Warning signs — New Jersey Permit Test
Warning signs on the New Jersey permit test — 7 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
This sign warns of a curve ahead, and a driver slows before entering it.
Slowing on the way in leaves grip for the turn. Braking in the bend uses it up.
Check for Curve Ahead warning signs and recommended speeds.
An advisory speed sign gives the safe speed for a curve or turn where that speed is lower than the posted limit.
The posted limit was set for the straight. This number was measured on the bend.
When the maximum safe speed around a curve or turn is lower than the posted speed limit, an advisory speed sign is used with the proper warning sign.
This sign marks a school area, where children are crossing and walking beside the road.
Children step out without checking, and the sign is the warning a driver gets before they do.
School signs
This sign tells a driver to share the road with people on foot and on bicycles and to yield to them.
A person on foot has nothing around them, and the sign marks where they will be.
These signs alert New Jersey motorists that they must share the road with pedestrians and bicyclists and yield to them.
This sign marks a no-passing zone.
It is placed where the sight distance runs out, which is exactly where a pass would go wrong.
No-passing warning signs
This sign warns that a traffic signal is ahead.
It is posted where the signal comes into view late, over a rise or around a bend.
Signal Ahead
This sign warns that a crossroad is ahead.
Traffic can come from either side, and it may reach the crossing at the same moment you do.
Cross Road
On the test
What is ahead when a driver sees the sign shown?
A curve in the road. Slowing on the way in leaves grip for the turn. Braking in the bend uses it up. New Jersey Driver Manual, p.72: “Check for Curve Ahead warning signs and recommended speeds.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against New Jersey Driver Manual, published by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-15.