You approach this orange chevron sign posted through a work zone. What does it require of you as a driver?
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A.
Reduce speed and follow the chevrons through the curve as the road bends right. Correct
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B.
Merge to the left because the right lane ends ahead in the work zone.
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C.
Stop completely before entering the curve and wait for a flagger.
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D.
Do not pass because a hill or curve limits the sight distance ahead.
The answer is "Reduce speed and follow the chevrons through the curve as the road bends right."
The orange chevron is an alignment marker on the outside of a rightward curve in a work zone, so slow down and steer along the chevrons while watching for shifted lanes, barriers, or workers. The lane-ends reading pulls in drivers who treat any orange rectangle in a work zone as a merge warning, but this device shows the shape of the road, not the loss of a lane.
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B. Merge to the left because the right lane ends ahead in the work zone.
The chevron shows the shape of the curve, not the loss of a lane; a work-zone lane drop is signed with a tapering arrow, not a series of chevrons. This answer reads any orange work-zone rectangle as a lane-ends warning instead of the alignment marker it is.
C. Stop completely before entering the curve and wait for a flagger.
The sign tells the driver to slow through the bend, not to halt; a mandatory stop in a work zone comes from a flagger's STOP paddle or a red signal. This answer escalates a warning to slow through a curve into a command to stop before entering it.
D. Do not pass because a hill or curve limits the sight distance ahead.
The chevron guides steering through the bend and says nothing about passing; a no-passing restriction on a curve is carried by a yellow pennant and the solid yellow centerline. This answer substitutes the yellow no-passing pennant used for restricted-sight curves for the orange work-zone alignment chevron.
This question tests your knowledge of Construction Signs on the roads of every US state . Source: Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, sign CW1-8R (Chevron Alignment Right (Work Zone))..
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