MUTCD W2-11 · Warning signs
Traffic will be approaching when the signal is flashing
What it means
Warns that traffic will be approaching when the signal is flashing.
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 W2-11.)
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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.
- W2-7R Offset side roads with the first road on the right and the second on the left
- W2-8L Two side roads entering from the left in close succession
- W2-8R Two side roads entering from the right in close succession
- W2-10 Traffic will be entering when the signal is flashing
- W3-1 A stop sign is ahead
- W3-2 A yield sign is ahead
