Illinois Road Signs Practice case studies
Illinois Road Signs Practice · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Illinois road signs practice on this page is a study aid for the sign-recognition portion of the Illinois driver's license knowledge test, which the Secretary of State administers at its Driver Services facilities. It is written for first-time permit applicants, out-of-state drivers transferring a license, and anyone who has let a license lapse and must test again. The Illinois Road Signs Practice case studies are 5 cases and about 3,516 words.
1Six-Forty at the No-Turn-on-Red Corner
on a Thursday you are northbound in the right lane of a four-lane arterial, approaching a signalized intersection with a shopping center on the far corner. Your destination is a hardware store half a mile past the intersection, but you are already in the lane marked RIGHT LANE MUST TURN RIGHT by a white-on-black regulatory sign mounted beside a raised concrete island; a solid white line separates it from the through lane for the last 200 feet.
721 words, about 4 min2Advisory 40 on a Wet Reverse Curve
You are westbound at dusk on a two-lane Illinois state route posted 55 mph, driving a loaded pickup with worn all-season tires. Rain has been falling for twenty minutes and the asphalt is wet and greasy.
698 words, about 3 min3Red Signal, Waving Flagger, Orange Line
On a two-lane rural highway posted 55 mph, you are southbound toward a resurfacing project. Orange diamond signs read ROAD WORK AHEAD, then ONE LANE ROAD 1,000 FT, then a plaque reading FINES DOUBLE IN WORK ZONE.
672 words, about 3 min4Two Tracks, Dark Signals, 34 Feet of Trailer
You are eastbound at 11:30 p.m. on a two-lane county road, driving a pickup towing a 16-foot utility trailer, 34 feet bumper to bumper.
732 words, about 4 min5Flashing Yellow Arrow With a Blocked Sight Line
You are northbound at 5:15 p.m. on a six-lane arterial, stopped in the outside of two left-turn lanes, waiting to turn west onto a major street.
693 words, about 3 min