chapter 7 study guide
Terms
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- crossbuck
- large X-shaped sign located beside an uncontrolled railroad crossing
- uncontrolled railroad crossing
- railroad crossing that does not have flashing red lights or crossing gates
- yellow light
- when you approach an intersection as the light turns yellow
- line of sight restriction
- distance you can see ahead in the direction you are looking
- stale green light
- light that has been green for a long time
- through street
- always has the right of way
- right of way
- privilege of having immediate use of a certin part of a roadway
- gap
- distance between vehicles
- through traffic
- traffic traveling through street.
- red light
- approaching an intersection as the light turns red
- yeild
- to allow another vehicle or roadway user to proceed first
- point of no return
- point beyond wich a driver can no longer stop safely without entering the intersection
- controlled intersection
- intersection at which traffic signals or signs determine the right of way
- unprotected left turn
- left turn made at a signal-controlled intersection without a special left-turn light
- fresh green light
- light that has just turned from red to green
- protected left turn
- left turn made on a left-turn light, green arrow, or delayed green light while oncoming traffic is stoped
- controlled railroad crossing
- railroad crossing controlled by flashing red lights and or crossing gates
- traffic circle
- intersection that forms when several roadways meet at a circle