What color sign tells you a rest area is ahead?
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A.
Yellow
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B.
Brown
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C.
Green
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D.
Blue Correct
The answer is "Blue"
Rest areas are part of motorist services, so the sign is blue. The trap is treating a rest area as a recreational stop and reaching for brown. Rest areas, gas, food, lodging, and hospitals all share the blue motorist services category.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Yellow
Yellow signals a warning and is not used for motorist services. This answer confuses warning signs with service signs. Yellow signs alert drivers to known hazards or changes in road conditions ahead, not facilities along the highway.
B. Brown
Brown signs are for parks and historic sites, not rest stops. This answer treats a rest area as a recreational stop. Brown signs point to historic and cultural locations, scenic areas, picnic grounds, and parks, not motorist services like rest areas.
C. Green
Green guide signs show routes, exits, and distances, not service facilities. This answer confuses guide signs with service signs. Green guide signs give exit information or show the direction of roads or cities, not motorist facilities like rest areas.
This question tests your knowledge of Guide Signs in Oregon. Source: Oregon Driver Manual, "Signs & Traffic Signals - Route, Guide, and Information Signs - Motorist Service Signs," p.14..
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