Sign Shapes

What shape is only used for stop signs, so drivers should recognize it immediately.

• Heptagon

• Hexagon

• Pentagon

• Octagon

What shape is used to yield. Drivers should recognize this sign immediately by its unique shape and react by yielding to other vehicles and pedestrians.

• Pentagon

• Triangle

• Sheild

• Pennant (Flag)

This shape can be used for both regulatory (speed limit, no parking, carpool, and keep right) and warning (children at play) signs.

• Crossbuck (X)

• Diamond

• Vertical Rectangle

• Square

Typically a type of guide sign that provides information marking routes, service areas, intersections, various points of interest and other types of information.

• Circle

• Horizontal Rectangle

• Vertical Rectangle

• Pentagon (House)

These signs like to tell you what you can't do. Like "Do not enter," "Do not U-turn," "No parking," and "No pedestrian crossing. also used for some warning (advisory speed limit, construction) signs and guide (camping, airport) signs.

• Square

• Sheild

• Cricle

• Crossbuck (X)

Reserved for school zones and school crossings. When you see this sign, watch out for children in or near the road.

• Diamond

• Circle

• Triangle

• Pentagon (House)

If you see this sign, know that the road is likely to change or that there is a potentially dangerous situation ahead.

• Circle

• Diamond

• Triangle

• Crossbuck (X)

Highway route signs. Road markers like these allow you to identify which interstate or state highway you're traveling on

• Pennant (Flag)

• Sheild

• Circle

• Octagon

Used to mark no passing zones. Don't try to pass other cars when you see this sign.

• Pennant (Flag)

• Octagon

• Crossbuck (X)

• Triangle

Advanced warning of railroad crossings (and in some cases, is used for evacuation route markers)

• Circle

• Vertical rectangle

• Pentagon (house)

• Diamond