Divided Highway Ends Sign (W6-2)
The divided highway ends sign is a diamond and its colour is yellow. It is a warning sign: something ahead — a curve, a crossing, a change in the road — needs you to slow down and adjust what you are doing.
At a glance
| Shape | diamond |
|---|---|
| Color | yellow |
| Category | Warning signs |
| MUTCD code | W6-2 |
How the test asks about it
- 1.
What changes immediately after this sign?
Not quiteCorrect answer: A — Oncoming traffic returns to the same roadway as you
The median ends and the road becomes two-way. Traffic you had been separated from is now coming toward you in the adjacent lane.
Because a divided highway feels like a freeway, drivers keep freeway habits — including drifting left — right into oncoming traffic.
- 2.
You have been driving on a divided highway and pass this sign. What changes ahead?
Not quiteCorrect answer: A — Traffic will come toward you, with no median separating the two directions
The median that has been keeping the two directions apart stops here. From this point the lane to your left carries oncoming vehicles, so keep right and treat the centre line, not a strip of grass, as your protection.
Staying in the left lane out of habit from the divided section. Past this sign that lane belongs to traffic coming the other way.
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