Delaware Administrative Code
Title 2 - Transportation
2000 - Department of Transportation
2400 - Division of Transportation Solutions
2402 - Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD)
Part 2 - Signs
Chapter 2B - REGULATORY SIGNS, BARRICADES, AND GATES
Section 2B.11 - Yield Here To Pedestrians Signs and Stop Here For Pedestrians Signs (R1-5 Series)

Universal Citation: 2 DE Admin Code 2B.11

Current through Register Vol. 28, No. 3, September 1, 2024

Standard:

01 (DE Revision) Yield Here To (Stop Here For) Pedestrians (R1-5 and R1-5b) signs (see Figure 2B-2) shall be used if yield (stop) lines are used in advance of a marked crosswalk that crosses an uncontrolled multi-lane approach. The Stop Here for Pedestrians signs shall only be used where the law specifically requires that a driver must stop for a pedestrian in a crosswalk. The legend STATE LAW may be displayed at the top of the R1-5 and R1-5b signs, if applicable.

Support:

01A (DE Revision) §4142 of Title 21 of the Delaware Code states that drivers shall yield the right-of-way, slowing down or stopping if need be to so yield, to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within a crosswalk when the pedestrian is upon the half of the roadway upon which the vehicle is traveling, or when the pedestrian is approaching so closely from the opposite half of the roadway as to be in danger.

Guidance:

01B (DE Revision) Based on current Delaware Code, the Yield Here to Pedestrians sign should be used along state-maintained roadways.

01C (DE Revision) Prior to sign installation, §4142 of Title 21 of the Delaware Code should be reviewed to determine whether the Yield Here to Pedestrians or Stop Here For Pedestrians signs should be used. Local ordinances should be reviewed for Yield Here To (Stop Here For) Pedestrians signs installed along municipal-maintained roadways.

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Option:

01D (DE Revision) If local ordinances indicate that drivers must stop for pedestrians at unsignalized crosswalks, Stop Here For Pedestrians signs may be installed along municipal-maintained roadways.

Guidance:

01E (DE Revision) The Yield Here To (Stop Here For) Pedestrians (R1-5 and R1-5b) signs and the Overhead Pedestrian Crossing (R1-9 or R1-9a) signs (see Figure 2B-2) may be modified to replace the standard pedestrian symbol with the standard schoolchildren symbol.

02 If yield (stop) lines and Yield Here To (Stop Here For) Pedestrians signs are used in advance of a crosswalk that crosses an uncontrolled multi-lane approach, they should be placed 20 to 50 feet in advance of the nearest crosswalk line (see Section 3B.16 and Figure 3B-17), and parking should be prohibited in the area between the yield (stop) line and the crosswalk.

03 Yield (stop) lines and Yield Here To (Stop Here For) Pedestrians signs should not be used in advance of crosswalks that cross an approach to or departure from a roundabout.

Option:

04 Yield Here To (Stop Here For) Pedestrians signs may be used in advance of a crosswalk that crosses an uncontrolled multi-lane approach to indicate to road users where to yield (stop) even if yield (stop) lines are not used.

05 A Pedestrian Crossing (W11-2) warning sign may be placed overhead or may be post-mounted with a diagonal downward pointing arrow (W16-7P) plaque at the crosswalk location where Yield Here To (Stop Here For) Pedestrians signs have been installed in advance of the crosswalk.

Standard:

06 If a W11-2 sign has been post-mounted at the crosswalk location where a Yield Here To (Stop Here For) Pedestrians sign is used on the approach, the Yield Here To (Stop Here For) Pedestrians sign shall not be placed on the same post as or block the road user's view of the W11-2 sign.

Option:

07 An advance Pedestrian Crossing (W11-2) warning sign with an AHEAD or a distance supplemental plaque may be used in conjunction with a Yield Here To (Stop Here For) Pedestrians sign on the approach to the same crosswalk.

08 In-Street Pedestrian Crossing signs and Yield Here To (Stop Here For) Pedestrians signs may be used together at the same crosswalk.

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