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A black triangle (within the standard down-arrow-shape of stop signs) was a symbol of "stop for all vehicles" from about 1925 in Germany. The triangular yield sign was used as early as 1937, when it was introduced in
Image:Early Australian road sign - Give Way.svg, Original design (1940's–1960)
Image:Australia R1-2 (old).svg, Second version (1960–1974)
Image:Australia road sign R1-2.svg, Modern design since 1974
Image:IE road sign 201 (1956–1962).svg, 1956–1962
Image:IE road sign 201 (1962–1997).svg, 1962–1997
Image:IE road sign RUS-026.svg, English-language version (1997 – present)
Image:IE road sign RUS-026G.svg, Irish-language version (1962 – present)
Image:New Zealand road sign R2-2 (–1987).svg, Original design (1966–1987)
Image:New Zealand road sign R2-2.svg, Modern design since 1987
The
Image:United States sign - Yield (v1).svg, Early design (1950–1954)
Image:United States sign - Yield (v2).svg, Second version (1954–1961)
Image:United States sign - Yield (v3).svg, Third version (1961–1971)
Image:MUTCD R1-2.svg, Modern design as agreed to in 1971
Image:Vienna Convention road sign B1-V1.svg, International standard with white background
Image:Vienna Convention road sign B1-V2.svg, International standard with yellow background
Image:CA-MUTCDC RA-002.svg, Belize, Brazil, Canada, Romania
Image:SACU road sign R2.svg, SACU standard
File:UK traffic sign 602.svg, Anglophone Africa, Anglophone Caribbean (Lesser Antilles), India, Mauritius, Seychelles, United Kingdom
File:Australia road sign R1-2.svg, Australia, Guyana, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu
File:Dominica Give Way sign.svg, Dominica
File:New Zealand road sign R2-2.svg, Fiji, New Zealand, Samoa
File:IE road sign RUS-026.svg, Ireland
File:Jamaica road sign R1-1.svg, Jamaica
File:Liberian Road Signs - Regulatory Sign - Yield.svg, Liberia
File:Nigeria road sign - Give Way.svg, Nigeria
File:Singapore road sign - Mandatory - Give way.svg, Singapore
File:Tonga - Give Way sign.svg, Tonga
File:MUTCD R1-2.svg, United States
File:Argentina MSV 2017 road sign R-28.svg, Argentina
File:SIECA road sign R-1-2.svg, Central America
File:Colombia road sign SR-02.svg, Colombia
File:Cuban Give Way sign.svg, Cuba
File:Ecuador road sign R1-2.svg, Ecuador
File:MX road sign SR-7.svg, Mexico
File:Jalisco TR-2.svg, Mexico (Jalisco)
File:Mexico road sign SR-17.png, Mexico (no longer used)
File:Panama road sign R-2.svg, Panama
File:Peru road sign R-2.svg, Peru
File:MUTCD-PR R1-2.svg, Puerto Rico
File:Brunei road sign - Give Way.svg, Brunei
File:CN road sign 禁 2.svg, China
File:France road sign AB3a.svg, France, Francophone Africa, Monaco
File:Haiti Yield sign.svg, Haiti
File:IE road sign RUS-026G.svg, Ireland (Gaeltacht)
File:Malaysia road sign RP13.svg, Malaysia
File:Maldives Give Way sign.svg, Maldives
File:Taiwan road sign f2.svg, Taiwan
File:Thailand road sign บ-2.svg, Thailand
File:Yield sign (Tunisia).svg, Algeria, Djibouti, Tunisia
File:BH road sign - give way.svg, Bahrain
File:CA-ON road sign Ra-002 + Ra-002t (B).svg, Canada (Ontario)
File:QA road sign R101+P200.svg, Egypt and Qatar
File:France road sign AB3a (Breton).svg, France (Brittany)
File:Hong Kong Road Sign 102.svg, Hong Kong
File:KW road sign 401.svg, Kuwait
File:MA road sign 202.1 + 84.02.svg, Mauritania and Morocco
File:Philippines road sign R1-2P.svg, Philippines
File:KR road sign 228.svg, South Korea
File:Give way sign (United Arab Emirates).svg, United Arab Emirates
File:UK traffic sign 602 (Wales).svg, Wales
A Collection of Stop and Yield Signs
History of the Yield sign
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yield Sign Traffic signs
In road transport
Road transport or road transportation is a type of transport using roads. Transport on roads can be roughly grouped into the transportation of goods and transportation of people. In many countries licensing requirements and safety regulations e ...
, a yield or give way sign
A sign is an object, quality, event, or entity whose presence or occurrence indicates the probable presence or occurrence of something else. A natural sign bears a causal relation to its object—for instance, thunder is a sign of storm, or me ...
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
A right of way (also right-of-way) is a specific route that people, animals, vehicles, watercraft, or utility lines travel, or the legal status that gives them the right to do so. Rights-of-way in the physical sense include controlled-access h ...
to that vehicle. In contrast, a 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 (road), intersection (or level crossing, railroad crossing) is safely clear of vehicles and pedestrians before contin ...
requires each driver to stop completely before proceeding, whether or not other traffic is present. Under the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals, the international standard for the modern sign is an inverted equilateral triangle
An equilateral triangle is a triangle in which all three sides have the same length, and all three angles are equal. Because of these properties, the equilateral triangle is a regular polygon, occasionally known as the regular triangle. It is the ...
with a red border and either a white or yellow background. Particular regulations regarding appearance, installation, and compliance with the signs vary by some jurisdiction.
Terminology
While ''give way'' and ''yield'' essentially have the same meaning in this context, many countries have a clear preference of one term over the other. The following table lists which countries and territories use which term. This chart is based on official government usage in the English language and excludes indirect translations from other languages.Areas where ''give way'' is used
Areas where ''yield'' is used
History
A black triangle (within the standard down-arrow-shape of stop signs) was a symbol of "stop for all vehicles" from about 1925 in Germany. The triangular yield sign was used as early as 1937, when it was introduced in Denmark
Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...
in red and white (matching the Danish flag
The flag of Denmark (, ) is red with a white Nordic cross, which means that the cross extends to the edges of the flag and that the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side.
A banner with a white-on-red cross is attested as havin ...
), in 1938 when it was codified in Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...
in a blue-white variant without words, and in 1939 in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was a partially-annexation, annexed territory of Nazi Germany that was established on 16 March 1939 after the Occupation of Czechoslovakia (1938–1945), German occupation of the Czech lands. The protector ...
which adopted the current red-white variant.
In the United States, the first yield sign was erected in 1950 in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa ( ) is the List of municipalities in Oklahoma, second-most-populous city in the U.S. state, state of Oklahoma, after Oklahoma City, and the List of United States cities by population, 48th-most-populous city in the United States. The po ...
, designed by Tulsa police officer Clinton Riggs; Riggs invented only the sign, not the rule, which was already in place. Riggs' original design was shaped like a keystone; later versions bore the shape of an inverted equilateral triangle
An equilateral triangle is a triangle in which all three sides have the same length, and all three angles are equal. Because of these properties, the equilateral triangle is a regular polygon, occasionally known as the regular triangle. It is the ...
in common use today. The inverted equilateral triangle was then adopted by the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals as the international standard.
Country specifics
Australia
In Australia, the Give Way sign evolved similarly to its counterpart in the United States. During the 1940s and 1950s, the sign was a yellow circle. In 1960, the sign changed to a red triangle. In the 1980s, the sign adopted its modern design and gained a counterpart for use at roundabouts.Ireland
InIreland
Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...
, the yield sign reads in most areas, although in Gaeltacht
A ( , , ) is a district of Ireland, either individually or collectively, where the Irish government recognises that the Irish language is the predominant vernacular, or language of the home.
The districts were first officially recognised ...
( Irish-speaking) areas the text is ("yield right of way") instead. Signs erected from 1962 until 1997 read , which remains legally permitted. Signs 1956–1962 had a blank white interior.
New Zealand
In New Zealand, the original design also used the keystone shape as in the United States but used a black background with a red border. In the 1980s, the modern design was adopted. On sealed roads, the give way sign is always accompanied by a white line painted on the road to clarify the rule to road users even if the sign is obscured or missing.United Kingdom
The United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...
's Road Traffic Act calls for signs and road markings at junctions ( crossroads) where the give-way rule is to apply. The road marking accompanying the sign consists of a large inverted triangle painted just before the place to give way, which is marked by broken white lines across the road.
In Wales
Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the England–Wales border, east, the Bristol Channel to the south, and the Celtic ...
, some signs bear a bilingual legend: the Welsh appears above .
In the United Kingdom, a stop or give-way sign may be preceded by an inverted, blank, triangular sign with an advisory placard such as .
United States
In the Federal Highway Administration's Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, a yield sign may be warranted The sign went through several changes from its original design to the sign used today. Originally invented in 1950 and added to the MUTCD in 1954, the sign used the "keystone" shape before adopting the more readily recognized triangular shape. In 1971, the sign evolved into its modern version and changed from yellow to red, paralleling the same change that had earlier been made by STOP signs.Other countries
*Most countries around the world use a red and white inverted triangle with no text. *Cuba, Finland, Greece, Iceland, Kuwait, Nigeria, Poland, Sweden and Vietnam use a red and yellow version of the sign. *United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, Bhutan and most Commonwealth nations use a version of the sign that reads . *Dominica, Fiji, Liberia, New Zealand, and Samoa display text in red. *Singapore places the sign inside a white round square. *Belize, Brazil, Canada and Romania use a much thicker red border. *Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela use . *Puerto Rico uses a version of the American sign translated into Spanish which reads .Gallery
Signs with text in English
Signs with text in Spanish
Signs with text in other languages
Signs with bilingual text
See also
*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 (road), intersection (or level crossing, railroad crossing) is safely clear of vehicles and pedestrians before contin ...
*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 introduc ...
Notes
References
External links
A Collection of Stop and Yield Signs
History of the Yield sign
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yield Sign Traffic signs