MUTCD W7-3bP · Warning signs
Supplemental plaque indicating grade percentage and distance ahead
What it means
Supplemental plaque indicating grade percentage and distance ahead.
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 W7-3bP.)
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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.
- W7-1A Hill ahead
- W7-2bP Supplemental plaque advising trucks to use lower gear
- W7-2P Supplemental plaque advising to use low gear
- W7-3aP Supplemental plaque indicating the distance to the next hill condition
- W7-3P Supplemental plaque indicating grade percentage ahead
- W7-4 Runaway truck ramp at specified distance
