Highway Code Question..?

Question:
Could anyway tell me why the ' GIVE WAY ' sign is an upside down traingle and what is its pupose of it being so.

Answers:

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If you come to a road junction and the road and warning signs are covered with snow, you should still realise that it's a give way sign. A stop sign is octagonal, and should still be recognised if that was snowed up too.

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It's like an American "Yield" sign - it means you give anyone coming from the other way the right of way (you let them go first).

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It is to show you that it is a warning. If you look at any other warning signs you will see that they are upside down triangles.

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any upside down triangle is a danger or warning sign

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Most signs that give a warning are triangular in shape and have a red border with a white background. Stop signs and Give Way signs are inverted triangles warning of Stop signs and Give Way signs ahead. Other triangular signs are the right way up. Some warning signs also have rectangular plates below them giving further information such as the distance to the Stop sign ahead.

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The sign is 'lifted' from the road surface.

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The original idea was that traffic approaching would be 'pushed' to either left or right of the triangle, depending on which way they wanted to turn.

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When vertical signs came along, the shape was simply copied.

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The sign is only a 'warning' and not a legality - the lines on the road are legal.

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coz if you make a triangle with your fingers on one hand, you cant do it.
turns out its just your two fingers stuck up.
kinda like telling them to fcuk off really

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A Triangle is a warning sign, so it is warning you that you will have to slow down and give way to other traffic.

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In addition to the above responses, remember that most 'road traffic signs' in the world are 'international' in license and implementation. The United States is moving towards the international signage system.

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This process, for all takers, literally takes decades to adopt, use and educate.

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International road traffic signs are governed by the various "UN Conventions on Road Traffic, Road Signs and Signals", and as such, includes sometimes a signs dimensions, design parameters, placement, and legal-meaning to be adopted by the contracting states party in regulations.

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They are generally 'optional' for nations to adopt, but the meanings must remain uniform throughout the world wherever they are posted.

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All signs have they're own shape, size and color. This being so you can recognize them.
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