A single green rectangular sign at an intersection lists three destinations, each next to its own arrow. How should a driver use the sign?
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A.
Follow all three arrows in the order they appear on the panel.
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B.
Read the line for your destination and follow that line's arrow. Correct
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C.
Take the top destination first because straight-ahead arrows sit above turns.
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D.
Yield to any traffic turning toward the destinations shown on the sign.
The answer is "Read the line for your destination and follow that line's arrow."
A destination guide panel packs up to three places onto one green sign, and each destination carries its own arrow. Find the line for the place you're going and follow only that arrow. The choice that says to follow all three arrows in order traps drivers carrying the habit of reading stacked turn-by-turn navigation prompts, where each line is the next move in one trip rather than a separate destination to pick from.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Follow all three arrows in the order they appear on the panel.
The three arrows point to three separate destinations, not to a sequence a single driver follows. This answer carries over the habit of reading stacked turn-by-turn navigation prompts, where each line is the next move in one trip.
C. Take the top destination first because straight-ahead arrows sit above turns.
A destination's position on the panel does not mean you should take it first or that it has priority; use the arrow paired with your destination. This answer reads vertical placement as a priority ranking, the way a printed menu lists top choices first.
D. Yield to any traffic turning toward the destinations shown on the sign.
A destination guide sign only shows where places are; it does not impose any yielding duty on the driver. This answer confuses a green rectangular guide panel with a triangular yield sign that controls right of way.
This question tests your knowledge of Guide Signs on the roads of every US state . Source: Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, sign D1-3 (Destination Sign (Three Destinations))..
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