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Traffic Safety Quiz
Know your traffic control devices!

Question 1

What do yellow pavement markings in the center of the road mean in the U.S.?
  A. There is opposing traffic in a neighboring lane
  B. Do not pass
  C. You are driving in a work zone

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Question 2

What does the color red on a traffic sign indicate?
  A. Hospital zone
  B. Stop or prohibition
  C. Speed zone ahead

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Question 3

What does the color green on a traffic sign indicate?
  A. Parkway or scenic drive
  B. Direction or guidance
  C. Exit only

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Question 4

What type of sign is shaped like a triangle with one angle pointing down?
  A. One-way street
  B. No Parking
  C. Yield

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Question 5

If you are driving east on an Interstate highway and cross a state line, the first mile marker you see will:
  A. Depends on how many miles it is to the eastern border of the state
  B. Reads "Mile 1"
  C. Depends on how many miles it is to the next interstate interchange

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Question 6

How many motor-vehicle deaths were reported in the U.S. in 1996?
  A. 15,600
  B. 43,300
  C. 87,350

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Question 7

The number of motor vehicle deaths are about equally split between daytime and nighttime. Because there are fewer miles driven at night, however, the death rate per 100 million miles driven is higher at night. How much higher is it?
  A. The death rate is... four times higher at night than during the day.
  B. The death rate is about two times higher at night than during the day.
  C. The death rate is higher at night than during the day.

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Question 8

Seat belts save lives. How much is the risk of fatal injury reduced to front seat passenger car occupants who wear seat belts?
  A. 20%
  B. 45%
  C. 67%

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RESULTS
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