Stop and yield signs — North Carolina Permit Test

At this sign the law requires you to come to a full stop, and not move again until you are sure the way is clear.

A rolling stop gives you half a look at the cross street. The full stop is what gives you the whole one.

When you approach this sign, the law requires you to come to a FULL stop. Do not proceed to move again until you are sure the way is clear.

A stop sign is usually posted six to 50 feet from the intersection, and you must stop at the marked stop line; with no stop line or crosswalk, stop before entering the intersection where you can see the cross street.

Stopping where you can see is the point. The line, where there is one, is placed where that view begins.

If there is no stop line or marked crosswalk, the driver must stop before entering the intersection where he/she has a view of the intersecting street.

At this sign you must slow down and yield the right of way, stopping if necessary to let traffic on the intersecting street pass.

Yield means the other road has priority. You slow enough to stop, and you do stop if anyone is coming.

When you approach the yield sign, you must slow down and yield the right of way. Your need to stop depends on the traffic on the intersecting street.

Your need to stop at a yield sign depends on the traffic on the intersecting street; to avoid interfering with it, you must stop and wait for it to pass.

A yield sign does not always mean stop, but it means stop whenever going would interfere with the other road.

To avoid interfering with that traffic, you must stop and wait for it to pass.

What must you do at this sign?

Come to a full stop; go only when the way is clear. A rolling stop gives you half a look at the cross street. The full stop is what gives you the whole one. North Carolina Driver Handbook, p.83: “When you approach this sign, the law requires you to come to a FULL stop. Do not proceed to move again until you are sure the way is clear.”