Regulatory signs · R1-5
Yield Here to Pedestrians sign
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FHWA public-use information
What it means
Yield to pedestrians at the marked line before the crossing.
Source: FHWA MUTCD — MUTCD 11th Edition with Revision 1 (December 2025), Section 2B.19, paragraph 02, PDF page 122.
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Meaning
Yield Here to Pedestrians identifies the place to give way before a marked crossing. The advance position helps preserve sight lines between people crossing and drivers in neighboring lanes. The instruction concerns pedestrians using the crossing, rather than a general junction priority between two roads.
What to do
Give pedestrians their crossing priority at the indicated yielding point. The Pennsylvania handbook principles used in the questions require yielding in marked crosswalks even between intersections. They also protect a blind pedestrian using a white cane or guide dog. Those principles are handbook evidence; exact Pennsylvania coverage of this sign has not been established.
Where it is used
The federal standard uses the Yield Here series with advance yield lines for a marked crosswalk on an uncontrolled approach with multiple lanes. Placement guidance puts the sign 20–50 feet before the crossing’s near edge. That setback is deliberate: it helps keep a waiting vehicle from hiding a person from traffic in another lane.
- Official source · MUTCD 11th Edition with Revision 1, Section 2B.19, paragraph 02 · PDF page 122 · Checked
- Official source · MUTCD 11th Edition with Revision 1, Section 2B.19, paragraph 03 · PDF page 122 · Checked
- Official source · MUTCD 11th Edition with Revision 1, Section 2B.19, paragraph 01 · PDF page 122 · Checked
A sign to tell apart
The Pedestrian warning sign alerts you to crossing activity. Yield Here adds a yielding instruction and identifies an advance waiting location. A warning at the crosswalk and a regulatory Yield Here sign before it can be used together, so they need not point to the same stopping position.
Practice with explanations
These are original learning questions based on the cited handbooks. Read each answer and its explanation below.
1. In Pennsylvania, a pedestrian is crossing in a marked crosswalk between intersections. What must a driver do?
- Yield to the pedestrian.
- Claim priority because there is no intersection.
- Yield only if a traffic light is present.
Answer: A. Yield to the pedestrian.
Marked crosswalks carry a duty to yield even when they are not at an intersection.
2. Which pedestrian does Pennsylvania’s handbook say drivers must always yield to?
- Only someone crossing with several other people.
- Only someone in a school uniform.
- A blind pedestrian with a white cane or guide dog.
Answer: C. A blind pedestrian with a white cane or guide dog.
The handbook specifically protects blind pedestrians identified by a white cane or guide dog.
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.
No state test-scope claim is independently approved for this study.
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.
No currently verified state-bank question is available for this sign.
The linked 20-question permit quizzes do not currently include this sign.
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.
