The manual uses the word 'sometimes' when it describes the recommended-speed sign that appears with a warning sign. How often does that companion sign show up?
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A.
Every warning sign carries one
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B.
Only signs in construction zones
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C.
Only on interstate expressways
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D.
Sometimes, when reduced speed is advised Correct
The answer is "Sometimes, when reduced speed is advised"
The manual uses 'sometimes': the recommended-speed panel joins a warning sign only where reduced speed is advised for the area, not on every warning sign. Extra speed panels stick most vividly in memory from highway construction stretches, which pulls drivers to B and blurs the yellow warning family with the separate orange work-area signs.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Every warning sign carries one
The manual's word 'sometimes' rules out a pairing with every warning sign along the road. This answer generalizes from the busiest hazard markers and treats the speed panel as standard equipment on all of them.
B. Only signs in construction zones
Construction areas use their own orange work-area signs, a separate family from the yellow warning signs the manual describes here. This answer remembers extra speed panels most vividly from highway construction and assumes that is the only place they live.
C. Only on interstate expressways
The manual does not restrict the recommended-speed sign to any particular class of road. This answer ties the speed panel to expressway driving where posted advisory speeds are most familiar.
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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