Dead End
warning sign · diamond · yellow
The road ahead has no outlet — it terminates rather than connecting through.
- Visual breakdown
- Yellow diamond reading DEAD END (NO OUTLET marks streets whose network doesn't connect through).
- Shape recognition
- Word-message diamond posted at the entrance to the street, not at its end.
- Color recognition
- Yellow informational warning — mostly saving you the trip, but also flagging turn-around traffic.
- Memory trick
- Posted at the mouth, not the wall: the sign is the last cheap exit.
- Real-world example
- GPS shortcuts down a dead-end lane end in a driveway three-point turn — expect the same from the car ahead of you.
- Common mistakes
- On the test: DEAD END vs NO OUTLET. Dead end = this road stops; no outlet = this neighborhood doesn't lead anywhere.
- Quick recall method
- No through route — expect U-turns and backing vehicles.
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