Warning sign pictures — Rhode Island Permit Test
Warning sign pictures on the Rhode Island permit test — 21 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
This warning sign means a traffic signal is ahead.
A light hidden past a curve can turn red before a fast driver has room to stop.
Traffic Signal Stop Sign
This warning sign means a stop sign is ahead.
A stop sign hidden past a hill can come up too fast to stop for.
Stop Sign No Passing
This sign marks the start of a no-passing zone.
A driver who starts to pass here may meet a car coming over a hill.
No Passing Slow Moving
This advance warning sign means a railroad crossing is ahead.
A driver who misses it can reach the tracks too fast to stop for a train.
Slow Moving Railroad Crossing
This sign marks the place where railroad tracks cross the road.
Stopping on or near the tracks here can leave a car in the path of a train.
Railroad Crossing Road Alignment
This sign warns of a school crossing, where children may cross the road.
Children dart out quickly, and a driver going too fast cannot stop in time.
Road Alignment School Detour
This warning sign means a divided highway begins ahead.
A driver who misses it may turn into the wrong side of the split road.
Detour Entering Divided Leaving Divided
This warning sign means the divided highway ends ahead and traffic will soon come toward you with no divider.
A driver still thinking the road is split may drift into a lane of oncoming cars.
Entering Divided Leaving Divided
This warning sign means the road bends to the left ahead.
Taking a bend too fast can carry the car off the outside edge of the road.
Left Curve Right Curve
This warning sign means the road curves to the right ahead.
A driver who enters the curve too fast can cross into the oncoming lane.
Right Curve Winding
This warning sign means people on foot may be crossing the road ahead.
A walker in the road at dusk is hard to see until it is too late to stop.
Fire Station Pedestrian Object Markers
This warning sign means the road narrows from the right ahead.
A driver in the right lane who does not move over runs out of road.
Object Markers Road Narrows
This warning sign means deer may cross the road ahead.
Hitting a deer at speed can smash the windshield and injure the people inside.
Deer Bicycle Ramp Speed
This warning sign means bicycles may cross or share the road ahead.
A rider coming out from a path is easy to miss and has no protection in a crash.
Bicycle Ramp Speed Intersection
This warning sign means another road crosses yours ahead.
A car can pull out from the side road into your path before you can stop.
Ramp Speed Intersection Playground
This warning sign means traffic travels in both directions on the road ahead.
A driver used to a one-way road may drift left into oncoming cars.
Playground Two-Way
This warning sign means a bridge ahead is narrower than the road.
Two wide vehicles meeting on a narrow bridge can scrape or force one into the rail.
Narrow Hill Road End
This warning sign means a steep downhill grade is ahead.
Brakes can overheat and fade on a long hill if you do not slow and shift down.
Hill Road End Object
This warning sign means the road is slippery when wet.
On a wet slick road, sudden braking or steering can send the car into a skid.
Object Slippery Construction
This work zone sign warns that workers are on or near the road ahead.
A worker stepping out from behind a truck has no time to get clear of a speeding car.
Flag person Road Work Construction
This work zone sign warns that road work is ahead.
Lanes, speeds and surfaces change in a work zone, and a driver who is not ready can hit a barrel or a worker.
Road Work Construction
On the test
What does this sign warn you is ahead?
A traffic signal. A light hidden past a curve can turn red before a fast driver has room to stop. Rhode Island Driver’s Manual, p.86: “Traffic Signal Stop Sign”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Rhode Island Driver’s Manual, published by the Rhode Island Division of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/RI.pdf (Rhode Island Driver’s Manual, April 2024, Rhode Island Division of Motor Vehicles, retrieved 2026-09-14 and re-checked 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/RI.pages.txt (pdftotext -layout, the fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/RI-exam.html (Community College of Rhode Island, Rhode Island Driver Education & Traffic Safety, read 2026-10-04; states the 70% pass mark of the DMV Knowledge Test it administers; sha256 pinned under examSource)
- https://dmv.ri.gov/licenses-permits-ids/permits-tests/operator-manuals (read 2026-10-04; links the manual)