Yield sign

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A modern yield sign

In road transport, a yield or give way sign indicates that merging drivers must prepare to stop if necessary to let a driver on another approach proceed. A driver who stops or slows down to let another vehicle through has yielded the right of way to that vehicle. In contrast, a stop sign requires each driver to stop completely before proceeding, whether or not other traffic is present. Under the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals, the international standard for the modern sign is an inverted equilateral triangle with a red border and either a white or yellow background. Particular regulations regarding appearance, installation, and compliance with the signs vary by some jurisdiction.

Terminology

While give way and yield essentially have the same meaning in this context, many countries have a clear preference of one term over the other. The following table lists which countries and territories use which term. This chart is based on official government usage in the English language and excludes indirect translations from other languages.

Areas where give way is used

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Areas where yield is used

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History

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Blue give-way sign as used in Czechoslovakia, 1938

A black triangle (within the standard down-arrow-shape of stop signs) was a symbol of "stop for all vehicles" from about 1925 in Germany. The triangular yield sign was used as early as 1937, when it was introduced in Denmark in red and white (matching the Danish flag),[1] in 1938 when it was codified in Czechoslovakia in a blue-white variant without words,[2] and in 1939 in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia which adopted the current red-white variant.[3] In the United States, the first yield sign was erected in 1950 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, designed by Tulsa police officer Clinton Riggs;[4][5] Riggs invented only the sign, not the rule, which was already in place.[6] Riggs' original design was shaped like a keystone; later versions bore the shape of an inverted equilateral triangle in common use today. The inverted equilateral triangle was then adopted by the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals as the international standard.

Country specifics

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Yield sign Leipzig, East Germany 1951

Australia

In Australia, the Give Way sign evolved similarly to its counterpart in the United States. During the 1940s and 1950s, the sign was a yellow circle. In 1960, the sign changed to a red triangle. In the 1980s, the sign adopted its modern design and gained a counterpart for use at roundabouts.

Ireland

In Ireland, the yield sign reads Template:Ifsubst in most areas, although in Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking) areas the text is Script error: No such module "Lang". ("yield right of way"[7]) instead.[8][9] Signs erected from 1962 until 1997 read Template:Ifsubst,[10] which remains legally permitted.[9] Signs 1956–1962 had a blank white interior.[11]

New Zealand

In New Zealand, the original design also used the keystone shape as in the United States but used a black background with a red border. In the 1980s, the modern design was adopted. On sealed roads, the give way sign is always accompanied by a white line painted on the road to clarify the rule to road users even if the sign is obscured or missing.[12]

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom's give way sign
The United Kingdom's give way sign
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A bilingual sign in Welsh and English, warning of a "give way" junction 50 yards (46 metres) ahead
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Accompanying road markings for a give way sign as found in the UK

The United Kingdom's Road Traffic Act calls for Template:Ifsubst signs and road markings at junctions (crossroads) where the give-way rule is to apply. The road marking accompanying the sign consists of a large inverted triangle painted just before the place to give way, which is marked by broken white lines across the road.[13]

In Wales, some signs bear a bilingual legend: the Welsh Template:Ifsubst appears above Template:Ifsubst.

In the United Kingdom, a stop or give-way sign may be preceded by an inverted, blank, triangular sign with an advisory placard such as Template:Small caps.[14]

United States

In the Federal Highway Administration's Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, a yield sign may be warranted[15]

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The sign went through several changes from its original design to the sign used today. Originally invented in 1950 and added to the MUTCD in 1954, the sign used the "keystone" shape before adopting the more readily recognized triangular shape. In 1971, the sign evolved into its modern version and changed from yellow to red, paralleling the same change that had earlier been made by STOP signs.

Other countries

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Yield sign in Mexico.
  • Most countries around the world use a red and white inverted triangle with no text.
  • Cuba, Finland, Greece, Iceland, Kuwait, Nigeria, Poland, Sweden and Vietnam use a red and yellow version of the sign.
  • United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, Bhutan and most Commonwealth nations use a version of the sign that reads Template:Ifsubst.
  • Dominica, Fiji, Liberia, New Zealand, and Samoa display text in red.
  • Singapore places the sign inside a white round square.
  • Belize, Brazil, Canada and Romania use a much thicker red border.
  • Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela use Template:Ifsubst.
  • Puerto Rico uses a version of the American sign translated into Spanish which reads Template:Ifsubst.

Gallery

Signs with text in English

Signs with text in Spanish

Signs with text in other languages

Signs with bilingual text

See also

Notes

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  1. ↑ Bekendtgørelse om Hovedfærdselsaarer, 27. marts 1937, Denmark
  2. ↑ Government ordinance No. 100/1938 Sb. n. a z., Czechoslovakia
  3. ↑ Government ordinance No. č. 242/1939 Sb. (Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia)
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  15. ↑ FHWA – MUTCD – 2003 Edition Revision 1 Chapter 2B
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