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In Ireland, the yield sign reads yield in most areas, although in Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking) areas the text is géill slí ("yield right of way" [7]) instead. [8] [9] Signs erected between 1962 and 1997 read yield right of way, [10] which remains legally permitted. [9] Signs 1956–1962 had a blank white interior. [11]
Right of way drawing of U.S. Route 25E for widening project, 1981 Right of way highway marker in Athens, Georgia Julington-Durbin Peninsula power line right of way. A right of way (also right-of-way) is a transportation corridor along which people, animals, vehicles, watercraft, or utility lines travel, or the legal status that gives them the right to do so.
Today "right of way" has come to be used to describe ground that the government, through reservation, condemnation or dedication, has acquired for its roadway system. However, the older and more common meaning of "right of way" was the right to locate and build a "way" (roadway) later on.
The distance needed depends on the type of traffic control at the intersection (uncontrolled, yield sign, stop sign or signal), and the maneuver (left turn, right turn, or proceeding straight). All-way stop intersections need the least, and uncontrolled intersections require the most. Intersection sight distance is a key factor in whether no ...
The general principle that establishes who has the right to go first is called "right of way" or "priority". It establishes who has the right to use the conflicting part of the road and who has to wait until the other does so. The vehicle that does not need to wait is said to "have the right of way" or to "have priority."
The U.S. Forest Service on Wednesday withdrew its approval of a right-of-way permit that would have allowed the construction of a railroad project through about 12 miles (19 kilometers) of ...
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.
Clinton Riggs was born July 15, 1910, in Fairview, Oklahoma, in 1910.His family moved to Tulsa, where he graduated from Central High School in 1929. He joined the Tulsa Police Department (TPD) in 1934, but left to join the Oklahoma Highway Patrol in 1934.