MUTCD W10-11 · Warning signs
Storage space between railroad tracks and roadway
What it means
Indicates storage space between railroad tracks and roadway.
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 W10-11.)
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.
- W10-7 Activated blank-out sign warning of approaching light rail transit
- W10-8 Trains may exceed specified speed limit
- W10-9 Trains do not sound horn at crossing
- W10-9P Supplemental plaque for no train horn warning
- W10-11a Specific distance between tracks and highway
- W10-11b Specific distance between highway and tracks behind
