Warning signs — Connecticut Permit Test

This sign means traffic signals are ahead, so slow down and get ready to stop.

It is posted where the signal cannot be seen in time, typically beyond a crest or a bend.

Traffic signals are ahead. Slow down and prepare to stop.

This sign means a stop sign is ahead, so slow down and get ready to stop.

It is put where the stop sign itself comes into view too late to brake for comfortably.

A stop sign is ahead. Slow down and prepare to stop.

This sign warns of a reduction in the number of traffic lanes, so be ready to change lanes or to let other vehicles merge into yours.

A lane that runs out with nobody letting you in is how two cars end up side by side in one lane.

Be prepared to change lanes or to allow other vehicles to merge into your lane.

This sign marks the beginning of a no passing zone, and you may not pass cars ahead of you in your lane.

It stands on the left so that a driver already looking that way to pull out meets it first.

This sign marks the beginning of a no passing zone. You may not pass cars ahead of you in your lane.

This sign means two lanes of traffic are about to become one, and drivers in both lanes are responsible for merging smoothly.

Neither lane has the right of way here, so a driver waiting to be let in is waiting for something that is not owed.

Two lanes of traffic are about to become one. Drivers in both lanes are responsible for merging smoothly.

This sign means to watch for people crossing your path, and to be ready to slow down and stop.

It marks a crossing point away from a signal, where a person on foot has nothing but your attention to rely on.

Watch for people crossing your path. Be prepared to slow down and stop.

This sign means school grounds are nearby, so slow down and watch out for children crossing the street or playing.

Children near a school do not look before stepping out, and school hours are not the only time they are there.

Slow down – School grounds nearby. Watch out for children crossing the street or playing.

This sign means that when the pavement is wet you should cut your speed, and not brake hard or change direction suddenly.

It marks a surface that loses grip faster than the road either side of it, such as a steel bridge deck.

When pavement is wet, reduce your speed. Do not brake hard or change direction suddenly.

This sign tells you that you are leaving a divided roadway and will be driving on a two-way highway.

Until now nothing was coming the other way. From here on something is, and the lane discipline changes with it.

This sign tells you that you are leaving a divided roadway and will be driving on a two-way highway.

This sign indicates the advisory speed for a condition, and it is usually installed below another warning sign.

It is the speed the condition is safe at rather than a legal limit, and a driver who ignores it finds out why.

This sign is used to indicate the advisory speed for a condition.

What is ahead when a driver passes this sign?

Traffic signals. It is posted where the signal cannot be seen in time, typically beyond a crest or a bend. Connecticut Driver's Manual, p.49: “Traffic signals are ahead. Slow down and prepare to stop.”