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Hawaii Motorcycle: Road Signs practice test
Learn the shapes, colors, and meanings of regulatory, warning, and guide signs — from stop and yield to construction and school-zone signs.
Content reviewed against official driver handbooks · August 12, 2026
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1. Which color and shape combination normally warns of a hazardous condition?
Correct answer: Yellow on a diamond
Yellow signals a warning about hazardous or potentially hazardous conditions, and it appears almost every time on a diamond-shaped sign.
Source: Hawaii Driver's Manual — Chapter VI, Colors and Shapes
2. What does a triangular red and white yield sign require?
Correct answer: Be ready to stop and give way, stopping when other traffic has the right-of-way
A yield sign means the other traffic goes first: approach ready to stop, and stop whenever traffic holding the right-of-way is there.
Source: Hawaii Driver's Manual — Chapter VI, Regulatory Signs
3. How many sides does a stop sign have, and what does it tell you about other traffic?
Correct answer: Eight sides; the other traffic holds the right-of-way
The stop sign is an eight-sided white-on-red sign, and it means the traffic you are joining has the right-of-way; you must come to a full stop and yield before moving on.
Source: Hawaii Driver's Manual — Chapter VI, Regulatory Signs
4. Where does the new limit take effect after a Reduced Speed Ahead sign?
Correct answer: At the next speed limit sign
The advance sign is only notice that you should begin slowing; the lower limit itself starts at the speed limit sign that follows.
Source: Hawaii Driver's Manual — Chapter VI, Regulatory Signs
5. What does a reflective triangular emblem on the back of a slow vehicle tell you?
Correct answer: The vehicle is designed for 25 mph or less, so slow down and approach with care
That 18-inch reflective triangle is required on vehicles built to travel at 25 mph or less, and it is your cue to cut speed and come up on the vehicle carefully.
Source: Hawaii Driver's Manual — Chapter V, Slow Moving Vehicle Emblem
6. What does the color red on a traffic sign tell a rider?
Correct answer: That an action is forbidden
Red marks something you are not allowed to do, and it turns up on signs of several different shapes.
Source: Hawaii Driver's Manual — Chapter VI, Colors and Shapes
7. What do black and white signs indicate, and what shape are they?
Correct answer: A required action, on a rectangular sign
Black and white means an action is required of you, and signs in those colors are always rectangular.
Source: Hawaii Driver's Manual — Chapter VI, Colors and Shapes
8. What can a rectangular black and white speed limit sign show?
Correct answer: Maximum and minimum limits, sometimes for particular times, conditions, or vehicles
Speed limit signs post the maximum and the minimum that apply, and they may set special limits for particular hours, conditions, or types of vehicle.
Source: Hawaii Driver's Manual — Chapter VI, Regulatory Signs
9. What does a Pass With Care sign mean?
Correct answer: The no-passing zone has ended
A rectangular black and white Pass With Care sign marks where a no-passing zone finishes.
Source: Hawaii Driver's Manual — Chapter VI, Regulatory Signs
10. What is the pennant-shaped yellow and black sign posted on the left side of the road?
Correct answer: A no passing zone sign marking the start of the zone
That pennant supplements the Do Not Pass sign, and it points to where the no-passing zone starts.
Source: Hawaii Driver's Manual — Chapter VI, Regulatory Signs
11. You stop at a stop sign but buildings block your view of cross traffic. What should you do?
Correct answer: Creep forward and stop a second time where the view opens up
When the first stop leaves you unable to see, creep forward slowly and stop a second time at a spot where approaching traffic is visible.
Source: Hawaii Driver's Manual — Chapter VI, Regulatory Signs
12. An orange sign in the roadway means what?
Correct answer: Road work lies ahead
Orange is the warning color for road work, and it shows up on rectangular and diamond-shaped signs alike.
Source: Hawaii Driver's Manual — Chapter VI, Colors and Shapes
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