Anytime you have a person who wants to learn how to drive they need to start out by getting a drivers education book from the Department of Motor Vehicles. This way they can read up on the instructions and laws of the state that they are currently living in. There are particular laws that apply to each state. Some may have a little twist but the signs are always the same. This is also the part of the book that is most frustrating to new drivers too. Most likely it is because they must put the signs to memory and each sign has its own meaning.
There are certain signs that if you ignore them, if caught then you will get a traffic ticket. If you get too many traffic tickets they affect your points at the Department of Motor Vehicles and they may suspend your drivers license. You run the risk of having your auto insurance rates increase for having many traffic tickets too. If you ignore the wrong signs then you leave yourself open for a traffic accident that you will be blamed for and considered guilty when the policeman arrives and writes up the traffic ticket. This will not only mean that your auto insurance is responsible for fixing the other persons car but you will have a deductible to pay before you can get your own car out of the body shop if the damages are bad enough for such repairs.
There are some signs that almost mean the same thing but are slightly different, for example a red yielding sign means you come to a stop and then when clear merge into the lane with the flowing traffic. A yellow yielding sign means you can merge into the flowing traffic with caution. When do you stop for a school bus? If you are on a divided highway then you do not have to stop. This is when there is a median in the middle that separates the two sides of the road. If there is no median or a raise sidewalk between the two lanes of oncoming traffic then when the school bus stops you must stop allowing the children to cross the road safely if they need to. Signs are important so put them to memory and use them as they should be used.
There are certain signs that if you ignore them, if caught then you will get a traffic ticket. If you get too many traffic tickets they affect your points at the Department of Motor Vehicles and they may suspend your drivers license. You run the risk of having your auto insurance rates increase for having many traffic tickets too. If you ignore the wrong signs then you leave yourself open for a traffic accident that you will be blamed for and considered guilty when the policeman arrives and writes up the traffic ticket. This will not only mean that your auto insurance is responsible for fixing the other persons car but you will have a deductible to pay before you can get your own car out of the body shop if the damages are bad enough for such repairs.
There are some signs that almost mean the same thing but are slightly different, for example a red yielding sign means you come to a stop and then when clear merge into the lane with the flowing traffic. A yellow yielding sign means you can merge into the flowing traffic with caution. When do you stop for a school bus? If you are on a divided highway then you do not have to stop. This is when there is a median in the middle that separates the two sides of the road. If there is no median or a raise sidewalk between the two lanes of oncoming traffic then when the school bus stops you must stop allowing the children to cross the road safely if they need to. Signs are important so put them to memory and use them as they should be used.
