MUTCD W1-11R · Warning signs
Sharp hairpin curve turning right
What it means
Warns of a sharp hairpin curve turning right.
What to do about it
It is a warning sign: the yellow diamond warns of a condition ahead so you can slow down and be ready before you reach it. (MUTCD W1-11R.)
Practice this on the real test format
Signs are the part of the DMV written test people fail on, because reading them is a skill rather than a fact to memorize. Aprobify drills all 1034 of them, and tells you why each answer is what it is.
Get the appSign designations follow the MUTCD and the California MUTCD published by Caltrans; meanings are checked against the California Driver's Handbook (DL 600, rev. 6/2025). Edited by Fernando Aguilera. Aprobify is not affiliated with the California DMV.
Signs in the same family
These sit next to it in the warning signs series — the ones most easily mixed up with it.
- W1-10eR Reverse curves starting right with a crossroad intersection
- W1-10L Left curve with a side road intersection
- W1-10R Right curve with a side road intersection
- W1-11L Sharp hairpin curve turning left
- W1-13L Trucks of rollover danger on left curve at posted speed
- W1-13R Trucks of rollover danger on right curve at posted speed
