Playground sign
A diamond with a child on a slide. It warns of a children’s playground beside the road.
Rules vary by state and country. This explains the sign's standard meaning in the U.S. Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices; it isn't legal advice.
How to read it
The MUTCD allows it ahead of a designated children's playground next to the road, in yellow or fluorescent yellow-green. California's handbook lists playgrounds among the conditions warning signs cover, with pedestrians, bicyclists and schools.
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Sources
- MUTCD 2009 Edition, Chapter 2C: Warning Signs and Object Markers, MUTCD 2009, Part 2, U.S. Federal Highway Administration, Section 2C.51
- California Driver's Handbook, Section 7: Laws and Rules of the Road, California Department of Motor Vehicles, Signs
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