Bicycle Crossing
warning sign · diamond · yellow
Bicycles cross or share the roadway ahead. Slow down, scan, and be ready to yield.
- Visual breakdown
- Yellow (or fluorescent yellow-green) diamond with a bicycle silhouette.
- Shape recognition
- The bicycle pictograph — as a crossing warning it marks trail crossings and popular riding roads.
- Color recognition
- Increasingly the bright yellow-green reserved for people-powered crossings: pedestrians, bikes, school children.
- Memory trick
- Where bikes cross, give what the law gives: a full lane's respect and three feet of passing room.
- Real-world example
- A rail-trail crosses a parkway mid-block; riders enter from behind a treeline with little sight distance — the sign is your only advance notice.
- Common mistakes
- Scanning only the road. Bike crossings feed from trails — look at the trail mouths on both sides.
- Quick recall method
- Bike silhouette = riders cross here; 3-foot rule applies.
