Driver's License Test Prep
Texas Practice Guide Signs

You see a blue road sign along a Texas highway. What kind of information does its color indicate?

  1. A.
    Public recreation and scenic guidance
  2. B.
    General warning or caution
  3. C.
    Motorist services guidance Correct
  4. D.
    Construction and maintenance warning
The Why

The answer is "Motorist services guidance"

The standard colors table assigns blue exclusively to motorist services: gas, food, lodging, and hospital. Choice A swaps in brown's category, a mistake for drivers who bundle 'travel amenities' and 'roadside attractions' into one bucket and pick between them by feel.

Why the others miss

The traps in the wrong answers

A. Public recreation and scenic guidance

Substitutes brown's recreation category for blue's services category. This answer bundles gas stations and roadside attractions into one 'roadside stops' bucket and picks between them by feel.

B. General warning or caution

Applies yellow's general-warning role to a color that never means warning. This answer falls back on the driving-school shorthand that any unusual color equals caution.

D. Construction and maintenance warning

Assigns orange's construction-warning meaning to blue. This answer groups every bright non-regulatory rectangle under one meaning, then guesses whichever color came up last in study.

The Rule

This question tests your knowledge of Guide Signs in Texas. Source: Texas Driver Manual, "Traffic Signs (Standard Colors)," p.25..

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