This sign means?
- Playground area sign
- Children playing in residential area
- School crosswalk ahead ✓
- Direction sign for children
Answer: C. School crosswalk ahead
The sign means school crosswalk ahead.
Why this is the answer
The handbook lists a school crosswalk ahead sign among the signs that alert you to what is coming up. A school crosswalk sign tells you to yield to pedestrians, and if a crossing guard is present, to follow that person's directions. That fits a sign placed before a school crossing rather than a general playground or residential-area message. The passages do not describe every visual detail of the sign, but they do tie the school crosswalk ahead meaning to yielding to people crossing.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Playground area sign — A playground area sign points to a playground nearby and tells drivers to slow down, not to a school crossing ahead.
- B. Children playing in residential area — Children playing in a residential area is not the meaning given for this sign; the school crosswalk message is about yielding to pedestrians at a school crossing.
- D. Direction sign for children — A direction sign for children is not supported by the passages, which describe the school crosswalk sign as a pedestrian yield sign, not as directions for children.
Remember it
When you see it, think school plus people crossing, so yield and obey any crossing guard.