You see this sign as one of a series posted along the outside of a curve. What does the series tell a driver?
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A.
The direction and sharpness of the curve ahead. Correct
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B.
The end of a passing zone.
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C.
The edge of the pavement where the shoulder drops off.
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D.
The location of a driveway on the right side.
The answer is "The direction and sharpness of the curve ahead."
A row of chevrons along the outside of a curve gives drivers a continuous visual indication of the curve's direction and sharpness, and each panel guides your eye through the bend as you slow down. The pavement-edge choice leans on the fact that the panels stand in a line along the shoulder, but chevrons face into the traffic to trace the curve itself, not to mark where the paved surface ends.
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B. The end of a passing zone.
A yellow pennant with the words NO PASSING ZONE marks that boundary, not a curve alignment sign. This answer swaps the chevron series with the pennant that opens a no-passing zone.
C. The edge of the pavement where the shoulder drops off.
Chevrons face oncoming drivers to trace the shape of the curve, while a raised pavement-edge line or object marker sits low along the shoulder to show where the paved surface ends. This answer reads the row of signs along the roadside as delineators for a drop-off rather than panels tracing a bend.
D. The location of a driveway on the right side.
A cross-street or driveway on the right is warned by a T-intersection or side-road symbol, not by a repeated chevron series along a curve. This answer takes the rightward point of the chevron as an arrow to a side road rather than the direction the roadway bends.
This question tests your knowledge of Warning Signs on the roads of every US state . Source: Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, sign W1-8R (Chevron Alignment (Right))..
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