MUTCD W2-8L · Warning signs
Two side roads entering from the left in close succession
What it means
Warns of two side roads entering from the left in close succession.
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 W2-8L.)
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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.
- W2-5 Y-intersection where the road splits into two branches
- W2-6 Roundabout ahead
- W2-7L Offset side roads with the first road on the left and the second on the right
- W2-7R Offset side roads with the first road on the right and the second on the left
- W2-8R Two side roads entering from the right in close succession
- W2-10 Traffic will be entering when the signal is flashing
