Regulatory signs
All Way (plaque) sign
Mounted under a stop sign: traffic from every direction must stop.
What it looks like
Small red rectangular plaque with white letters reading ALL WAY, mounted under another sign.
- Type
- Regulatory
- Federal design code
- MUTCD R1-3P
From real handbooks
How permit tests ask about it
12 of our verified questions in 10 states show this sign. A few of them, each from a different handbook where we can:
1.This plaque is mounted below a stop sign at an intersection. What does it tell you?
- AAll traffic coming to the intersection must stop
- BTraffic signals are ahead in every direction
- CYou may turn right without stopping
- DOnly traffic on the main road must stop
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✓ A. All traffic coming to the intersection must stop
When an ALL WAY or 4-WAY plaque is added to a stop sign, all traffic coming to the intersection must stop. The first vehicle in the intersection has the right of way.
Source: Massachusetts Driver's Manual (Revised April 2026), page 94
2.You and a car on your left reach an all-way stop at about the same time. Who should go first?
- AWhichever vehicle is larger and harder to stop
- BThe car on your left, because it arrived first
- CYou, because you are on the other driver's right
- DWhichever driver is planning to turn left
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✓ C. You, because you are on the other driver's right
When vehicles arrive at about the same time, each driver yields to the driver on their right. The car on your left must yield to you.
Source: Official Florida Driver License Handbook (Class E) (rev. 08/2023), page 70
3.A stop sign has a small ALL WAY plaque below it. What does this tell you?
- AYou may turn any way without stopping
- BOnly you must stop
- CCross traffic does not stop
- DTraffic from every direction must stop
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✓ D. Traffic from every direction must stop
Supplemental plaques under stop signs show which directions must stop. ALL WAY means traffic from every direction stops.
Source: Indiana Driver's Manual (Published July 2026), page 37