What does this rest area sign require of a driver who wants to stop at the rest area?
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A.
Turn where the arrow points to enter the rest area. Correct
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B.
Continue straight; the entrance ramp is farther ahead.
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C.
Take the next freeway exit to reach the rest area.
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D.
Slow down for pedestrians walking across the roadway.
The answer is "Turn where the arrow points to enter the rest area."
The sign is posted at the turn-off itself, and the diagonal arrow shows the ramp or driveway that enters the rest area. The trap is the answer that treats it as an advance notice placed miles ahead of the exit; that job belongs to a different rest area guide sign posted well upstream, while this one appears right at the entrance and is the last chance to turn in.
The traps in the wrong answers
B. Continue straight; the entrance ramp is farther ahead.
This sign is posted at the turn-off itself, so the entrance is here, not somewhere farther down the road. This answer confuses this at-the-ramp direction sign with the advance rest area guide sign posted upstream of the exit.
C. Take the next freeway exit to reach the rest area.
The sign appears at the entrance ramp itself, not as a mileage notice telling drivers which interchange to leave at. This answer mistakes an at-the-exit direction sign for the mileage-based service sign placed miles back along the freeway.
D. Slow down for pedestrians walking across the roadway.
Blue rectangular signs mark motorist services, not pedestrian warnings, and this one directs traffic into the rest area. This answer reads a blue services guide sign as if it carried the yellow warning color used for people on foot.
This question tests your knowledge of Guide Signs on the roads of every US state . Source: Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, sign D5-2 (Rest Area Entrance Direction)..
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