Yield

MUTCD Section 2B.08 YIELD Sign R1-2

Standard: The YIELD R1-2 sign shall be a downward-pointing equilateral triangle with a wide red border and the legend YIELD in red on a white background.

Support: The YIELD sign assigns right-of-way to traffic on certain approaches to an intersection. Vehicles controlled by a YIELD sign need to slow down or stop when necessary to avoid interfering with conflicting traffic.

Option: YIELD signs may be installed:

A. 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 safe manner.

B. If controlling a merge-type movement on the entering roadway where acceleration geometry and/or sight distance is not adequate for merging traffic operation.

C. At the second crossroad of a divided highway, where the median width is 30ft or greater. 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.

D. At 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.