This sign means?
- 4-way intersection ahead: through traffic may proceed
- Hospital zone ahead: yield to oncoming traffic
- Railway crossing ahead, be prepared to stop ✓
- Pedestrian crosswalk ahead: yield to pedestrians
Answer: C. Railway crossing ahead, be prepared to stop
The sign means a railway crossing is ahead, so be prepared to stop.
Why this is the answer
The handbook lists the railway crossing ahead sign with the message “be prepared to stop.” It also explains that advance warning signs for railway crossings tell drivers to look, listen and slow down because they may have to stop. That matches the sign meaning in the correct choice: a railway crossing is coming up, and you should be ready to stop if needed.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. 4-way intersection ahead: through traffic may proceed — The passages do not describe a sign warning of a four-way intersection or saying through traffic may proceed.
- B. Hospital zone ahead: yield to oncoming traffic — The passages do not describe a hospital zone sign or a rule to yield to oncoming traffic for this sign.
- D. Pedestrian crosswalk ahead: yield to pedestrians — The passages do not give pedestrian crosswalk ahead and yield to pedestrians as the meaning of this sign.
Remember it
Link the sign in your mind to the actions “look, listen, slow, and stop if needed” — that is what a railway warning is asking you to do.