Regulatory, Lane & Parking Signs
You come to this sign where your street joins a busier road. What should you do?
- ACome to a full stop at the sign even when no traffic is coming, then go.
- BSlow down, let traffic on the other road go first, and stop if needed.
- CKeep your speed, because traffic on the busier road must make room for you.
- DTake turns with drivers on the busier road, one vehicle from each road at a time.
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Correct answer: B. Slow down, let traffic on the other road go first, and stop if needed.
Why
A YIELD sign means you must let traffic on the other road go first. Slow to a speed that is safe for the conditions, look for vehicles that could cross your path, and stop if you need to. Go when you will not get in their way. A STOP sign is different: it has eight sides and requires a full stop every time. At a YIELD sign, you stop only when traffic makes it necessary.
Why the other answers are not correct
- A. Wrong: a YIELD sign requires a stop only when traffic makes it necessary; a full stop each time is the rule of a STOP sign.
- C. Wrong: you must give the right-of-way to conflicting traffic at a YIELD sign; that traffic does not have to make room for you.
- D. Wrong: drivers at a YIELD sign do not take turns with the other road; they let conflicting traffic go first and enter when it is safe.
Verified against Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways, 11th Edition with Revision 1 · Section 2B.05 YIELD Sign (R1-2) · p. 115
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