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A Give way sign, also known as a yield sign in some countries, informs the driver that they must give way to vehicles on the major road. Under the Vienna Convention, the standard sign should be a white or yellow inverted triangle with a red border. This originates in
File:CZ-E02b Tvar křižovatky.svg, Sign indicating the route of priority road (thick line) at an intersection and defining the priority
File:Zeichen 301 - Vorfahrt, StVO 1970.svg, Dangerous intersection with priority indication (for the next intersection only). Different variants of the sign can be used on both priority- and non-priority roads. ''Each sign has the thicker line indicating the road or direction that has priority with the viewer's own direction being from the bottom of the sign.''
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traffic sign
Traffic signs or road signs are signs erected at the side of or above roads to give instructions or provide information to road users. The earliest signs were simple wooden or stone milestones. Later, signs with directional arms were introduce ...
s indicate the order in which vehicles should pass intersection points. Vehicles often come into conflict with other vehicles and pedestrians because their intended courses of travel intersect, and thus interfere with each other's routes. The general principle that establishes who has the right to go first is called "right of way
Right of way is the legal right, established by grant from a landowner or long usage (i.e. by prescription), to pass along a specific route through property belonging to another.
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" 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."
Types of sign
A Give way sign, also known as a yield sign in some countries, informs the driver that they must give way to vehicles on the major road. Under the Vienna Convention, the standard sign should be a white or yellow inverted triangle with a red border. This originates in Denmark
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In some countries, the words ''Give Way'' or equivalent may be included with the sign. These signs are usually accompanied by a give way marking, normally one or multiple dashed lines or shark teeth across the carriageway.
Alternative priority systems
Swiss
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* the adjectival form of Switzerland
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mountain postal road sign: priority given to public transport, such as postal bus (pay special attention to the specific three-tone-horn of the postal bus approaching hairpin bends and wait before the bend; traffic users must follow instructions given by public transport drivers)
File:CH-Hinweissignal-Ende der Bergpoststrasse.svg, Swiss End of mountain postal road
File:Filter in Turn Sign (Used in Jersey and Guernsey).svg, A Filter in turn in the Channel Islands
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, which indicates that traffic from different approaches has alternating priority at the junction.
See also
*Priority to the right
Priority to the right is a right-of-way system, in which the driver of a vehicle is required to give way to vehicles approaching from the right at intersections. The system is stipulated in Article 18.4.a of the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic fo ...
* Stop sign
A stop sign is a traffic sign designed to notify drivers that they must come to a complete stop and make sure the intersection is safely clear of vehicles and pedestrians before continuing past the sign. In many countries, the sign is a red o ...
* Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals
The Convention on Road Signs and Signals, commonly known as the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals, is a multilateral treaty
A multilateral treaty is a treaty to which two or more sovereign states are parties. Each party owes the sam ...
* 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 ...
References
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