California Car / Permit practice question · Road Signs
What does a yellow diamond-shaped sign with an arrow that curves one way then the other mean?
Answer choices
- A new lane is added ahead; merging is not required.
- The road ahead connects only to dead-end streets.
- A roundabout (circular intersection) is ahead; slow down and prepare to yield.
- A curve in one direction followed by a curve in the opposite direction.— Correct answer
Why this is the answer
A curve in one direction followed by a curve in the opposite direction. (This is the "Reverse Curve" sign.)
Source: California Driver Handbook — Traffic Signs
Content reviewed against official driver handbooks · August 12, 2026
More Road Signs questions
- You approach a white rectangular sign reading 'SLOWER TRAFFIC KEEP RIGHT'. What does it tell you to do?
- You approach a white rectangular sign reading 'SPEED LIMIT' above a number. What does it tell you to do?
- At many railroad crossings, a separate blue-and-white sign posted near the tracks is meant to:
- You approach a white sign with a diagonal arrow reading 'KEEP RIGHT'. What does it tell you to do?
- You approach a white rectangular sign reading 'MINIMUM SPEED' above a number. What does it tell you to do?