In road transport, a yield or give waysign 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 to that vehicle. In contrast, a stop sign 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 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.
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.
Blue give-way sign as used in Czechoslovakia, 1938
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 in red and white (matching the Danish flag),[1] in 1938 when it was codified in Czechoslovakia in a blue-white variant without words,[2] and in 1939 in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia which adopted the current red-white variant.[3] In the United States, the first yield sign was erected in 1950 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, designed by Tulsa police officer Clinton Riggs;[4][5] Riggs invented only the sign, not the rule, which was already in place.[6] Riggs' original design was shaped like a keystone; later versions bore the shape of an inverted equilateral triangle 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 specificsedit
Yield sign Leipzig, East Germany 1951
Australiaedit
In Australia, the Give Way sign evolved similarly to its counterpart in the United States. During the 1940s and 1950s, the sign was circular and yellow. In 1964, the sign changed to a red triangle. In the 1980s, the sign adopted its modern design and gained a counterpart for use at roundabouts.
Original design (1940–1964)
Second version (1964–1974)
Modern design since 1974
Irelandedit
In road signs in Ireland, the yield sign reads yield in most areas, although in Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking) areas the text is géill slí ("yield right of way"[7]) instead.[8][9] Signs erected between 1962 and 1997 read yield right of way,[10] which remains legally permitted.[9] Signs 1956–1962 had a blank white interior.[11]
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.[12]
Original design (1964–1987)
Modern design since 1987
United Kingdomedit
A bilingual sign in Welsh and English, warning of a "give way" junction 50 yards (46 metres) aheadAccompanying road markings for a give way sign as found in the UK
The United Kingdom's Road Traffic Act calls for give way 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.[13]
In Wales, some signs bear a bilingual legend: the Welshildiwch appears above give way.
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 give way 100 yards.[14]
"if engineering judgment indicates that one or more of the following conditions exist:
When the ability to see all potentially conflicting traffic is sufficient to allow a road user traveling at the posted speed, the 85th-percentile speed, or the statutory speed to pass through the intersection or to stop in a reasonably safe manner.
If controlling a merge-type movement on the entering roadway where acceleration geometry and/or sight distance is not adequate for merging traffic operation.
The second crossroad of a divided highway, where the median width at the intersection is 30 ft or greater. In this case, a STOP sign may be installed at the entrance to the first roadway of a divided highway, and a YIELD sign may be installed at the entrance to the second roadway.
An intersection where a special problem exists and where engineering judgment indicates the problem to be susceptible to correction by the use of the YIELD sign."
The sign went through several changes from its original design to the sign used today. Originally invented in 1952 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.
Early design (1950–1954)
Second version (1954–1961)
Third version (1961–1971)
Modern design as agreed to in 1971
Other countriesedit
Most countries around the world use a red and white vertical triangle with no text.
Finland, Greece, Iceland, Kuwait, Poland, Sweden and Vietnam uses 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 says give way
Yield sign in Mexico.Australia, Papua New Guinea, Tonga and Vanuatu use a different version of the sign which has an advance sign typeface and a different font.
Dominica uses a version of the British sign with "Give Way" text in red.
Fiji, New Zealand, and Samoa use a version of the sign with "Give Way" in the type of road sign font used in the United States and in red.
Ireland uses a version of the sign that uses yield in black text with the UK font.
Liberia uses a version of the sign that says yield in red text and in a different font.
Nigeria uses a red and yellow version of the Give Way sign used in the UK and many other Commonwealth nations.
Singapore uses a UK-Inspired Give Way sign placed inside a white round square.
The United States uses a Yield sign where the white triangle is smaller and says yield in red.
Canada uses a version of the international standard triangle sign without any words.
Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay use ceda el paso except Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama and Venezuela, which use a version of the sign with smaller text and in a different font.
Cuba uses a red and yellow version of the Spanish Give Way sign.
Puerto Rico uses a version of the American Yield sign translated into Spanish which says ceda.
Galleryedit
International standard with white background (most countries around the world use this version)
^Department of Local Government. "S.I. No. 171/1962 – Road Traffic (Signs) Regulations, 1962" (PDF). Official Publications. Pr.6772. Dublin: Stationery Office. pp. 7 (Section 5) and 27 (First Schedule, Part III, Section A). Retrieved 7 June 2016.
^Department of Local Government. "S.I. No. 284/1956 – Traffic Signs Regulations, 1956" (PDF). Official Publications. Pr.3844. Dublin: Stationery Office. pp. 9 (Section 5) and 35 (First Schedule, Part III, Section A). Retrieved 7 June 2016.
^"What Colour Line Marks Sealed Road at a Give Way Sign?". drivingtests.co.nz. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
^"Vocabulaire du Code de la route". Office public de la Langue Bretonne (in French). 21 September 2016. from the original on 26 November 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
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Give Way redirects here For the Pearl Jam album see Give Way album For the yield symbol in chemical equations see Chemical equation Common symbols 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 way to that vehicle In contrast a stop sign 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 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 A modern yield sign Contents 1 Terminology 2 History 3 Country specifics 3 1 Australia 3 2 Ireland 3 3 New Zealand 3 4 United Kingdom 3 5 United States 3 6 Other countries 4 Gallery 4 1 Signs with text in English 4 2 Signs with text in Spanish 4 3 Signs with text in other languages 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksTerminology editWhile 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 Give way Yield nbsp Anguilla nbsp Antigua and Barbuda nbsp Australia nbsp The Bahamas nbsp Bahrain nbsp Bangladesh nbsp Barbados nbsp Bermuda nbsp Bhutan nbsp Brunei nbsp Cayman Islands nbsp Cyprus nbsp Dominica nbsp Ethiopia nbsp Falkland Islands nbsp Fiji nbsp The Gambia nbsp Ghana nbsp Gibraltar nbsp Grenada nbsp Guernsey nbsp Guyana nbsp Hong Kong SAR nbsp India nbsp Isle of Man nbsp Israel nbsp Jamaica nbsp Jersey nbsp Jordan nbsp Kenya nbsp Kiribati nbsp Kuwait nbsp Malawi nbsp Malaysia nbsp Maldives nbsp Malta nbsp Mauritius nbsp Montserrat nbsp Nauru nbsp Nepal nbsp New Zealand nbsp Nigeria nbsp Pakistan nbsp Papua New Guinea nbsp Philippines nbsp Qatar nbsp Rwanda nbsp Saint Kitts and Nevis nbsp Saint Lucia nbsp Saint Vincent and the Grenadines nbsp Samoa nbsp Seychelles nbsp Singapore nbsp Solomon Islands nbsp Sri Lanka nbsp Tanzania nbsp Thailand nbsp Tonga nbsp Trinidad and Tobago nbsp Turks and Caicos nbsp Tuvalu nbsp Uganda nbsp United Arab Emirates nbsp United Kingdom nbsp Vanuatu nbsp Zambia nbsp Zimbabwe nbsp Belize nbsp British Virgin Islands nbsp Canada nbsp Guam nbsp Iran nbsp Ireland nbsp Liberia nbsp Marshall Islands nbsp Namibia nbsp Northern Mariana Islands nbsp Palau nbsp Saudi Arabia nbsp Sierra Leone nbsp South Africa nbsp South Korea nbsp Taiwan nbsp United States nbsp United States Virgin IslandsHistory edit nbsp Blue give way sign as used in Czechoslovakia 1938A 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 in red and white matching the Danish flag 1 in 1938 when it was codified in Czechoslovakia in a blue white variant without words 2 and in 1939 in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia which adopted the current red white variant 3 In the United States the first yield sign was erected in 1950 in Tulsa Oklahoma designed by Tulsa police officer Clinton Riggs 4 5 Riggs invented only the sign not the rule which was already in place 6 Riggs original design was shaped like a keystone later versions bore the shape of an inverted equilateral triangle 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 edit nbsp Yield sign Leipzig East Germany 1951Australia edit In Australia the Give Way sign evolved similarly to its counterpart in the United States During the 1940s and 1950s the sign was circular and yellow In 1964 the sign changed to a red triangle In the 1980s the sign adopted its modern design and gained a counterpart for use at roundabouts nbsp Original design 1940 1964 nbsp Second version 1964 1974 nbsp Modern design since 1974Ireland edit In road signs in Ireland the yield sign reads yield in most areas although in Gaeltacht Irish speaking areas the text is geill sli yield right of way 7 instead 8 9 Signs erected between 1962 and 1997 read yield right of way 10 which remains legally permitted 9 Signs 1956 1962 had a blank white interior 11 nbsp 1956 1962 nbsp 1962 1997 nbsp English language version 1997 present nbsp Irish language version 1962 present New Zealand edit 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 12 nbsp Original design 1964 1987 nbsp Modern design since 1987United Kingdom edit nbsp A bilingual sign in Welsh and English warning of a give way junction 50 yards 46 metres ahead nbsp Accompanying road markings for a give way sign as found in the UKThe United Kingdom s Road Traffic Act calls for give way 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 13 In Wales some signs bear a bilingual legend the Welsh ildiwch appears above give way 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 give way 100 yards 14 United States edit In the Federal Highway Administration s Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices a yield sign may be warranted 15 if engineering judgment indicates that one or more of the following conditions exist When the ability to see all potentially conflicting traffic is sufficient to allow a road user traveling at the posted speed the 85th percentile speed or the statutory speed to pass through the intersection or to stop in a reasonably safe manner If controlling a merge type movement on the entering roadway where acceleration geometry and or sight distance is not adequate for merging traffic operation The second crossroad of a divided highway where the median width at the intersection is 30 ft or greater In this case a STOP sign may be installed at the entrance to the first roadway of a divided highway and a YIELD sign may be installed at the entrance to the second roadway An intersection where a special problem exists and where engineering judgment indicates the problem to be susceptible to correction by the use of the YIELD sign The sign went through several changes from its original design to the sign used today Originally invented in 1952 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 nbsp Early design 1950 1954 nbsp Second version 1954 1961 nbsp Third version 1961 1971 nbsp Modern design as agreed to in 1971Other countries edit Most countries around the world use a red and white vertical triangle with no text Finland Greece Iceland Kuwait Poland Sweden and Vietnam uses 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 says give way nbsp Yield sign in Mexico Australia Papua New Guinea Tonga and Vanuatu use a different version of the sign which has an advance sign typeface and a different font Dominica uses a version of the British sign with Give Way text in red Fiji New Zealand and Samoa use a version of the sign with Give Way in the type of road sign font used in the United States and in red Ireland uses a version of the sign that uses yield in black text with the UK font Liberia uses a version of the sign that says yield in red text and in a different font Nigeria uses a red and yellow version of the Give Way sign used in the UK and many other Commonwealth nations Singapore uses a UK Inspired Give Way sign placed inside a white round square The United States uses a Yield sign where the white triangle is smaller and says yield in red Canada uses a version of the international standard triangle sign without any words Argentina Bolivia Ecuador Mexico Paraguay Peru and Uruguay use ceda el paso except Colombia Costa Rica Dominican Republic El Salvador Nicaragua Panama and Venezuela which use a version of the sign with smaller text and in a different font Cuba uses a red and yellow version of the Spanish Give Way sign Puerto Rico uses a version of the American Yield sign translated into Spanish which says ceda Gallery edit nbsp International standard with white background most countries around the world use this version nbsp International standard with yellow background Finland Greece Iceland Kuwait Poland Sweden Vietnam nbsp Belize Canada Romania nbsp SACU standard Botswana Eswatini Lesotho Namibia South Africa no longer used the blue background has since been phased out in favour of white Signs with text in English edit nbsp Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Bhutan Gambia Ghana Grenada Guernsey India Isle of Man Jamaica Jersey Kenya Malta Mauritius Montserrat Pakistan Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Seychelles Sri Lanka Tanzania Trinidad and Tobago Uganda United Kingdom nbsp Australia Papua New Guinea Vanuatu nbsp Dominica nbsp Fiji New Zealand Samoa nbsp Ireland nbsp Liberia nbsp Nigeria nbsp Singapore nbsp Tonga nbsp United States nbsp Zimbabwe Malawi Zambia no longer used Signs with text in Spanish edit nbsp Argentina nbsp Bolivia Ecuador Mexico Paraguay Peru Uruguay nbsp Central America nbsp Colombia nbsp Cuba nbsp Mexico Jalisco nbsp Panama Venezuela nbsp Puerto RicoSigns with text in other languages edit nbsp Algeria Mauritania Morocco Tunisia nbsp Brunei nbsp Canada Ontario nbsp Mainland China nbsp Republic of China nbsp Benin Burkina Faso Chad Cameroon Congo Cote d Ivoire France Gabon Guinea Madagascar Mali Monaco Niger Rwanda Senegal Togo nbsp France Brittany 16 nbsp Haiti nbsp Hong Kong nbsp Ireland Gaeltacht nbsp Malaysia nbsp Maldives nbsp Philippines nbsp Qatar nbsp South Korea nbsp Thailand nbsp United Arab Emirates nbsp WalesSee also editStop sign Traffic signReferences edit Bekendtgorelse om Hovedfaerdselsaarer 27 marts 1937 Denmark Government ordinance No 100 1938 Sb n a z Czechoslovakia Government ordinance No c 242 1939 Sb Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia Inventor of Yield Sign Dies At 86 The Spokesman Review Associated Press 25 May 1997 Retrieved 29 April 2022 Yield Sign Invented by Tulsa Police Captain in 1950s KJRH 2 News Oklahoma 13 February 2019 Retrieved 29 April 2022 A Brief History of Yield Signs Road Traffic Signs Retrieved 26 June 2012 o Donaill Niall geill Focloir Gaeilge Bearla Retrieved 7 June 2016 Road Safety Authority Rules of the Road PDF Road Safety Authority p 69 a b S I No 181 1997 Road Traffic Signs Regulations 1997 Irish Statute Book Section 8 1 and Fourth Schedule note 4 Retrieved 7 June 2016 Department of Local Government S I No 171 1962 Road Traffic Signs Regulations 1962 PDF Official Publications Pr 6772 Dublin Stationery Office pp 7 Section 5 and 27 First Schedule Part III Section A Retrieved 7 June 2016 Department of Local Government S I No 284 1956 Traffic Signs Regulations 1956 PDF Official Publications Pr 3844 Dublin Stationery Office pp 9 Section 5 and 35 First Schedule Part III Section A Retrieved 7 June 2016 What Colour Line Marks Sealed Road at a Give Way Sign drivingtests co nz Retrieved 29 April 2022 The Highway Code Road Markings gov uk Retrieved 29 April 2022 The Highway Code Traffic Signs gov uk Retrieved 29 April 2022 FHWA MUTCD 2003 Edition Revision 1 Chapter 2B Vocabulaire du Code de la route Office public de la Langue Bretonne in French 21 September 2016 Archived from the original on 26 November 2023 Retrieved 26 November 2023 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yield signs A Collection of Stop and Yield Signs History of the Yield sign Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Yield sign amp oldid 1190418702, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
