Signs, signals and pavement markings
A line of solid white triangles is painted across your lane as you approach an intersection, with the points aimed at you. What is it?
- A yield line: it shows where to yield or stop for traffic that has the right-of-way. Correct answer
- A limit line: it shows where you must come to a complete stop before the crosswalk.
- The edge of a safety zone where pedestrians wait for a bus or a streetcar.
Why
Triangles pointing at you are a yield line. The handbook describes it exactly that way: solid white triangles in a row, their points aimed at the traffic they are addressing, marking where those drivers give way or stop. That is a different instruction from a limit line, which is a wide white line marking where to stop before an intersection or a crosswalk. A safety zone is a third thing again: space set aside for people waiting for a bus, streetcar or trolley, marked by raised buttons or markers, and you never drive through one. Shape carries the meaning here, so it is worth reading the paint before you read the signs.
Where this comes from
California Driver's Handbook, DL 600 ENGLISH (REV. 6/2025). The correct answer is A yield line: it shows where to yield or stop for traffic that has the right-of-way..