MUTCD W9-6e · Warning signs
Take ticket at specified distance ahead
What it means
Warns to take ticket at specified 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 W9-6e.)
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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.
- W9-6a Stop ahead for toll payment with price information
- W9-6bP Supplemental plaque for toll payment with distance and price information
- W9-6cP Supplemental plaque for stop ahead toll payment
- W9-6dP Supplemental plaque for stop ahead toll payment
- W9-6f Stop ahead to take ticket
- W9-6gP Supplemental plaque for take ticket with distance information
