Side Road
warning sign · diamond · yellow
A road enters from the side ahead (usually the right). Watch for vehicles turning onto or off of your road.
- Visual breakdown
- Yellow diamond with a vertical line and one branch joining from the side at 90 degrees.
- Shape recognition
- Your road is the through line; the stub is where traffic appears from.
- Color recognition
- Yellow warning; the joining road may be obscured by trees or terrain.
- Memory trick
- The stub points at the surprise: that's the side a car can pull out from.
- Real-world example
- A pickup edges out of a hidden gravel side road to judge the gap — the sign told you to expect exactly that vehicle.
- Common mistakes
- Mixing it up with the T-intersection sign, where YOUR road is the one that ends.
- Quick recall method
- Branch joins from the side — expect entering traffic there.
