Australia In
Australia, the give way sign evolved similarly to its counterpart in the
United States. During the 1940s and 1950s, the sign was a yellow circle. In 1960, the sign changed to a red triangle. In the 1980s, the sign adopted its modern design and gained a counterpart for use at roundabouts. On
Home Island in the
Cocos (Keeling) Islands, give way signs are
bilingual in
English and
Cocos Malay. Image:Early Australian road sign - Give Way.svg|Original design (1940's–1960) Image:Australia R1-2 (old).svg|Second version (1960–1974) Image:Australia road sign R1-2.svg|Modern design since 1974 Image:Cocos (Keeling) Islands give way sign.svg|
Cocos (Keeling) Islands design
Ireland In
Ireland, the yield sign reads in most areas, although in
Gaeltacht (
Irish-speaking) areas the text is ("yield right of way") instead. Signs erected from 1962 until 1997 read , which remains legally permitted. Image:IE road sign 201 (1956–1962).svg|1956–1962 Image:IE road sign 201 (1962–1997).svg|1962–1997 Image:IE road sign RUS-026.svg|English-language version (1997 – present) Image:IE road sign RUS-026G.svg|Irish-language version (1962 – present)
New Zealand In New Zealand, the original design also used the keystone shape as in the US but used a black background with a red border. In 1987, the modern design was taken. On sealed roads, the give way sign is always accompanied by a white line painted on the road to clarify the rule to road users even if the sign is obscured or missing. Image:New Zealand road sign R2-2 (–1987).svg|Original design (1966–1987) Image:New Zealand road sign R2-2.svg|Modern design since 1987
South Africa In South Africa, the original version of the sign in red-bordered triangle pointed down in a red circular border. In 1974, the second version using a blue triangle pointed down with a red border. In 1993, the current version using a white triangle pointed down with a red border. Image:Pre 1970's SACU Road sign R015.svg|Original design (1951–1974) Image:SACU road sign R2.svg|Second version (1974–1993) Image:SADC road sign R2.svg|Modern design since 1993
United Arab Emirates In the mid-2010s, the text on the sign were removed from the sign, making it blank. Give way sign (United Arab Emirates).svg|Original design (19??-mid 2010s) AE road sign 302.svg|Modern design since the mid-2010s
United Kingdom and English, warning of a "give way" junction 50 yards (46 metres) ahead The
United Kingdom's
Road Traffic Act calls for '''''' signs and
road markings at junctions (
crossroads) where the give-way rule is to apply. The road marking accompanying the sign consists of a large inverted triangle painted just before the place to give way, which is marked by broken white lines across the road. In
Wales, some signs bear a bilingual legend: the
Welsh appears above . In the United Kingdom, a stop or give-way sign may be preceded by an inverted, blank, triangular sign with an advisory placard such as .
United States In the Federal Highway Administration's
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, a yield sign may be warranted The sign went through several changes from its original design to the sign used today. Originally invented in 1950 and added to the MUTCD in 1954, the sign used the "keystone" shape before adopting the more readily recognized triangular shape. In 1971, the sign evolved into its modern version and changed from yellow to red, paralleling the same change that had earlier been made by
STOP signs. Image:United States sign - Yield (v1).svg|Early design (1950–1954) Image:United States sign - Yield (v2).svg|Second version (1954–1961) Image:United States sign - Yield (v3).svg|Third version (1961–1971) Image:MUTCD R1-2.svg|Modern design as agreed to in 1971
Zimbabwe In 2016, a white triangle pointed down with a red border of this sign replacing a circular version in red with the word "GIVE WAY" in a yellow triangle. Image:Give Way sign in Zimbabwe.svg|Original design (1965–2016) Image:SADC road sign R2.svg|Modern design since 2016
Other countries . • Most countries around the world use a red and white inverted triangle with no text. • Cuba, Finland, Greece, Iceland, Kuwait, Nigeria, Poland, Sweden and Vietnam use a red and yellow version of the sign. • United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, Bhutan and most Commonwealth nations use a version of the sign that reads ''''''. • Dominica, Fiji, Liberia, New Zealand, and Samoa display text in red. • Singapore places the sign inside a white round square. • Belize, Brazil, Canada and Romania use a much thicker red border. • Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela use ''''''. • Puerto Rico uses a version of the American sign translated into Spanish which reads ''''''. ==Gallery==