MUTCD W1-6R · Warning signs
Directional arrow pointing right for horizontal alignment guidance
What it means
Directional arrow pointing right for horizontal alignment guidance.
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 W1-6R.)
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.
- W1-3R Reverse turns beginning with a right turn
- W1-5L Winding road beginning with a left curve
- W1-5R Winding road beginning with a right curve
- W1-6L Directional arrow pointing left for horizontal alignment guidance
- W1-7 Large arrow indicating two-way traffic flow or alignment
- W1-8L Chevron alignment marker pointing left
