Warning signs
Lane Ends (right lane) sign
The right lane ends ahead. Traffic in that lane must merge left.
What it looks like
Yellow diamond with two parallel black lines; the right line bends in toward the left line partway up.
- Type
- Warning
- Federal design code
- MUTCD W4-2R
From real handbooks
How permit tests ask about it
25 of our verified questions in 25 states show this sign. A few of them, each from a different handbook where we can:
1.What does this sign warn you about?
- AA sharp curve
- BThe right lane is ending
- CA lane is being added
- DA narrow bridge
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✓ B. The right lane is ending
This sign warns that a lane will end, here the right lane; the symbol is reversed when the left lane ends.
Source: Driver's Licensing Handbook - State of West Virginia (Revised 07/2026), page 46
2.What does this sign tell you?
- AThe bridge ahead is narrow
- BOne lane of the road ends ahead
- CA new lane is being added ahead
- DPassing is now allowed ahead
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✓ B. One lane of the road ends ahead
LANE ENDS signs warn that one lane on a multi-lane road will end ahead, so traffic in that lane must merge.
Source: Pennsylvania Driver's Manual (PUB 95) (PUB 95), page 19
3.You see this sign and you are in the lane that ends. What must you do?
- ASpeed up and cut in first
- BKeep going on the shoulder
- CStop at the end of your lane
- DYield and merge into the other lane
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✓ D. Yield and merge into the other lane
Lane ends means two lanes become one; drivers in the ending lane must yield and merge.