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US Road Signs Guide Signs

What does this sign tell a driver about the road ahead?

Blue square sign with a white tent symbol
  1. A.
    A campground for tent camping is available ahead. Correct
  2. B.
    A roadside rest area is available ahead.
  3. C.
    A picnic area with tables is available ahead.
  4. D.
    A recreational vehicle sanitary dump station is ahead.
The Why

The answer is "A campground for tent camping is available ahead."

A white tent on a blue square is a services sign that marks a campground for tent camping ahead. Drivers who pick the sanitary dump station reach for it because the reference entry lists dump stations as a related facility, but that is a separate device for a different service: this sign promises overnight tent sites.

Why the others miss

The traps in the wrong answers

B. A roadside rest area is available ahead.

This device is the campground marker, not the icon used for a roadside rest stop. This answer confuses the tent icon with the symbol used on rest area service signs sharing the same blue background.

C. A picnic area with tables is available ahead.

The tent shape marks a place to pitch a tent, while picnic areas use a table symbol. This answer reads the pointed tent shape as a picnic table on the blue services sign for picnic areas.

D. A recreational vehicle sanitary dump station is ahead.

The entry lists dump stations as a related sign, but this device points to a campground, not a place to empty a tank. This answer picks the sanitary dump station named alongside camping in the entry instead of the campground itself.

The Rule

This question tests your knowledge of Guide Signs on the roads of every US state . Source: Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, sign D9-3 (Camping)..

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