Warning Signs

Advisory exit speed

VA Driver's Manual (Apr 2026) §2 Warning Signs

Advisory exit speed

Meaning

An advisory speed sign on a highway exit indicates the maximum safe speed for the exit. It is a warning to slow down for the ramp, not a new freeway speed limit.

What to do

The maximum safe speed for that exit.

Practice question

The answer stays closed until you open it.

This yellow exit warning includes a small speed plaque. What does the number on an advisory speed sign for a highway exit represent?

  • The maximum safe speed for that exit.
  • The legal minimum speed on the freeway.
  • The speed of cross traffic.
  • A speed that applies only to trucks.
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Answer: The maximum safe speed for that exit.

An advisory speed sign on a highway exit indicates the maximum safe speed for the exit. It is a warning to slow down for the ramp, not a new freeway speed limit.

What does the Advisory exit speed sign mean?

An advisory speed sign on a highway exit indicates the maximum safe speed for the exit. It is a warning to slow down for the ramp, not a new freeway speed limit. This is study wording cited to VA Driver's Manual (Apr 2026) §2 Warning Signs. It is not a verbatim quotation from the manual.

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Next step

Open a related sign, then use the short road-signs quiz when you want mixed practice.