Guide and service signs — Minnesota Permit Test

Guide and service signs on the Minnesota permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

This sign points out historic sites, parks and other points of interest.

Nothing on it is a rule, so it never needs reading in a hurry.

Historic, cultural and recreational signs Brown signs point out historic sites, parks and other points of interest.

Minnesota Driver’s Manual, p.63

This sign directs you to services such as telephones, gas, food, motels, hospitals and rest areas.

On a freeway the sign is the only way to know what is at an exit before you have taken it.

Motorist services signs Blue signs direct you to services such as telephones, gas, food, motels, hospitals and rest areas.

Minnesota Driver’s Manual, p.64

This sign shows exits, the distance to cities, interchanges, street or route names and bicycle routes.

It is the sign you read at a mile out so you are not reading anything at the exit itself.

Guidance and information signs Green signs indicate exits, distance to cities, interstate interchanges, street or route names and bicycle routes.

Minnesota Driver’s Manual, p.64

On the test

What does this sign point out?

A historic site, park or point of interest. Nothing on it is a rule, so it never needs reading in a hurry. Minnesota Driver’s Manual, p.63: “Historic, cultural and recreational signs Brown signs point out historic sites, parks and other points of interest.”

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Where these come from

Every rule here is checked against Minnesota Driver’s Manual, published by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-22.