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Module 1 – Licensing, Signs, Signals & Pavement Markings (DE.1, DE.6)

Directions: Answer the following questions or fill in the blank with the correct word/phrase from the presentation.
Topic 1: Driver Education Program Goals
1. A minimum of 36 periods of instruction are required for classroom driver education.

2. A 90 minute parent/teen traffic safety presentation is required in N. Virginia and in many other school divisions in Virginia.

Topic 2: Juvenile Licensing Laws

3. Driving Inexperience: New drivers need a lot of guided practice to recognize and correctly respond to potential driving
hazards.

4. Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) provides new drivers with driving experience and skills gradually over time in low-risk
environments.

5. Graduated Licensing Law places restrictions on driving at night, limits on the number of teenage passengers, requires 9-
months practice driving with a learner’s permit, 45 hour of supervised driving. The minimum age for an unrestricted license is
21. If you get a ticket you go to driving school. The more tickets you get – you lose your license.

6. Curfew is from midnight until 4 am. PWC Curfew is 11pm-5am Sunday –Thursday and 12-5 Friday and Saturday

7. Young drivers who have a provisional driver’s license may have no more than one non-family passenger under the age of 21.

8. Passenger Restrictions for a Driver’s License. Virginia law allows one non-family passengers under the age of 21 to ride in a
car for the first year. After first year, may have three non-family passengers under the age of 21 when driving to and from a
school activity, a licensed driver is occupying the seat beside the driver, and in cases of emergency.

9. If under age 18 no wireless devices – even hands free while driving a car.

10. Text messaging increases the risk of crashes or near crashes 23.2 times!

11. A CDL is a license that is required to drive large vehicles: tractor-trailers, school buses, passenger buses, large tank vehicles,
vehicles carrying hazardous materials.

12. ID cards have no age restrictions and are available for adults or children. It costs $10 and expires 5 years from the date of
issue.

13. To obtain a learner’s permit you must have parental permission, be at least 15 years and 6 months. You must provide proof of
residency, identity, social security number and legal presence.

14. Parents can verify residency for applicants less than 19 years old. Can use a DMV-issued ID card.

15. For proof of legal presence, you need a birth certificate, legal passport, social security card or visa card.

16. In order to obtain a learner’s, permit you must pass a 2-part knowledge exam. You must correctly answer all 10 traffic sign,
signals and pavement marking questions and 80% of the general knowledge questions.
17. You must pass a vision test and have 20/40 corrected vision.

18. Practice Driving with a lisensed driver who is legally able to drive and
a. at least 21 years old, or
b. a/an immediate family member who is at least 18 years old.

19. For applicants under 18: If you fail the learner’s permit test you must wait 15 days to retake and pay a fee.
If you fail your learner’s test 3 times, you must complete a driver education course SUBSEQUENT to the third fail.

20. A vertical license is for persons under 21 years of age. A horizontal license is for persons 21 age and older.

21. Virginia Driver License Requirements: Applicants less than 18 years must: be at least 16 years and 3 months old, practice
driving with a learner’s permit for at least 9 months, and successfully complete an approved driver education program
(classroom/attendance of 90-minute parent/teen meeting and in-car).

22. Virginia License Requirements: Applicants less than 18 years old must: have parent or gardian permission, and a
parent/guardian must certify the applicant has driven a motor vehicle for 45 hours, at least 15 of which were after sunset.

23. Juvenile Licensing Ceremony: The court will send notice of the date to appear within the initial 180-day licensing period. Dress
appropriately, be on time, and bring learner’s permit and 180-day temporary driver’s license.

24. A motorcycle permit allows you to operate a motorcycle after 4am and before midnight. Must be supervised by a person at
least 21, licensed to operate a motorcycle, and able to assist your/riding along with you. You must wear an approved helmet
and hold the permit a minimum of 30 days.

25. To receive a motorcycle license, you must pass the driver’s license two-part knowledge exam, motorcycle knowledge exam,
and motorcycle road skills test. If you already hold a driver’s license, you may add a Class M to your license.

26. If you decide to become an organ donor, your choice will be noted on the front of your driver's license or photo ID card. If you
and your parent decide that you want to be a donor, a black heart will be on your permit.

27. Suspensions/Revocations: On your 1st offense under 18 – Anyone convicted of a violation under the age of 21 will be
mandated by a judge to attend a driver improvement clinic.

28. Administrative License Suspension (ALS): Your driver’s license will be suspended for a minimum of seven days if you register
a Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) of 0.08 or higher, are under age 21 and register a BAC of 0.08 or higher (zero tolerance
law), refuse to take the field sobriety test (implied consent law).

29. 10 consecutive unexcused absences may result in license suspension. The court issues a “show cause” to the parent asking
why their child’s license should not be suspended. The court may suspend the license for any period up to age 18.

30. Consequences for driving while your license is suspended: jail time; Fine; and Extension of the initial suspension.

Topic 3 – Learner’s Permit Exam

31. Traffic lights tell drivers and pedestrians what they must do at intersections and along roads. They tell road users when to stop
and go, when and how to turn and when to drive with extra caution.
32. Traffic Signals: --- stop and remain stopped as long as the signal is red. yellow- a steady yellow light or arrow indicates that
the light is about to change - clear the intersection. green – go IF the way is clear.

33. A yellow arrow is a warning that the light is about to change - if you have not entered the intersection, stop - do not speed up
to beat the light. At a flashing yellow arrow, you may turn in the direction of the arrow, if the way is clear.

34. Red arrow: stop – Virginia law prohibits right or left turn on red unless there’s a sign allowing it.

35. Right turn on Red: At some intersections you may turn right while the traffic light is red. before turning stop and check for
traffic and pedestrians.

36. Flashing Red light: stop, yield and go when clear. Flashing red arrow: stop, yield and go when clear.

37. Flashing Yellow Light: slow down! Flashing yellow arrow: yield to vehicles & pedestrians and turn in direction of arrow if way is
clear.

38. Green Arrow – go in the direction of arrow if clear. If turning, yield to vehicles from other direction.

39. If signal lights do not work, you must stop and handle the intersection as though it were a 4-way stop. This does not apply if
law enforcement is directing traffic at the intersection.

40. Traffic Signals and Meanings:

Signal Meaning
STEADY red Stop. Remain stopped until the signal is no longer red.

STEADY yellow A change is about to occur in the direction of moving traffic.

STEADY green Go if it is safe to do so.

FLASHING red Stop completely before entering the intersection

(Treat it the same as you would a stop sign.)
FLASHING yellow Slow down! Proceed with caution.

STEADY green arrow Go in the direction of the arrow if it is safe to do so, but only after yielding to other
vehicles and pedestrians.

41. Traffic Sign Colors Have Meaning:

Color Meaning
red Prohibitive, stop, yield, do not and no

blue Motorist services

green Guide information, such as direction or guidance signs

yellow General warning

Pink Advise/warn about incidents (road user incident, natural

disaster, hazardous material spills)
orange Construction and maintenance work
 white Regulatory signs

brown Recreation and cultural interest

Florescent optic yellow School zones, school crossings and pedestrian crossings

42. Shapes have meaning

Shape Meaning
octagon Stop signs

triangle Yield signs

diamond Warning Signs

pentagon School and school crossings

pennant Advanced warning of no passing zones

rectangle Regulatory or guide

rectangle Indicates regulatory

rectangle Indicates directions or information

circle Advanced warning of railroad crossing

triangle Railroad crossing (same as yield sign)

43. Label the road signs:

Road splitting ahead Slippery When Wet pedestrian crossing school crossing right lane

Ending merge left

44. Yellow Lines: separate traffic moving in opposite directions and marks left edge of divided highways and one-way.

45. White Lines: Separate traffic going in the same direction and marks right edge of roadway.

46. Pavement Markings Center Lines:

Center Line Color Pattern Meaning

YELLOW solid Opposite direction traffic; no passing allowed
WHITE solid Same direction traffic; no passing allowed

YELLOW dotted Opposite direction traffic; passing permitted if safe

WHITE dotted Same direction traffic; passing permitted if safe

YELLOW One solid, one broken Opposite direction traffic; passing permitted only
on side with broken line if safe
YELLOW or WHITE Double dotted Reversible lanes; switch according to the time of
day.

47. From a shared left turn lane, left turns can be made from either direction in the middle of the roadway. Left turns from a
driveway only roadway to merge into a gap in traffic. Traffic from both directions use this lane to turn left.
You may not travel more than 150 feet in this lane.

48. Reversible lanes carry traffic in opposite directions at different times. Signals above the lanes are to designate traffic flow.
a. GREEN arrow permitted to drive in that lane.
b. RED X the lane is closed to you.
c. Steady YELLOW X evacuate this lane because it will soon be controlled by a red X.
d. Flashing YELLOW X can only use lane to turn left.

49. Triangles painted on the pavement indicate that you must yield.

50. Arrows indicate direction of the flow of traffic.

51. Label the pavement markings:

HOV (high occupancy vehicle bicycle lane bus lane