A crossing guard holds up a STOP sign in front of your vehicle. What are you required to do?
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A.
Stop only if children are crossing right then.
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B.
Stop until the guard signals it is safe to proceed. Correct
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C.
Yield to oncoming traffic and continue slowly.
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D.
Slow to a crawl and pass the guard carefully.
The answer is "Stop until the guard signals it is safe to proceed."
A handheld STOP sign held by a school guard or construction flagger must be obeyed like a posted STOP; you wait for the guard's signal to proceed. The trap is choice D, treating the sign as advisory because it is not bolted to a post; the manual gives the handheld sign the same force.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Stop only if children are crossing right then.
The stop applies whether or not children are present; the guard controls the release. This answer ties the requirement to visible crossers instead of to the person holding the sign.
C. Yield to oncoming traffic and continue slowly.
A handheld STOP does not downgrade to a yield when traffic looks clear. This answer reads the sign as a suggestion once the intersection appears empty.
D. Slow to a crawl and pass the guard carefully.
A handheld STOP requires a full stop, not a slow roll. This answer treats the handheld sign as advisory because it is not fixed to a post.
This question tests your knowledge of Regulatory Signs in Illinois. Source: Illinois Rules of the Road, "Shapes of Signs, Stop," p.63..
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