What does an upside-down red triangle with

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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a) It means nothing. Under no circumstances should you slow down or check for oncoming traffic.

b) You should come to a complete stop and yield the right of way. The yield sign differs from the stop sign for purely aestetic reasons.

c) You should come to a complete stop. Wait for the sign to turn green before proceeding.

Thank you for taking the time for this little quiz. I have not been in a position to scream at people over the internet about my pet peeves for quite a while. You participation will probably head off an ugly expression of road rage.

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Oh, dear lord. Spraypaint “NEWBIE” on my forehead.

The title should read: “What does an upside-down red triangle with the word ‘YIELD’ on it mean to you?”

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It means speed up and force your way into traffic.

4

Red? Aren’t they yellow, them YIELD signs?

(Incidentally, the guy who invented the yield sign died a couple of years back. I read a little tribute to the guy.)

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Don’t sweat it. We got “newbie” from your post count. And don’t worry, we won’t spray paint you. Our newbies are carefully blasted with glass beads, pickled in hydrocloric acid, electrostacically powder coated and oven baked for a durable finish. Spray painting indeed. Welcome Podkayne.

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My understanding was it meant “let cars on the other street go first if they’re there. If it’s clear, you don’t have to stop.”

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Well if it actually is red, then it probably isn’t technically a sign approved by the highway department, and doesn’t have to be followed. Not sure where you live, but if some store just put it up or something, I doub’t you could get a ticket for going straight through it.

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Sheeesh, Do I get an award for the stupidest place to put an apostrophe?

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I serously doub it.

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So, Smeg, it’s a sorta-yield sign?

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Hold on. I just checked my NY State DMV driver’s manual (publ. 2/98). Good old yellow YIELD signs must be being phased out because it shows a red inverted triangle (w/ a white center w/ “YIELD” in red letters inside that) as the “official” version.

Hmm. More evidence of just how much of an old fart I really am.

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More like a “yield if there’s anyone there” sign. Like a Stop sign lite. (That should be Stop sign light, but that would cause all kinds of confusion.)

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As opposed to a “yield even if there’s no one there” sign. How would we know if you did?

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I’m with Smeghead on this one. You most certainly do not have to come to a stop at a yield sign if there is no traffic to yield to. That’s why it’s not a stop sign.

They aren’t different for asthetic purposes.

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It means “Get out of your car, kneel, and surrender your sword.”

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Apparently to the cop that gave me a ticket for not stopping “long enough” at a yield sign, its police code for “Do ya feel lucky, punk?”.

And, hey! I’ve done plenty of dumb things around here, how come I didn’t get to be powder-coated? Huh? I guess this is some sort of new-newbie/old newbie discrimination, ain’t it? :wink:

::sniffle::

And the glass beads part sounded like so much fun…

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It’s a symbol for very aggressive gays?
Prob’ly not. :wink:
Peace,
mangeorge

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In what sense is the triangle “upside down”?

:runs:

picmr

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I bet it took forever to drive him to the cemetary.

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First - the signs are red now, yellow is going away because people pay more attention to the color red.

Second - It means what it says - “Yield” If you have that sign at an intesection, you must yield to oncoming traffic. If there is no oncoming traffic, just cruise on through. If you are required to come to a complete stop, the govt would put a “Stop” sign there.

Although I prefer Baloo’s answer. That’d be cool to see.