Divided Highway Begins
warning sign · diamond · yellow
The road ahead splits around a median. Keep right of the divider.
- Visual breakdown
- Yellow diamond with two arrows curving around an oval island.
- Shape recognition
- Diamond with arrows splitting around a center shape — the picture of a median.
- Color recognition
- Yellow alerts you that road geometry is changing.
- Memory trick
- Two arrows hugging an island — the road grows a backbone; stay on your side of the spine.
- Real-world example
- A two-lane road becomes a divided boulevard: left turns now require finding a median opening.
- Common mistakes
- Drifting left of the median nose at the split, or attempting a left turn across the new median.
- Quick recall method
- Arrows around island = median starting, keep right.
