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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.
A yield line, also called shark's teeth or a give way line, is a type of marking used to inform drivers of the point where they need to yield and give priority to conflicting vehicle or pedestrian traffic at an intersection or roundabout controlled by a yield sign.
See three-way junction 5-1-1 A transportation and traffic information telephone hotline in some regions of the United States and Canada that was initially designated for road weather information. A Access road See frontage road Advisory speed limit A speed recommendation by a governing body. All-way stop or four-way stop An intersection system where traffic approaching it from all directions ...
Most American states and territories require merging traffic to yield to through traffic in the lane they wish to enter. [ citation needed ] This further complicates the common understanding of proper merging protocol, for even though zipper merging is widely encouraged, those doing so are still legally required to yield, and those who choose ...
Sign warning of cattle crossing in a rural road of Madeira Island, Portugal. Traffic signs can be grouped into several types. For example, Annexe 1 of the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals (1968), which on 30 June 2004 had 52 signatory countries, defines eight categories of signs:
At an uncontrolled T-junction (3-way intersection), right of way rules differ from country to country. In Australia, the United Kingdom, New Zealand [1] and parts of the United States (really just California as is cited), [2] [additional citation(s) needed] traffic on the terminating road must give way (yield) to traffic on the continuing road.
Tailgating is the action of a driver driving behind another vehicle while not leaving sufficient distance to stop without causing a collision if the vehicle in front stops suddenly. [1] The safe distance for following another vehicle varies depending on various factors including vehicle speed, weather, visibility and other road conditions. Some ...
Yield (college admissions), a statistic describing what percent of applicants choose to enroll; Yield, by Pearl Jam; Yield sign, a traffic sign; The Yield, a 2019 novel by Tara June Winch; In cooking, yield is how many a recipe creates. Yield, a feature of a coroutine in computer programming. Yield, an element of the TV series The Amazing Race