A Texas guide sign along the highway pictures a litter barrel. According to the manual, what does the sign tell drivers?
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A.
The next highway exit leads to a landfill
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B.
A rest and picnic area lies just ahead
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C.
A litter barrel is one mile ahead Correct
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D.
Trash service is prohibited past this point
The answer is "A litter barrel is one mile ahead"
The litter barrel guide sign advises that a barrel, which is the only lawful place to throw trash on the highway, is one mile ahead. Option B is the trap: the same paragraph notes that litter barrels also sit at every rest and picnic area, and a driver who latches onto that follow-up sentence links the barrel symbol to a rest area rather than to the one-mile advance notice.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. The next highway exit leads to a landfill
The manual does not describe any highway sign for landfill exits; the barrel points to a roadside trash barrel. This answer scales a small trash barrel up to a full landfill because that is the everyday word for trash disposal.
B. A rest and picnic area lies just ahead
Rest areas carry a separate guide sign; the barrel symbol here is only advising a barrel one mile ahead. This answer latches onto the follow-up sentence about rest areas rather than the sign's own one-mile message.
D. Trash service is prohibited past this point
The sign is a green guide sign, not a regulatory prohibition; nothing on it bans further trash service. This answer reads the barrel symbol as a ban, a job the manual gives only to white or red regulatory signs.
This question tests your knowledge of Guide Signs in Texas. Source: Texas Driver Manual, "Guide Signs," p.32..
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