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Regulation signs are white rectangles

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Practice question · Signs and markings

What does a white rectangular sign usually give you?

The rule

Regulation signs are usually white rectangles with black letters or symbols, though some have other shapes or red letters. They give rules about direction, lane use, turns, speed and parking.

Regulation signs are normally white rectangles. They set rules for the direction of traffic, lanes, turns, speed and parking.

From the New York State Driver's Manual, page 29. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the DMV have the final word.

Often mixed up with

People confuse these rules with this one. Each has its own practice question.

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