Crossroad Ahead
warning sign · diamond · yellow
A four-way intersection is ahead. Traffic may enter from the left or right; cover your brake and scan both directions.
- Visual breakdown
- Yellow diamond with a bold plus (+) symbol.
- Shape recognition
- The plus is a map of the pavement: your road continues, another crosses it.
- Color recognition
- Yellow warning — the intersection itself may be controlled or completely uncontrolled.
- Memory trick
- Plus sign = plus one road from each side. Eyes left-right-left as you approach.
- Real-world example
- On fast rural two-lanes, a crossroad sign often precedes an intersection hidden by crops or a rise — the car about to pull out can't see you either.
- Common mistakes
- Assuming cross traffic has a stop sign. The warning says nothing about who must yield — it only promises the intersection exists.
- Quick recall method
- + = four-way intersection ahead; scan both sides.
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