What does this blue service sign with a white Rx symbol tell you?
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A.
A pharmacy is available ahead. Correct
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B.
A hospital emergency department is ahead.
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C.
A staffed first-aid station is ahead.
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D.
A drugstore that stocks only over-the-counter remedies is ahead.
The answer is "A pharmacy is available ahead."
The white Rx on a blue square is the federal services sign for a pharmacy, sitting in the same blue services family as the white H for a hospital and the knife-and-fork for a food service. Drivers who read 'drugstore' as an everyday synonym for pharmacy reach for the over-the-counter-only shop, forgetting that the Rx pictograph points at a prescription counter, not at any corner store stocking aspirin.
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B. A hospital emergency department is ahead.
The blue services family uses a white H for a hospital. The white Rx square marks a pharmacy, not an emergency department. This answer groups every blue medical service sign under one label because the white H and the white Rx share the same blue background.
C. A staffed first-aid station is ahead.
First-aid stations carry their own service pictograph; the blue Rx square marks a pharmacy service. This answer treats every roadside medical service as interchangeable, so a first-aid station gets matched to whichever medical symbol the driver spots first.
D. A drugstore that stocks only over-the-counter remedies is ahead.
The Rx pictograph marks a pharmacy that fills prescriptions, not a shop that merely sells over-the-counter remedies. This answer reads the everyday word 'drugstore' as a plain synonym for pharmacy, so a corner shop stocking aspirin looks as if it should earn the sign.
This question tests your knowledge of Guide Signs on the roads of every US state . Source: Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, sign D9-20 (Pharmacy)..
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