A speed restriction sign:
- May be ignored in rainy, snowy, or icy conditions.
- Has a triangular shape.
- Is blue with black lettering.
- Shows a recommended speed for a curve or turn. ✓
Answer: D. Shows a recommended speed for a curve or turn.
A speed restriction sign shows a recommended speed for a curve or turn.
Why this is the answer
The handbook describes the advisory speed sign as telling you the highest speed you can safely travel around the curve or turn ahead. It is tied to the shape of the road, so the number reflects what the curve or turn itself allows rather than the posted limit on the straight stretch. That makes it a recommended speed for that curve or turn. The handbook does not say the sign can be disregarded when the weather turns bad — in fact it warns you to slow down on wet road.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. May be ignored in rainy, snowy, or icy conditions. — Nothing in the handbook lets you ignore a speed sign because of rain, snow, or ice, and it actually says to slow down on wet road.
- B. Has a triangular shape. — The passages never describe this sign as triangular, and the signs they do describe are identified by color and message, not by that shape.
- C. Is blue with black lettering. — The handbook does not describe this sign as blue with black lettering, so that color description is not supported.
Remember it
Match the number on the sign to the curve or turn you are about to drive, not to the straight road you are leaving.
Official handbook: Texas Driver Handbook (DL-7), Chapter 5: Signals, Signs, and Markers , p. 30