The manual describes a smaller sign sometimes attached below a yellow warning sign. What color combination does that attached recommended-speed sign use?
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A.
Red and white
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B.
Orange and black
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C.
Yellow and black Correct
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D.
White and blue
The answer is "Yellow and black"
The manual says the companion recommended-speed sign is yellow and black, matching the warning sign it hangs beneath. Drivers who picture the orange panels along road construction may reach for orange, since those are the extra speed signs they see most often.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Red and white
Red typically marks a required regulation on a sign, not the advisory reduced speed the manual describes here. This answer assumes the recommended-speed panel must be a legal limit, since red on a sign usually signals a rule to obey.
B. Orange and black
Recommended-speed panels share the yellow warning-sign family, not the orange used for temporary road-construction signs. This answer reaches for orange because extra speed panels appear most often around highway construction crews.
D. White and blue
Blue and white belong to roadside service and information signs, not to warning-sign companions. This answer borrows the color of rest-area and hospital markers that share the same shoulder space.
This question tests your knowledge of Warning Signs in New York. Source: New York State Driver's Manual, "Warning Signs (Chapter 4: Signs)," p.30..
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