Practice question

When directing traffic, how should the officer signal to start the flow of traffic from a stopped position?

  1. Point at the sky and blow the whistle once.
  2. Stand sideways to the traffic, look toward them, and beckon them forward with an underarm wave of the hand.
  3. Run toward the vehicles waving them forward.
  4. Turn their back to the vehicles and walk away.

Answer: B — Stand sideways to the traffic, look toward them, and beckon them forward with an underarm wave of the hand.

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