A white wheelchair symbol on a blue square is posted on a sign ahead of you. What does it tell a driver?
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A.
The facility or parking space ahead is accessible to people with disabilities. Correct
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B.
A hospital is located ahead at the next exit.
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C.
First aid or emergency medical services are available ahead.
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D.
Pedestrians with limited mobility may be crossing the road ahead.
The answer is "The facility or parking space ahead is accessible to people with disabilities."
A white wheelchair on a blue square is the International Symbol of Accessibility, and it tells you the facility or parking space ahead is accessible to people with disabilities. If you treat every blue services sign as medical, you pick the hospital answer instead. Hospitals carry a white H, not a wheelchair.
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B. A hospital is located ahead at the next exit.
Hospital service signs carry a white H on a blue square, not a wheelchair figure. This answer groups every blue services sign under a hospital pointer, reading the wheelchair figure as another way of saying medical care.
C. First aid or emergency medical services are available ahead.
The wheelchair symbol points at physical access, not at first aid or emergency medical services. This answer treats the wheelchair icon as a general health-services badge instead of the accessibility marker it actually is.
D. Pedestrians with limited mobility may be crossing the road ahead.
A crossing warning would be a yellow warning sign, possibly carrying a pedestrian or wheelchair figure, while this blue square with a white wheelchair is the accessibility service symbol marking a facility ahead. This answer reads any human figure on a sign as a crossing warning, skipping the check that blue services and yellow warnings carry different meanings.
This question tests your knowledge of Guide Signs on the roads of every US state . Source: Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, sign D9-6 (International Symbol of Accessibility)..
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