T intersection ahead sign
What the T intersection ahead sign means: The road you are on ends at a road across it, so you will have to turn left or right and give way.
- Group
- Warning signs
- Does this group carry the law
- Not enforceable on its own. It changes nothing about right of way.
- In the sign deck
- 3 questions ask about this sign
What to do when you see it
- Slow down early, because your road is about to end.
- Decide left or right before you arrive and signal in good time.
- Give way to traffic on the continuing road, which has priority over you.
- Stop if the sight line is short, even when the sign is a warning rather than a stop.
Where you see it
On the approach to a road that terminates at another, often where the terminating road comes over a crest or around a bend and the ending is not obvious.
Across the states and territories
The warning is national and so is the underlying rule that traffic on the continuing road has priority. The case worth learning is a continuing road that bends: the priority follows the continuing road, not the direction that feels straight ahead, and that catches drivers out in every state.
Tell it apart from these
- T intersection aheadthis pageCrossroads ahead
Look at whether the stem crosses the bar. If it stops at it, your road ends there.
Crossroads ahead: A road crosses yours just ahead, so watch for traffic entering from both the left and the right.
- T intersection aheadthis pageGive way ahead
A T intersection is often controlled by a give way sign, so the two appear together, one describing the shape and the other the duty.
Give way ahead: There is a give way sign just ahead, so slow down and get ready to give way.
How the knowledge tests use it
The bending continuing road is a standard question, and the diagram in the guides on this site is the fastest way to fix the answer in your head.
What does this sign mean?
The symbol shows your road running into a road across the top. You will have to turn left or right when you get there.
State and territory driver handbooks, warning signs
Common questions
- What does the T intersection ahead sign mean?
- The road you are on ends at a road across it, so you will have to turn left or right and give way.
- What should you do when you see a T intersection ahead sign?
- Slow down early, because your road is about to end. Decide left or right before you arrive and signal in good time. Give way to traffic on the continuing road, which has priority over you. Stop if the sight line is short, even when the sign is a warning rather than a stop.
- Where is the T intersection ahead sign used?
- On the approach to a road that terminates at another, often where the terminating road comes over a crest or around a bend and the ending is not obvious.
- What is the T intersection ahead sign confused with?
- Crossroads ahead: Look at whether the stem crosses the bar. If it stops at it, your road ends there. Give way ahead: A T intersection is often controlled by a give way sign, so the two appear together, one describing the shape and the other the duty.
- How do the knowledge tests ask about the T intersection ahead sign?
- The bending continuing road is a standard question, and the diagram in the guides on this site is the fastest way to fix the answer in your head.
Try it in a question
Original practice questions, not the official bank. How we write and check them.
More warning signs
Yellow diamond with a black symbol.