You approach a green guide sign labeled with a city name and a distance number. According to the manual, what is this travel information sign telling you?
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A.
The current speed limit for a nearby city
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B.
The road number of the highway you are exiting to
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C.
Whether construction lies ahead in the next town
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D.
Which way to go and how far to reach cities and airports Correct
The answer is "Which way to go and how far to reach cities and airports"
A travel information sign tells you which way to go and how far you must travel to reach cities, airports, and other destinations. Option B is the trap: route marker shields also appear at forks and name a road, and a driver used to reading those for the highway number carries that habit over to any sign posted at the split.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. The current speed limit for a nearby city
Speed limits are set by regulatory signs, not by the destination-and-distance sign the manual describes. This answer reads a distance panel as a speed panel because both print a number beside a city name.
B. The road number of the highway you are exiting to
Route marker shields, not travel information signs, name the road number you are about to enter. This answer carries over the route-shield habit of reading any highway sign as a road-number label.
C. Whether construction lies ahead in the next town
Construction warnings are orange; travel information is a green guide sign printed for destinations, not work zones. This answer treats any advance notice as a work-zone warning because construction detours are the notice a driver plans around.
This question tests your knowledge of Guide Signs in Texas. Source: Texas Driver Manual, "Guide Signs," p.32..
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