stop ahead

Brake point notice

Stop ahead is a warning on road signs indicating that drivers will soon encounter a stop sign and should prepare to halt.

The phrase alerts motorists to reduce speed in anticipation: The stop ahead sign was obscured by overgrown branches.

Related

road · traffic light · brake · slow · slow down · intersection · traffic · pause · red · octagon · crosswalk · school zone · construction zone · approaching · coming up · driver · highway · signal

Categories
Opposites
traffic flow instruction

stop aheadgo

Move from here

proceed · green light · no stopping · keep moving · through traffic

movement direction

stop aheadaccelerate

Increase in velocity

speed up · continue · merge

warning vs. immediate action

stop aheadstop sign

Roadside traffic directive

stop · halt · full stop

Family

stop, ahead, stops, stopped, stopping, stopper, stoppers, stoppage, stoppages

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Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G