Stop and yield signs pictured — Tennessee Permit Test

At this sign you must bring your car to a complete stop, not going beyond the crosswalk.

Rolling past the crosswalk puts your bumper where people walk. It also pokes your car into cross traffic.

It tells you that you are approaching an important street or highway and that you must bring your car to a complete stop, not going beyond the crosswalk.

If you cannot see after stopping at this sign, proceed cautiously to a point where you can see, then go only if it is safe.

Bushes or parked cars can hide the cross street. Pulling straight out blind is how side-impact crashes happen.

IF you cannot see, then proceed cautiously to a point where you can see, and then go only if you can do so safely.

This sign means you are approaching an intersection and must stop and wait when other vehicles are approaching on the other road.

The cars on the other road have the right to go first. Pulling out in front of them leaves them no time to brake.

This three-sided sign means that you are approaching an intersection and must stop and wait when other vehicles are approaching from the right or left on the other roadway.

At this sign, if you are sure no cars are coming, you need not stop, but you must slow down and enter with caution.

Slowing gives you time to check both ways. Coming in at full speed leaves no chance to stop for a car you missed.

cars are coming you need not come to a complete stop but you must slow down and enter the intersection with caution.

What must you do at this sign?

Stop fully, before the crosswalk. Rolling past the crosswalk puts your bumper where people walk. It also pokes your car into cross traffic. Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, p.36: “It tells you that you are approaching an important street or highway and that you must bring your car to a complete stop, not going beyond the crosswalk.”