According to the manual, what does a yellow sign with black letters or symbols tell you as you approach it?
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A.
The direction and distance to a nearby town or destination.
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B.
You are approaching a hazardous location or a location where there is a special rule. Correct
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C.
You are approaching a work area where people are working on or near the roadway.
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D.
Services such as rest areas, gas stations, or medical facilities are ahead.
The answer is "You are approaching a hazardous location or a location where there is a special rule."
The manual gives a yellow warning sign a dual meaning: you are approaching either a hazardous location or one where a special rule applies. Choice C is the trap because the orange work-area sign is taught right after on the same manual page and also alerts drivers to conditions ahead, and a driver who has watched orange and yellow signs appear side by side in real work zones treats the two categories as one.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. The direction and distance to a nearby town or destination.
The manual assigns direction and distance to the green destination sign, not the yellow warning sign. Reads any roadside sign as a mileage marker to the next town, because a driver who navigates by counting down green mileage signs generalizes that pattern to every sign they see.
C. You are approaching a work area where people are working on or near the roadway.
The manual reserves the work-area meaning for the orange sign, not the yellow warning sign. Assumes any bright sign with black symbols near a work crew announces workers ahead, because drivers see different bright warning-style signs near work zones and blur the color categories.
D. Services such as rest areas, gas stations, or medical facilities are ahead.
The manual assigns the rest-area and gas-station meaning to the blue service sign, not the yellow warning sign. Treats every colored roadside sign as a guide to something the driver wants next, because service signs are the ones drivers use most on interstate trips and that use case comes to mind first.
This question tests your knowledge of Warning Signs in New York. Source: New York State Driver's Manual, "Warning Signs," p.30..
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