Sign library · Warning

YIELD AHEAD

ColorYellow
ShapeDiamond
FamilyWarning
Where you see itBefore yield signs hidden from view

What it means

A yield sign is coming. Prepare to slow and give way before you can even see the merge or crossing it protects.

What you should do

Reduce speed and start reading the road ahead: where is the traffic you will be yielding to coming from?

Memory trick

The empty triangle inside the diamond is the yield sign’s shadow, sent ahead of it.

The mistake drivers make

Arriving at the yield at full speed and braking hard at the last moment, which surprises the drivers behind you.

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