Stop and yield signs — Texas Permit Test
Stop and yield signs on the Texas permit test — 7 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
This sign means come to a complete stop, yield to pedestrians or other vehicles, and then proceed carefully; slowing down is not adequate.
Rolling through is the commonest version of this offense and the reason the manual says it outright. The wheels have to stop turning.
The stop sign means come to a complete stop, yield to pedestrians or other vehicles, and then proceed carefully
A driver must stop before the crosswalk, the intersection, or the stop sign, and this applies to each vehicle that comes to the sign.
Stopping past the line puts the car where the crossing traffic is. Every car in the line stops, not just the first.
Stop before the crosswalk, intersection, or stop sign. This applies to each vehicle that comes to the sign. Slowing down is not adequate
This sign tells a driver the road they are on joins another road ahead, and they should slow down or stop if necessary to yield to vehicles, pedestrians, or bicycles on the other road.
Yield means fit in without making anyone else change what they are doing. Sometimes that takes a full stop.
This signs tells you the road you are on joins with another road ahead. You should slow down or stop if necessary so you can yield the right-of-way to vehicles, pedestrians, or bicycles on the other road
A driver facing this sign is driving the wrong way on a one-way street and is directly opposing the flow of traffic.
Seeing it means the mistake has already been made. The right response is to stop and get off that street.
If you see this sign facing you, you are driving the wrong way on a one-way street and you are directly opposing the flow of traffic.
This sign means the road or street ahead is for one-way traffic traveling in the opposite direction, and a driver must not drive in that direction.
It marks a road that would put you nose to nose with everything on it. There is no version of this that is safe to try.
The road or street ahead is for one-way traffic traveling in the opposite direction. You must not drive in that direction or else you will be driving into oncoming traffic
Where this sign is posted at an intersection, a driver who wishes to turn may do so only in the direction the arrow indicates.
The street it points away from runs the other way. Turning against it is how drivers end up facing traffic.
If you wish to turn at an intersection where this sign is posted, do so only in the direction indicated by the arrow
This sign means drive to the right of it, and it is used in advance of islands and medians.
Something solid is about to appear in the road. The arrow says which side of it the traffic goes.
Drive to the right of this sign. This sign is used in advance of islands and medians
On the test
What does this sign require of every vehicle that reaches it?
A complete stop before proceeding carefully. Rolling through is the commonest version of this offense and the reason the manual says it outright. The wheels have to stop turning. Texas Driver Handbook, p.30: “The stop sign means come to a complete stop, yield to pedestrians or other vehicles, and then proceed carefully”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Texas Driver Handbook, published by the Texas Department of Public Safety, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-16.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/TX.pdf (Texas Driver Handbook, form DL-7, Revised January 2026, Texas Department of Public Safety, retrieved 2026-09-14 from dps.texas.gov)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/TX.pages.txt (plain pdftotext over that PDF; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json (sha256, folio offset 6, nonLawPages, the four extraction traps and the extraction flag, each with its measured basis)
- docs/plans/texas-exam-shape.md (the search that established that no official source states the question count, and the two decoys it disposes of)