SIGNS, SIGNALS & TRAFFIC MARKINGS

General principle of traffic signs.

To

make a message known quickly, accurately, with minimum reading skills require traffic to meet the goal of the HTS with safe, rapid, and efficient transportation. signs, signals, and traffic markings can lead to a break down in the system. by shape and color, message, and diagram.

Allows Poor

Recognizable

Types of Traffic Signs.

Traffic Signs: Standards

Standard

Regulatory

Sign Shapes

Warning

Standard

Sign Colors

Guide.

Types: Regulatory

Regulatory: Stop
Red

Regulations. be followed

Must

octagon complete stop

Might result in a citation or worse

Only sign so shaped

Make Easily

recognized at a distance

Regulatory: Stop

Regulatory: Yield
Yield signs
Red

& triangular.

Requires

a driver to allow other drivers first use of the road.

Regulatory: Speed
Speed limit signs
White

Regulatory: Speed

/ black lettering. Vertical rectangles.

Can

also be orange.

Regulatory: Speed

Regulatory: Speed

Regulatory: Speed

Regulatory: Movement

Regulatory: Movement

Regulatory: Movement

Regulatory: Movement

Regulatory: Movement

Regulatory: Movement

Regulatory: Movement

Regulatory: Movement

Regulatory: Parking

Regulatory: Parking

Regulatory: Parking

Regulatory: Parking

Regulatory: Parking

Types: Warning Signs

Yellow Black

Warning Signs: Railroad

or orange background writing

Railroads No passing School zone Construction Advance warning

Warning Signs: Railroad

Warning Signs: Construction

Warning Signs: Construction

Warning Signs: Construction

Warning Signs: No Passing

Pennant

Warning Signs: Advance

shape

Placed at the beginning of the no passing zone and on the left side of the road to make them visible to drivers trying to pass.

Warning Signs: Advance

Warning Signs: Advance

Warning Signs: California

Warning Signs:

Warning Signs: Advance

Warning Signs: Direction

Warning Signs: Intersections

Warning Signs

Warning Signs

Warning Signs

Warning Signs

Warning Signs: Schools

Warning Signs:
Used

Types: Guide signs

to inform drivers of routes, gas, food lodging, hospitals, rest areas and others. Guide signs are designated by color and shape.

Types: Guide Signs

Blue: motorist services

Guide Signs: Routes

(gas, food, lodging, hospital, etc.)

Green: highways and route

information.
Brown: recreational areas.

Guide Signs: Exits

Guide Signs: Special Roads

Types: Recreation

Types: Guide signs

Types: Guide signs

Traffic Lights: Types

Progressive Traffic Activated Timed Pedestrian Activated

Progressive lights
Keep traffic moving at the correct speed Keep moving as the lights change in sequence.

Traffic Activated Lights

Change according to traffic loads. No traffic, no green light, Many vehicles, longer green lights.

Traffic Activated Lights

Timed Lights
Least Used

Know what and how each intersection is set up. Try to anticipate the traffic coming, not react to traffic that has just stopped.

expensive in many smaller communities. Set for so many seconds green for each direction of traffic.

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Pedestrian Activated Lights

Aid

Pedestrians

crossing of busy streets. No turn on red hand hand

Emergency Activated

Colors of the Traffic Light

3

colors have specific meaning. Red: stop. Yellow: do not enter Green: go when safe

Traffic Lights

Colors of the Traffic Light

Green There

means you may go,

if safe to do so.
is no right of way given by a green light.

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Traffic Lights

Traffic Lights

Traffic Lights

Traffic Lights

Traffic Lights

Right on Red Law in CT.

Drivers Drivers

in all 50 states are allowed to complete a right turn on red must.

Come to a complete stop Yield to any and all traffic Make sure there is no sign prohibiting the turn

Before completing a right on red.

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Left on Red Law in CT

There Some

Multiple Use Lane Signals

In

is no left turn on red in CT. states do have one

larger cities, the use of reversible lanes increases the capacity of the existing streets. Center lanes are reversed to allow heavy traffic, in one direction or the other, to have more lanes. These lanes are marked with a green arrow or a red X above the lane.

Pavement Markings
Pavement

Yellow Markings
Separate

markings, like signs and signals, are designed to move traffic safely, rapidly, and efficiently. Markings should communicate a simple, clear message for all highway users.

traffic traveling in the opposite directions If the solid is on your side, you may not cross Broken may pass when safe to do so

Yellow: No Passing

Lane Markings: Solid Yellow

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Yellow Markings: Passing

At

Left Turn Lane

no time is a driver supposed to pull into this lane to enter the traffic flow.

Roadway Markings and Traffic Signals

Lane Markings: Shared Left

Left turn lane only

Reversible lane

Two-way left run lane

Two-way reversible lane

Lane Markings: Reversable Lane

Lane Markings: Changing Use

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Yellow Markings

White
Marking sides of roadways, crosswalks, warnings, and to separate traffic traveling in the same direction.
SOLID WHITE: used on the right of roadway edge. BROKEN WHITE: traffic in same direction
Crossing

the line is allowed only when changing lanes or turning.

Lane Markings: Solid White

Lane Markings: Broken White

Proper Lane Choices when Driving

Drivers

Lane Markings: Stop Line

should choose a traffic lane with fewest conflicts. Law requires traveling in the right hand lane unless passing or turning left. In heavy traffic either lane is legal.

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Lane Markings: X Walk

Lane Markings: Exit Lane

Lane Markings: HOV

Lane Markings: Parking

School Bus

Approaching of a School Bus on a Five-Lane Street Five

Not many in CT Left turn lane is defined as a physical barrier

Not required to stop for a school bus coming from the other direction.

Watch out for other drivers who are not sure about this. Everywhere else, you must stop for a school bus with lights flashing designating children.

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