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The word "yield" has many meanings in the English language. You can yield to the next speaker, or the land can yield food from the garden. But today I bring up "yield" as in the road sign.

Too often I find that drivers treat a yield sign as a free for all to go through intersections or turns onto other roads without even slowing. A yield sign allows a driver to reduce speed instead of having to come to a complete stop. Call a yield sign a small time-saver. But remember, it doesn't mean you may not have to come to a complete stop if necessary to yield right of way to any traffic on the r...