Regulatory signs · R1-2
Yield sign
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FHWA public-use information
What it means
Give crossing or approaching traffic priority; slow down and stop if needed.
Source: FHWA MUTCD — MUTCD 11th Edition with Revision 1 (December 2025), Section 2B.05, paragraph 01, PDF page 115.
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Meaning
Yield gives pedestrians and crossing traffic priority over your entry. Slow enough to assess the situation. You may need to stop, but this sign does not impose the unconditional stop required by Stop. The central question is whether your movement would interfere with someone else.
What to do
In Pennsylvania, check the crossing paths and wait for enough room to enter without disrupting traffic. Stop if that is what the situation requires. Do not treat slowing down as permission to squeeze into a gap that is too small.
Where it is used
Yield can control an intersection approach or a shared, one-lane section such as a narrow underpass or bridge. Read the roadway as well as the sign: the traffic you must let through may be crossing your path or coming toward you through that narrow section.
A sign to tell apart
Both Yield and Stop require a safe gap before you enter. The difference is the initial stop: Stop requires one even on an empty approach; Yield requires you to slow, assess and stop when necessary. Neither sign gives permission to obstruct pedestrians or cross traffic.
Practice with explanations
These are original learning questions based on the cited handbooks. Read each answer and its explanation below.
1. At a Pennsylvania yield sign, cross traffic leaves no safe opening. What should you do?
- Enter slowly so the other drivers can make space.
- Stop and wait until you can enter safely.
- Continue if you have already reduced speed.
Answer: B. Stop and wait until you can enter safely.
Yielding may require a complete stop. A small reduction in speed is not enough if entering would disrupt cross traffic.
2. How does Yield differ from Stop under the Pennsylvania handbook guidance?
- Yield allows you to ignore pedestrians when traffic is light.
- Yield always requires a stop lasting several seconds.
- Yield requires slowing and a stop when needed, rather than a stop on every approach.
Answer: C. Yield requires slowing and a stop when needed, rather than a stop on every approach.
Stop always requires a complete stop. Yield requires you to check conditions and stop when necessary to let others go.
State source coverage
Handbook coverage and sample questions do not prove that a sign will appear on your exam. Even a published test scope cannot guarantee an individual exam question.
Pennsylvania
Handbook coverage
PennDOT explains this sign in its Pennsylvania Driver’s Manual. This is handbook coverage; it does not establish that this particular sign will appear on your Knowledge Test.
Pennsylvania permit sources · Practice with Pennsylvania questions
State variations
State-specific variations have not been independently established for this study.
Verified question coverage
These free state-bank questions were independently verified. This does not establish complete state-bank readiness, app availability or what will appear on your permit exam.
California
1 free question uses this sign in Steerlet's verified question data.
California permit sources · General California permit practice (does not include this sign)
New York
1 free question uses this sign in Steerlet's verified question data.
New York permit sources · General New York permit practice (does not include this sign)
The linked 20-question permit quizzes do not currently include this sign.
Practice this sign in the federal 20-sign quiz. That tool uses MUTCD questions and is separate from the state-bank questions listed here.
This meaning is a federal MUTCD reference. Check your state's handbook for its rules and sign coverage; this page does not establish what appears on a state permit exam.
Try the free road sign quiz or find your state's handbook.
