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In the Federal Highway Administration's Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, a yield sign may be warranted:
- On the approaches to a through street or highway where conditions are such that a stop is not always required.
- At the second crossroad of a divided highway, where the median width at the intersection is 9 m or greater. In this case, a stop or yield sign may be installed at the entrance to the first roadway of a divided highway, and a yield sign may be installed at the entrance to the second roadway.
- On a channelized turn lane that is separated from the adjacent travel lanes by an island, even if the adjacent lanes at the intersection are controlled by a highway traffic control signal or by a stop sign.
- At an intersection where a special exists and where engineering judgment indicates the problem to be susceptible to correction by the use of the yield sign.
- Facing the entering roadway for a merge-type movement if engineering judgment indicates that control is needed because acceleration geometry and/or sight distance is not adequate for merging traffic operation.
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