seeing this sign, which road layout should you prepare for?
Correct answer: A series of curves along the road ahead.
This winding-road warning calls attention to a series of curves ahead. It does not direct you to turn at an intersection or set a numerical speed limit.
Source: Georgia DDS Driver's Manual 2023-2024, Section 7, printed p. 30: Warning Signs - Winding Road ↗
You are leaving a one-way section and encounter this sign. What change must you anticipate?
Correct answer: Oncoming traffic will use the roadway ahead.
The two arrows point in opposite directions: two-way traffic is ahead. Do not assume that both sides of the next roadway carry traffic in your direction.
Source: Georgia DDS Driver's Manual 2023-2024, Section 7, printed p. 30: Warning Signs - Two-Way Traffic ↗
What change ahead does this sign ask you to prepare for?
Correct answer: Opposing traffic will be separated by a median.
This sign warns that a divided highway begins ahead. Follow the roadway alignment as physical separation between the opposing directions begins.
Source: Georgia DDS Driver's Manual 2023-2024, Section 7, printed p. 30: Warning Signs - Divided Highway Begins ↗
You are on a divided highway when this sign appears. Which expectation should you change?
Correct answer: Expect the divider between directions to end.
The sign warns that the divided highway ends ahead. Prepare for the changed road layout instead of relying on continuing physical separation from opposing traffic.
Source: Georgia DDS Driver's Manual 2023-2024, Section 7, printed p. 30: Warning Signs - Divided Highway Ends ↗
As you approach this sign, which development on your right should you watch for?
Correct answer: Traffic joining the flow from another roadway.
The branch joins the upright arrow, warning of merging traffic from the right. DDS advises preparing to allow that traffic to merge safely; the sign itself does not assign an unconditional right-of-way.
Source: Georgia DDS Driver's Manual 2023-2024, Section 7, printed p. 31: Warning Signs - Merge ↗
Rain is falling as you approach this sign. What hazard should guide your driving?
Correct answer: Reduced tire grip on the roadway ahead.
The symbol warns of a slippery roadway; in the wet conditions described, be ready for reduced traction. It is not an instruction to weave or make abrupt control inputs.
Source: Georgia DDS Driver's Manual 2023-2024, Section 7, printed p. 31: Warning Signs - Slippery When Wet ↗
This is a fixed roadside sign, not an illuminated signal. How should you respond to it?
Correct answer: Slow down and look for traffic signals ahead.
The sign warns of a signal-controlled intersection ahead. Its printed colored circles do not display the actual signal's current phase.
Source: Georgia DDS Driver's Manual 2023-2024, Section 7, printed p. 31: Warning Signs - Signal Ahead ↗
You see this warning before reaching an intersection. What should you begin doing?
Correct answer: Slowing down in preparation for the stop ahead.
This is an advance warning of a stop sign ahead. Begin slowing so you can make the required stop at the actual stopping location.
Source: Georgia DDS Driver's Manual 2023-2024, Section 7, printed p. 31: Warning Signs - Stop Ahead ↗
A flashing yellow left arrow faces you, and oncoming vehicles are approaching. What must you do before turning?
Correct answer: Yield to oncoming traffic and pedestrians.
A flashing yellow left arrow permits a left turn only after yielding to oncoming traffic and pedestrians. It is not a protected turn with opposing traffic stopped.
Source: Georgia DDS Driver's Manual 2023-2024, Section 7, printed p. 34: Traffic Signals and Signs - Flashing Yellow Arrow ↗
Your approach has a flashing red traffic light. What is required even when you see no other road users?
Correct answer: Make a complete stop before proceeding safely.
A flashing red light requires a complete stop like a stop sign. After stopping, proceed cautiously only when safe and after yielding to road users with the right-of-way.
Source: Georgia DDS Driver's Manual 2023-2024, Section 7, printed p. 34: Traffic Signals and Signs - Flashing Red Light ↗
A steady red X is displayed above the lane you are considering entering. What does it mean for your direction?
Correct answer: Travel in that lane is not permitted.
The red X closes that lane to travel in your direction. An apparently empty lane does not change the displayed lane-control instruction.
Source: Georgia DDS Driver's Manual 2023-2024, Section 7, printed p. 34: Lane Control Signals - Red X ↗
All traffic lights at a normal intersection are completely out, and no officer is directing traffic. How should drivers treat it?
Correct answer: As an intersection with a stop sign in each direction.
When an intersection's traffic signal is not functioning at all, DDS instructs all drivers to treat it as an all-way stop. This is distinct from a signal that is flashing and from a pedestrian hybrid beacon's normal dark phase.
Source: Georgia DDS Driver's Manual 2023-2024, Section 7, printed p. 34: Traffic Signals and Signs - Signal Not Functioning ↗
You approach a pedestrian hybrid beacon displaying alternating flashing red lights. What should you do?
Correct answer: Stop, then proceed when pedestrians have cleared the crosswalk.
During the alternating flashing-red phase, each driver must make a full stop. Proceed when pedestrians have cleared the crosswalk and it is safe; this beacon does not require waiting for a green light.
Source: Georgia DDS Driver's Manual 2023-2024, Section 7, printed p. 35: Pedestrian-Hybrid Beacons - Flashing Red ↗
A two-lane road has a broken yellow center line beside a solid yellow line. The solid line is nearest you. May you cross it to pass?
Correct answer: No, the solid line prohibits passing from your side.
The solid yellow line on your side marks a no-passing zone for your direction. The broken line on the opposite side does not authorize you to cross for an overtake.
Source: Georgia DDS Driver's Manual 2023-2024, Section 7, printed p. 36: No Passing Lines - Single Lines ↗
Two solid white lines separate your lane from the adjacent lane. What should you do if you want to change lanes there?
Correct answer: Stay in your lane; crossing those lines to change lanes is prohibited.
DDS distinguishes dashed double white lines, where crossing is allowed, from solid double white lines, where lane changes are prohibited. A signal or clear gap does not override the solid pair.
Source: Georgia DDS Driver's Manual 2023-2024, Section 7, printed p. 36: No Passing Lines - Double White Lines ↗
Traffic ahead is slow, and a shared center left-turn lane is empty. May you use that lane to pass the queue while continuing straight?
Correct answer: No, it is reserved for making left turns, not passing.
A shared center left-turn lane is for left turns, not for passing or through travel. It can also be entered by drivers from the opposite direction who are preparing to turn left.
Source: Georgia DDS Driver's Manual 2023-2024, Section 7, printed p. 37: Turn Lanes - Shared Center Lane ↗
