This sign means?
- Oncoming traffic must stop
- Railway crossing ahead
- Give the right-of-way to other vehicles and crossing pedestrians ✓
- School zone ahead
Answer: C. Give the right-of-way to other vehicles and crossing pedestrians
This sign means you must yield to other traffic and to pedestrians who are crossing.
Why this is the answer
The handbook lists this as a regulatory sign, and regulatory signs give driving laws or rules. In the sign list, its message is that other vehicles and people crossing get the right-of-way before you. So when you see it, your job is to let them go first rather than proceed as if you have priority. The passage also says drivers can be penalized for not following regulatory signs.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Oncoming traffic must stop — Nothing in the passages says this sign orders oncoming traffic to stop; that is a different instruction.
- B. Railway crossing ahead — A railway crossing ahead is covered by advance warning signs and other crossing clues, not by the meaning given for this sign.
- D. School zone ahead — A school zone ahead is not the meaning listed here; the passages only mention school signs as a sign category.
Remember it
Link this sign to yielding: other vehicles and people crossing go before you.