What does the yield sign mean?

This sign faces you as you approach an intersection with a busier road. What does it require of you?

Slow enough to judge the gap, and stop only if you cannot enter safely

This sign hands the right of way to the other road without ordering a stop. Approach slowly enough that stopping is still an option, and stop when there is no safe gap. Treating it as a stop sign surprises the driver behind you, and treating it as nothing causes the crash it was put there to prevent.

This sign faces you as you approach an intersection, and a car is already crossing it from your left. What must you do?

Slow down and let that car through, stopping if that is what it takes

Yield means give up the right of way, not stop by default. You slow enough to judge the situation and you let anything already in or close to the intersection go first, and when the only safe way to do that is to stop, you stop.

This sign faces you as you approach a junction. What is it telling you to do?

Give way to traffic and pedestrians already there, and stop if that is what it takes

A yield sign hands the right of way to whoever is already using the road you are joining. Stopping is not automatic, but it is required whenever stopping is the only way to let them through safely. The duty is to give way, and the layout decides how slow you have to be to do it.

This sign faces you where a side road joins a busy through road at an angle. The traffic is steady but there are gaps in it. What does the sign ask of you?

Slow down, give way to traffic already on the road, and stop if that is the only way to do it

A yield asks you to give up the right of way, not to stop for its own sake. If there is a safe gap you may join without stopping, and if there is not, you wait, which includes stopping dead when the road is full. In Quebec this sign may also carry the word CÉDEZ, which means give way.

This sign faces you at a Manitoba junction and a cyclist is crossing your path. What should you do?

Slow and give the cyclist room, stopping if needed

A yield sign requires the driver to give way to traffic and pedestrians that present a hazard. Slow enough to stop rather than forcing the cyclist to avoid you.

You approach this sign at the entrance to a rural highway. There is a safe gap behind one approaching vehicle. What should you do?

Let the approaching vehicle pass, then enter when the gap is safe

Yield means give priority to traffic already on the road. Slow or stop as needed and use a gap that lets you enter without forcing others to brake.