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Stop Sign

STOP
This regulatory traffic sign demands that vehicles approaching the junction at which the sign is provided MUST STOP at the sign or at the stop line if this is provided even if there is no traffic on the major road. Traffic travelling in either direction along the major road has right of way at all times.

Yield Sign

YIELD RIGHT OF WAY
This regulatory traffic sign imposes the same obligation to concede right of way as the sign. In general, this will be provided at junctions at which the right of way can be yielded simply by slowing down and stopping only if necessary.

Where roads forming a junction are of equal importance you must yield to traffic on your right. In the case of aT junction, traffic on the road ending at the junction must give way to traffic from either direction on the other road.

When turning right, you must yield to traffic coming straight through from the opposite direction.

Where two vehicles coming from opposite directions are turning into the same road, the vehicle turning right should give way to the vehicle turning left.

At all times you must yield to -
• Traffic already turning at a junction,
• A pedestrian already crossing at a junction,
• A pedestrian on a zebra crossing,
• A pedestrian on a pelican crossing when the amber light is flashing,
• Pedestrians and traffic when you are moving off from a stationary position,
• Traffic in another lane when you wish to change lanes,
• Traffic on a public road when you are coming out of a private entrance.