What is the meaning of the following traffic sign?
- Steep descent for the next 2,500 meters.· Correct answer
- Steep ascent for the next 2,500 meters.
- Steep descent starts in 2,500 meters.
- A dangerous ascent starts in 2,500 meters.
Explanation
When the steep descent sign (140) appears with a number and the word 'metres' without further clarification, it means the descent begins immediately and the number indicates its length. Thus '2,500 metres' means a descent 2.5 kilometres long that begins now.
How to approach it
Descent + a number only = the length of the descent that begins now
from herefor a stretch of2,500 metres
Common mistake
Confusing the length of the descent with the distance to its start
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