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Difficulty: EasySpecial Zone Signs and Markings

You are driving along a roadway and enter a designated school zone during posted school hours where yellow beacons above the sign are actively flashing. Which of the following speed rules must you legally follow?

  1. A
    Maintain the normal posted roadway speed limit unless children are actively standing on the sidewalk or crossing.
  2. Reduce your vehicle speed to the posted school zone limit while the yellow beacons are actively flashing.Answer
  3. C
    Come to a complete stop at the sign and wait until the beacons stop flashing before continuing.
  4. D
    Drive at any comfortable speed as long as you do not exceed the maximum highway speed limit.

Answer

Reduce your vehicle speed to the posted school zone limit while the yellow beacons are actively flashing.
Active flashing yellow beacons above a school zone sign signal that the reduced school speed limit is in effect. Drivers must slow down to the specified limit throughout the designated zone.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the special zone sign and active condition
Recognize that active flashing yellow beacons on a school zone sign indicate that school zone regulations are currently in effect.
Flashing yellow lights serve as an immediate visual notification of enforced speed reductions.
2
Apply the corresponding speed regulation
Adjust driving speed downward to comply with the posted reduced school zone limit.
Special zone speed limits are mandatory during active operational periods to protect pedestrians and children.

Key Concept

School Zone Speed Restrictions and Flashing Beacons
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Special Zone Signs and Markings

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