School and crossing signs — Georgia Permit Test

School and crossing signs on the Georgia permit test — 4 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

A five-sided school sign means you are coming up to a school zone or a school crossing.

Children step off a curb without checking, and the sign is the only warning you get.

Pentagon shaped signs mean you are approaching a school zone and/or school crossing.

Georgia Driver's Manual, p.73

Georgia puts a school sign no less than 150 feet and no more than 700 feet before the school grounds or the crossing it warns about.

The gap is there so you have time to slow, which means the zone starts well past the sign.

When used, they will be erected not less than 150 feet nor more than 700 feet in advance of the school grounds or school crossing.

Georgia Driver's Manual, p.73

This sign warns that people may be crossing the road ahead, so look for them before you reach it.

Somebody on foot has no metal around them, and at any normal road speed that decides the outcome.

These signs alert drivers in advance of areas where animals, people, and vehicles may be crossing.

Georgia Driver's Manual, p.85

This sign warns that animals cross the road along that stretch, so scan the shoulders as well as the lane.

A deer standing calmly at the roadside may bolt into the road rather than away from it.

These signs alert drivers in advance of areas where animals, people, and vehicles may be crossing.

Georgia Driver's Manual, p.85

On the test

What is ahead when you pass this sign?

A school zone or a school crossing. Children step off a curb without checking, and the sign is the only warning you get. Georgia Driver's Manual, p.73: “Pentagon shaped signs mean you are approaching a school zone and/or school crossing.”

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Where these come from

Every rule here is checked against Georgia Driver's Manual, published by the Georgia Department of Driver Services, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-18.