On barricades and vertical panels in a Florida work zone, which way do the diagonal stripes slope?
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A.
Upward toward the shoulder to steer drivers away from workers.
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B.
Horizontally across the panel, with no directional slope.
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C.
Downward in the direction traffic must travel. Correct
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D.
Down toward the center of the closed lane.
The answer is "Downward in the direction traffic must travel."
The stripes slope downward in the direction traffic must travel, pointing drivers along the open path. The wrong answer pointing the stripes toward the closed lane follows a natural but wrong habit that stripes should point at what is blocked, when the manual points them at where the driver must go.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Upward toward the shoulder to steer drivers away from workers.
The manual sets the slope downward, not upward, and along the travel path. This answer invents an upward-arrow visual that the manual never describes.
B. Horizontally across the panel, with no directional slope.
The stripes are directional; a horizontal stripe would not tell drivers which way to go. This answer reads the stripe as decorative rather than as a directional cue.
D. Down toward the center of the closed lane.
The stripes slope toward the open travel path, not toward the closed area. This answer follows the habit that stripes should point at the hazard, when the manual points them at the safe path.
This question tests your knowledge of Construction Signs in Florida. Source: Florida Driver Manual, "Construction/Maintenance Signs & Signals," p.54..
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