Other warning signs — Minnesota Permit Test

Warning signs alert you to possible hazards ahead, and most of them are yellow.

The sign is telling you about something you cannot see yet, which is why it is worth reading at all.

Warning signs alert you to possible hazards ahead.

The Slow-Moving Vehicle emblem must be displayed on vehicles that travel at 30 mph or less on a public road.

The closing speed on a rural road is enormous, and the emblem is the only warning you get.

This emblem must be displayed on all vehicles that travel at speeds of 30 mph or less, such as farm implements or animal-drawn vehicles, when they are making use of a public road.

When you see a Slow-Moving Vehicle emblem, adjust your speed or prepare to change lanes.

You are closing on it far faster than it looks, and braking late is what puts you into the back of it.

Adjust your vehicle speed or prepare to change lanes when you see this sign.

Animal-drawn vehicles must have a light visible within 500 feet from sunset to sunrise and in poor visibility.

A buggy has no engine noise to announce it, so the lamp is the whole of what a driver has.

Animal-drawn vehicles are required to have a light or lamp visible within 500 feet from sunset to sunrise, or during periods of reduced visibility, inclement weather or insufficient light.

Near an animal-drawn vehicle you reduce your speed and pass slowly.

An animal spooked by a car passing fast can put the whole rig into your lane.

Be alert for slow-moving, animal-drawn vehicles on the roadway. Reduce your speed and pass slowly.

A Side Road sign means traffic is coming from your right, so watch for vehicles entering the roadway.

The road joining yours may be hidden by trees until the car on it is already at the edge.

Side Road Traffic is coming from your right. Watch for vehicles entering the roadway.

A T-Intersection Ahead sign means the road you are on ends soon, so prepare to turn and yield to cross traffic.

The road simply stops, and everything on the cross street has the right of way.

T-Intersection Ahead The road you are traveling on will end soon. Prepare to turn right or left. Yield to cross traffic.

A Y-Intersection Ahead sign means the road splits into two directions, so be ready for traffic crossing your path.

Both branches pull traffic across the other, and the decision comes at speed.

Y-Intersection Ahead The road ahead splits into two different directions.

A Winding Road Ahead sign means the road winds back and forth, so slow to a safe or indicated speed.

One bend can be taken on luck. A series of them uses the grip up before the last one.

Winding Road Ahead The road ahead winds back and forth. Slow to a safe or indicated speed.

An Added Lane sign means the road gains another lane, and the new traffic does not have to merge.

Nobody is being squeezed out, so nobody has to be let in. It is the opposite of a merge.

Added Lane The roadway will gain an additional lane of traffic. New traffic will not have to merge.

A Low Clearance Ahead sign means you must not proceed if your vehicle is taller than the height shown.

A truck that does not fit takes the bridge, the load and the lane with it.

Low Clearance Ahead Do not proceed if your vehicle is taller than the height indicated on the sign, or your vehicle may become stuck.

An exempt sign at a railroad crossing means bus and truck drivers who normally must stop may go on without stopping.

The line is out of use or protected, but the driver still has to look for a train.

An “exempt” sign means that bus and truck drivers, who are usually required to stop at railroad crossings, may proceed without stopping.

Even at an exempt crossing, drivers still need to look in both directions for trains.

The sign excuses the stop, not the looking, and a train does not know about the sign.

However, drivers still need to look in both directions for trains.

Pavement markings at a railroad crossing include a stop line, an X and the letters RR painted in front of the crossing.

The paint arrives before the sign does on a road where the crossbuck is around a bend.

Pavement markings include a stop line, an “X” and the letters “RR” painted on the pavement in front of the crossing.

What do warning signs tell a driver?

That there may be a hazard ahead. The sign is telling you about something you cannot see yet, which is why it is worth reading at all. Minnesota Driver’s Manual, p.58: “Warning signs alert you to possible hazards ahead.”