You spot a warning sign at the roadside and drive past it without adjusting your driving. According to the Texas manual, what have you exposed yourself to?
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A.
A safety risk only, since warning signs carry no legal weight
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B.
A citation only if a crash actually results from the hazard
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C.
A possible traffic violation, in addition to any safety consequence Correct
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D.
A written warning mailed to the address on your license
The answer is "A possible traffic violation, in addition to any safety consequence"
The manual pairs the safety reason with a legal one: disregarding a warning sign may be a traffic violation on top of the hazard the sign was posted to flag. Choice A is the trap for a driver who reads a diamond warning sign as advisory-only because it describes a condition rather than commanding action like a stop or yield sign, and so misses the legal half of the manual's sentence.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. A safety risk only, since warning signs carry no legal weight
The manual attaches a legal consequence to disregarding a warning sign in the same sentence that names the safety reason. This answer reads a diamond warning sign as advisory-only because it describes a condition rather than commanding an action like a stop or yield sign.
B. A citation only if a crash actually results from the hazard
The manual says disregarding the sign may be a traffic violation without tying that risk to a crash actually occurring. This answer borrows the crash trigger from insurance-fault thinking, where a ticket follows the incident rather than the sign disregard itself.
D. A written warning mailed to the address on your license
The manual names a possible traffic violation as the consequence, not a mailed warning letter. This answer downgrades the traffic violation to a courtesy warning letter, treating a sign disregard as too minor to draw an actual citation.
This question tests your knowledge of Warning Signs in Texas. Source: Texas Driver Manual, "Chapter 5: Signals, Signs, and Markers - Warning Signs," p.26..
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