This sign means?
- Pedestrians not permitted
- School zone ahead; watch for children crossing and obey any crossing guards on duty
- Pedestrian pathway only; vehicles prohibited
- Pedestrian crosswalk ahead ✓
Answer: D. Pedestrian crosswalk ahead
The sign means there is a pedestrian crosswalk ahead.
Why this is the answer
The handbook lists a pedestrian crosswalk ahead sign among the warning signs, and it also explains that at a pedestrian crosswalk drivers should yield to people crossing. That fits the sign's purpose: it warns you that a crosswalk is coming up so you can be ready to slow down and give way to pedestrians. The other choices describe different situations, such as a school zone or a path reserved for pedestrians, which the passages treat as separate signs or rules.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Pedestrians not permitted — This choice says pedestrians are not permitted, but the passages present the pedestrian crosswalk as a place where drivers yield to people crossing, not a place that bans them.
- B. School zone ahead; watch for children crossing and obey any crossing guards on duty — This choice describes a school zone with children crossing and crossing guards, which the handbook lists as a separate school-related sign or rule, not the pedestrian crosswalk ahead sign.
- C. Pedestrian pathway only; vehicles prohibited — This choice says the area is a pedestrian pathway only and vehicles are prohibited, which the passages do not give as the meaning of the pedestrian crosswalk ahead sign.
Remember it
When you see the crosswalk warning, think ahead to people on foot and be ready to yield.