USA Road Signs

Regulatory Signs
Turning Traffic Must Yield to Pedestrians
Background color: white
Location: signalized intersections
The Turning Traffic Must Yield to Pedestrians sign reminds drivers making turns that they must yield to pedestrians crossing the intersection. This sign helps improve pedestrian safety by ensuring that drivers allow pedestrians to pass before completing their turn.
Tips to remember:
When making a turn, always check for pedestrians in the crosswalk and yield to them. Your turn can wait, pedestrian safety comes first.
Regulatory Signs
Two Way Traffic Ahead
Background color: white
Location: transition from one-way to two-way streets
The Two Way Traffic Ahead sign informs motorists that they are exiting a one-way street and entering a two-way street. It is typically placed 200 feet before the intersection where the transition occurs to alert drivers to prepare for oncoming traffic.
Tips to remember:
When you see this sign, be ready for oncoming vehicles as you leave the one-way street. Keep right to avoid conflicts with approaching traffic.
Regulatory Signs
Two-Way Left Turn Only
Background color: white
Location: center lanes of highways or streets
The Two-Way Left Turn Only sign indicates that the center lane is reserved exclusively for left turns from both directions. The lane is not intended for through travel or passing. This sign is often used in combination with pavement markings, particularly in areas where this lane usage is new to drivers or where visibility of markings is limited by environmental conditions.
Tips to remember:
Notice the two arrows pointing in opposite directions? This means the lane is only for making left turns from both directions. Don’t use this lane for driving straight or passing other vehicles.
Regulatory Signs
WRONG WAY
Background color: red
Location: entrance or exit ramps
The WRONG WAY sign is placed on ramps or roads to warn drivers that they are going in the wrong direction and need to turn around immediately. If there is nothing physically preventing a driver from entering the wrong direction (for example, onto a one-way road), the WRONG WAY sign can be placed along with the DO NOT ENTER sign for additional warning.
Tips to remember:
WRONG WAY means you're heading in the wrong direction, so you need to turn around or change direction before passing the sign to go the right way.
Regulatory Signs
YIELD
Background color: red
Location: intersections
The sign means to slow down and be ready to stop if necessary, allowing any vehicles, bicyclists, or pedestrians to pass before you proceed.
Tips to remember:
"Yield" means to "give way," letting others proceed before you.
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Regulatory Signs
Yield Here To Pedestrians
Background color: white
Location: in advance of marked crosswalks on multi-lane roads
This sign indicates to drivers that they must yield to pedestrians at the marked crosswalk ahead. It is typically used on multi-lane roadways without traffic signals where pedestrian crossing needs special attention.
Tips to remember:
Look out for this sign before crosswalks on multi-lane roads. It is placed in advance to give drivers time to yield to pedestrians safely.
Regulatory Signs
Yield to Uphill Traffic
Background color: white
Location: hills and climbing lanes
The 'Yield to Uphill Traffic' sign instructs drivers traveling downhill to yield to vehicles coming uphill. It is commonly placed where a climbing lane has been provided and where one-direction no-passing markings are present, allowing downhill traffic to pass only when it is safe. This sign ensures that uphill vehicles, which may struggle to maintain speed, have the right of way.
Tips to remember:
When you are driving downhill and see this sign, slow down and yield to vehicles coming uphill. Uphill vehicles may have difficulty stopping or regaining speed if they are forced to stop, so it is essential to give them the right of way.