What color are destination signs on New York highways?
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A.
Yellow with black letters
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B.
Red with white letters
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C.
Blue with white letters
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D.
Green with white letters Correct
The answer is "Green with white letters"
Destination signs are green with white letters, the standard color pairing for navigational guidance. Choice C is the trap for a driver who remembers seeing blue signs pointing to rest areas and treats blue as the general 'directional' color; blue is reserved for services, and only green carries place-name and distance information.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Yellow with black letters
Yellow with black is the warning combination, alerting a driver to a hazard or special rule. This answer uses the most visible highway color a driver notices from a distance as the default answer for any 'highway sign' question.
B. Red with white letters
Red is not used for destination guidance in the manual's sign categories. This answer chooses red because red reads as important, though red does not carry the navigational role destinations require.
C. Blue with white letters
Blue with white is the service-sign combination, used for rest areas, fuel, and medical facilities rather than for destinations. This answer treats any sign pointing a driver somewhere as a directional sign and misses that services and destinations are separate color categories.
This question tests your knowledge of Road Signs in New York. Source: New York State Driver's Manual, "Destination Signs," p.30..
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