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Street Signs from the Car
Created by Amy Shepherd, M.Ed.
Copyright © 2025
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From the backseat of my car, I hear the world moving around me. I feel the bumps and curves of the road beneath me. I smell the engine’s exhaust, a sharp, warm scent in the air.
My driver follows street signs to keep us safe and sound. It’s fun to spot them from my window as we drive all over town!
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What street sign do you see?
It’s a speed limit sign.
Speed limit signs are shaped like rectangles. They are white with big black numbers that tell you how fast to go.
In my neighborhood, there’s a speed limit sign that says 15. This means we need to go slow. I can barely hear the engine as the car moves slowly past.
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On the bigger roads around my town, the speed limit sign says 40.
I don’t have to see it to know our car is moving fast.
I feel our speed as the engine roars and other cars zoom past.
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What street sign do you see?
It’s a yield sign.
Yield signs are shaped like triangles with one tip pointing down.
They are bright red with a white center and large red letters.
“Yield” tells the driver of our car to slow down and let other cars go first. I can feel the car slow down when we pass this sign. Sometimes, I even catch a glimpse of red as we drive by.
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What street sign do you see?
It’s a traffic signal sign.
Traffic signal signs are bright yellow with red, yellow, and green circles in the middle.
They tell us that there’s a stoplight ahead, and we should be ready to stop. Our car slows down as we approach, and the traffic light tells our driver what to do.
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When the light is yellow, I know it means “wait.”
I can feel the car slow as we approach, and sometimes, I hear the sound of other cars stopping, too.
Yellow means Wait!
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When the light turns red, we stop and wait.
Red means Stop!
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When the light turns green, the engine purrs, and we start to go again.
Green means Go!
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From the backseat of my car, I hear the world moving around me. I feel the bumps and curves of the road beneath me. I smell the engine’s exhaust, a sharp, warm scent in the air.
My driver follows street signs to keep us safe and sound. It’s fun to spot them from my window when we drive all over town!
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