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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]
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. On multi-lane roads, advance yield lines are used before mid-block crosswalks to ...
Handicap sign One of Catskill Park's distinctive brown town signs with yellow text, showing the hamlet of Pine Hill. In North America (including Mexico) these colours normally have these meanings. These are standard but exceptions may exist, especially outside the US: red with white for stop signs, yield, and forbidden actions (such as No Parking)
Yield sign in Switzerland. Mandatory direction to military traffic. Signs, signals, markings and other features are often used to make priority explicit. Some signs, such as the stop sign, are nearly universal. When there are no signs or markings, different rules are observed depending on the location.
11th edition of the MUTCD, published December 2023. In the United States, road signs are, for the most part, standardized by federal regulations, most notably in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) and its companion volume the Standard Highway Signs (SHS).
The original MUTCD prohibitory and restrictive signs were text-only (i.e. NO LEFT TURN). [14] Some of these signs continue to be used in the US. Yield signs can be blank or have text with the legend "YIELD" or "GIVE WAY" depending on which country it is. The No Entry / Do Not Enter sign may or may not feature text.
Road signs in Australia are regulated by each state's government, but are standardised overall throughout the country. In 1999, the National Transport Commission (NTC), created the first set of Rules of the Road for Australia. [1] Australian road signs use the AS 1744:2015 fonts, which is the Highway Gothic typeface.
Road signs in Guyana generally follow the same design as those used in the United States and are based on the MUTCD with the exception that some signs are reversed since the country drives on the left. [12] However, most of current signs found in Guyana, are non-compliant with MUTCD standards.