Lodging Sign: Meaning and What to Do
The blue square with a white figure lying in a bed is the service sign for lodging: hotels and motels at an exit or along a route. It completes the set of essential service symbols with gas and food, and it appears on the same freeway panels.
Lodging Sign
The lodging symbol is one drivers should recognize for a safety reason as much as a convenience: the sign is a reminder that a tired driver has somewhere to stop. Fatigue is a cause of serious crashes in every state manual, and the blue bed marks the cure.
What to do when you see the lodging sign
If you need to stop for the night, or if you notice signs of fatigue, follow the exit the sign indicates. On a long drive, plan your overnight stop from the service panels ahead of time rather than pushing on into the night.
The signs it is confused with
Tests group it with the other blue service symbols and with the camping symbol, which shows a tent. The bed means lodging with a roof; the tent means a campground.
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What does the bed symbol sign mean?
Lodging is available at the exit or in the direction shown. It is a blue motorist-service sign.
What is the difference from the camping sign?
The camping sign shows a tent and marks a campground. The bed marks hotels and motels.
Why does the sign matter for safety?
It reminds tired drivers that they can stop. Drowsy driving is as dangerous as impaired driving, and the sign points to the remedy.
Where are lodging signs posted?
On freeway service panels before exits and along other routes with arrows toward the lodging.
How does this sign appear on the written test?
As a service-symbol identification question in the guide sign group.