A downward-pointing triangle with a red border, requiring a driver to yield to traffic on the road ahead.
Also known as: Yield sign, Triangle sign, Upside-down triangle sign
The give way sign is an inverted triangle — the only road sign that points downward, a shape chosen so it too can be read by outline. It requires yielding, not stopping: a driver who can proceed safely without halting may do so.
Requires a driver to give way to traffic on the road being entered, but not to stop if the way is clear — the distinction from the stop sign.
Contracting parties to the 1968 Vienna Convention · Contexts: Road signage
Is drawn as an equilateral triangle with one side horizontal at the top and the opposite vertex pointing down, an orientation reserved to it so that it is distinguishable by shape alone.
Contracting parties to the 1968 Vienna Convention · Contexts: Road signage
Is called a yield sign in North America, where the wording and proportions differ from the European form while the inverted triangle is shared.
North America · Contexts: Road signage
An equilateral triangle standing on one vertex, with a horizontal top edge, a broad red border and a plain white interior.
The pair that governs priority: one requires a halt, the other only that you yield.