Food Sign: Meaning and What to Do
The blue square with a white knife and fork inside a circle is the service sign for food. It marks restaurants and eating places at an exit or along a route, and it appears with the fuel and lodging symbols on freeway service panels so drivers can decide whether to leave the highway.
Food Sign
Like the other blue signs, it carries information only. The symbol says food is available; the logo panels that sometimes follow on freeways name the businesses, and the arrows at the exit show the direction.
What to do when you see the food sign
Nothing is required of you. If you want to stop, follow the exit the sign indicates and then the arrows or logo panels toward the restaurant. On long trips, use the service panels to plan stops before fatigue sets in.
The signs it is confused with
Tests ask you to identify the symbol among the other blue service signs. The knife and fork is distinctive; the trap is confusing the whole blue family with green guide signs, which give directions rather than services.
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What does the knife and fork sign mean?
Food is available at the exit or in the direction shown. It is a blue motorist-service sign.
What color are food, gas, and lodging signs?
Blue with white symbols. Blue is reserved for services and information for drivers.
What are the signs with restaurant logos?
Specific service signs on freeways, blue panels that show the logos of businesses at the exit. They follow the symbol sign.
How is a blue sign different from a green one?
Green signs give directions, destinations, and distances. Blue signs tell you which services are available.
How does this sign appear on the written test?
As a symbol identification item and in questions about what the color blue means on road signs.