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What does the Be Prepared to Stop sign mean? How to explain it in English

Be Prepared to Stop sign, MUTCD W3-4

What it means: Traffic ahead may be stopped. Slow down and be ready to stop.

Practice this out loud

Say it like this

Español: Prepárese para parar. El tráfico adelante puede estar detenido.

How the officer may ask

The officer can show you 4 road signs, and you must explain what at least 3 of them mean. Practice the common signs first.

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Sign image: MUTCD W3-4. Public domain. Work of the U.S. federal government (FHWA MUTCD). Source: Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons