What does this yield sign require of a driver approaching it?
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A.
Slow down, give the right-of-way to cross traffic and pedestrians, and stop if needed. Correct
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B.
Stop completely at the line every time before entering the intersection.
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C.
Speed up through the intersection to clear it before cross traffic arrives.
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D.
Continue at the posted speed unless a signal or officer directs otherwise.
The answer is "Slow down, give the right-of-way to cross traffic and pedestrians, and stop if needed."
A yield sign asks a driver to slow, scan for cross traffic and pedestrians, and stop only when someone else has the right-of-way; if the way is clear, the driver may roll through without stopping. The trap is the answer that turns the triangle into a stop sign because both signs are red, but the octagon demands a halt every time and the downward triangle demands one only when a conflict is present.
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B. Stop completely at the line every time before entering the intersection.
A full halt at a yield is only required when cross traffic or pedestrians have the right-of-way; a clear approach may be taken without stopping. This answer carries the stop-sign rule over to the triangle because both regulatory signs are red.
C. Speed up through the intersection to clear it before cross traffic arrives.
The device orders a driver to slow and surrender priority, not to accelerate ahead of the vehicles it protects. This answer reads yield as a cue to race through rather than as a command to give way.
D. Continue at the posted speed unless a signal or officer directs otherwise.
A yield sign is itself a regulatory device that controls the approach; no signal or officer is needed to trigger its rule. This answer assumes only a light or a person in uniform can create an obligation at an intersection.
This question tests your knowledge of Regulatory Signs on the roads of every US state . Source: Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, sign R1-2 (Yield)..
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