road sign

noun

: a sign near a road that has information for drivers

Examples of road sign in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Another fatality was reported after a road sign fell onto a car. Melissa Chan, NBC News, 27 Sep. 2024 Both vehicles went off the east side of the roadway, where the Acura struck a road sign. Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2024 Photographs often contained telltale clues—a distant road sign, a certain type of tree, a time of day, a specific kind of munition—that the subjects and photographers themselves didn’t realize were present. Amy Zegart, Foreign Affairs, 22 June 2021 Photos of the crash showed the Volkswagen Jetta went off the freeway and struck the post of a large road sign. Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 24 May 2024 As many families caring for an aging relative know, diminished capacity can be an issue — not just the ability to read a road sign at a distance, but in judgment and decision-making. Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 23 May 2024 Standard driver assistance systems, including lane-departure warning and road sign recognition, can be supplemented with optional blind-spot monitoring, rear cross-traffic alert, and adaptive cruise control. Karl Brauer, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024 My imagination needs a low fence, a road sign or two. Phoebe Chen, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2023 The motorcycle traveled off the right side of the road, struck a road sign and continued into a utility pole. Maria Morales, Baltimore Sun, 8 June 2023

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“Road sign.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/road%20sign. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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