Correct answer
Reduce speed.
Reduce speed. The signal applies to drivers approaching from the signalling arm’s side and perpendicular to it. It is neither a signal to resume movement nor an order to stop. The exception concerning inability to stop safely belongs to other stopping signals; it does not justify ignoring this instruction to reduce speed.
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Reduce speed.
Resume movement.
Stop because that is this signal’s meaning.
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Un agente extiende el brazo y lo mueve alternativamente de arriba abajo. Usted se acerca por el lado de ese brazo, perpendicularmente a él. ¿Qué le ordena?
- Disminuir la velocidad.(Correct answer)
- Reanudar la marcha.
- Detenerse por el significado de esta señal.
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