Redstop / prohibition
Whitea law you must follow
Yellowwarning ahead
Orangework zone, fines double
Greendirection and distance
Blueservices for drivers
Brownparks and recreation
Yellow-greenschool and pedestrians
STOP8 sides = 1 meaning. Nothing else on the road has eight sides.
YIELDTip down = bow down. The sign literally points at your bumper and asks it to wait.
DO NOT ENTERThe white bar is a closed gate across a red door.
WRONG WAYDO NOT ENTER guards the door; WRONG WAY means you are already inside the wrong house.
ONE WAYThe arrow is the entire law: everyone goes where it points, including you.
SPEED LIMITTall and white = the law in writing. The number is a promise about perfect weather only.
NO U-TURNRed circle + slash = "not here." Whatever is under the slash is the forbidden move.
NO PASSING ZONEThe flag points at the exact spot the zone begins. Left side, sideways, one of a kind.
SIGNAL AHEADA picture of a traffic light before the traffic light. The road is whispering "red is possible ahead."
MERGETwo arrows become one: a zipper. Zippers work when both sides take turns.
SCHOOL ZONEHouse shape = schoolhouse. The pentagon is the only sign shaped like where the kids are going.
PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGThe brightest color on the road guards the softest thing on the road.
RAILROAD CROSSING AHEADRound = wheels = train. The only round sign on the road is about the only vehicle that cannot stop for you.
SLIPPERY WHEN WETThe car with the wiggly skid tails is what your car wants to do here in the rain.
ROAD WORK AHEADYellow warns about the road; orange warns about people on the road.
EXIT SIGNGreen never warns and never orders. It is the map, painted on metal.