Warning signs — Georgia Permit Test

This sign means there is a stop sign ahead, so begin slowing now and be ready to stop when you reach it.

A stop that comes as a surprise is a stop you take late, into the intersection.

There is a stop sign ahead. Begin to slow down and be prepared to stop.

This sign means there are traffic signals at the intersection ahead, so slow down as you come up to it.

Signals are easy to miss where trees or a rise in the road hide them until you are almost there.

Presence of traffic signals at intersection ahead. Slow down!

This sign warns that the road ahead turns sharply in the direction the arrow bends, so slow down before you reach the turn rather than in it.

Braking hard part way around a sharp turn is how a car loses its grip and leaves the road.

Sharp turn to the right.

This sign warns of a curve ahead that bends the way its arrow does, gentler than a sharp turn but still worth easing off for.

A curve costs you grip, and the grip you have left is whatever you did not spend on speed.

Curve to the right.

This sign means another road crosses the highway ahead, so traffic may come at you from either side.

The car on the side road is looking for a gap, not for you, and it arrives from where you are not looking.

Another road crosses the highway ahead.

This sign means the road ahead loses a lane, so traffic in the lane that ends has to move over.

Two drivers who both wait for the other to move over run out of road at the same moment.

Number of lanes reduced ahead.

This sign means traffic is merging in from one side ahead, and you are expected to adjust so it can join safely.

A merging driver is watching the lane, not the shoulder, and has only the ramp left to fit into.

Traffic merging from the right. Prepare to allow traffic to safely merge.

This sign means the bridge ahead is only wide enough for two lanes of traffic, so approach it with care.

There is no shoulder on a bridge that narrow, so a wide truck leaves you nowhere to move over to.

The bridge ahead allows room for only two lanes of traffic. Approach with caution.

This sign means you are leaving a one-way roadway and will soon be driving on a road with traffic coming the other way.

You have had nothing coming at you for miles, and the habit of using the whole road dies hard.

Warning that you are leaving a separated one-way highway and will soon be driving on a two-way highway.

This sign means a divided highway begins ahead, so get ready to change lanes or shift your position in the lane.

The median starts at a point, and a driver still drifting left meets the nose of it.

Divided highway begins. Prepare to change lanes or shift lane position.

This sign means the divided highway ends ahead, so prepare to change lanes or shift your position as the two roadways come back together.

Past the end of the median you are sharing the road again, and the first car you meet is head-on.

Divided highway ends. Prepare to change lanes or shift lane position.

This sign means a steep hill ahead, and the manual tells you to slow down and be ready to shift to a lower gear to hold your speed and save the brakes.

Brakes that have been held on all the way down a long hill get hot, and hot brakes stop working.

Steep hill ahead. Slow down and be ready to shift to lower gear to control speed and protect brakes from damage.

This sign means there is a bump in the road ahead, and the manual says to slow down for it.

Hitting a bump at speed lifts the tires off the road, and a car in the air steers nowhere.

There is a bump in the road ahead. Slow down!

This sign means the roadway turns slippery when it is wet, and the manual warns that the first half-hour of rain is the most hazardous.

The first rain lifts oil off the surface, so the road is worst long before it looks bad.

Roadway is slippery when wet. Remember, the first half-hour of rain is most hazardous.

This sign stands on the left of the highway and marks the start of a no passing zone: any pass you have begun must be finished before you reach it.

The zone starts because the view ahead runs out, and a pass finished after the sign is finished blind.

This sign is on the left side of the highway and marks the beginning of a no passing zone. Any passing maneuver must be completed before reaching this sign.

A speed advisory plaque names the speed you should be going for what is ahead, and the manual says it accompanies a speed limit sign rather than replacing it.

The advisory figure is set for the curve or ramp ahead, which is slower than the road behind you.

These signs may be accompanied by speed advisory plaques that indicate the speed with which you should proceed.

What is ahead when you pass this sign?

A stop sign you will have to stop at. A stop that comes as a surprise is a stop you take late, into the intersection. Georgia Driver's Manual, p.85: “There is a stop sign ahead. Begin to slow down and be prepared to stop.”