Slow-moving vehicle emblem
A free practice question for the California permit test, with the answer explained.
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You see this orange triangle on the back of a vehicle. What does it mean?
The rule
An orange-and-red triangle on the back of a vehicle means it is a slow-moving vehicle. Road maintenance vehicles that carry it usually go 25 mph or less.
An orange-and-red triangle marks a slow-moving vehicle, such as road maintenance equipment. Expect it to go much slower than other traffic.
From the California Driver Handbook, section 7, page 45. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the DMV have the final word.
Often mixed up with
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