safety flag

Visibility marker banner

A safety flag is a brightly colored marker—typically orange or red—attached to loads that extend beyond a vehicle's body, warning other drivers of the hazard: The lumber yard tied a safety flag to the boards sticking out of my truck bed.

In other contexts, safety flags mark hazards on beaches, construction sites, or anywhere visibility matters for preventing accidents.

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red · orange · visibility · signal · mailbox · oversized · load · convoy · truck · construction · construction zone · roadside · wide load · flapping · pole · banner · alert · traffic

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Opposites
visibility/warning function

safety flagcamouflage

Concealment through visual blending

hazard · invisibility cloak · danger · threat · booby trap

signal intent

safety flaggreen flag

Signal meaning proceed

white flag

signal type

safety flaggreen light

Authorization to proceed

checkered flag

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G