What do you call the color of traffic light that means "yield"

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Just wondering what you call the color of the middle traffic light. I call it yellow. but I have heard all these variations.

yellow 80
gold 1
orange 4
amber 16
????? 1
idk 2
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  • dinz
    10 years ago

    Yellow normally. Though I think the official way of saying it on the New Zealand road code is Amber.

    Also about this "yield" business, I thought an Amber light meant "Prepare to Stop".

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    • shuggy-chan
      10 years ago

      Not for most, it means speed up or you won't make the red light at the next intersection

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      • gummy_jr
        10 years ago

        Dammit I was going to respond with something like this

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        • shuggy-chan
          10 years ago

          well apparently you did see the yellow light, other wise you had been faster

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          • gummy_jr
            10 years ago

            Hmm very true Mr. Shuggy

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  • thegypsysailor
    10 years ago

    Red; STOP
    Green; GO
    Yellow; GO VERY, VERY FAST
    got it, now?
    From the California DOT driver's handbook, Spanish edition.

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  • bananaface
    10 years ago

    Hahaha! I'm definitely calling it "yield" from now on!

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      10 years ago

      why is it funny, does yield mean something else? o.O
      oh, i remember seeing in the UK that their "yield" signs say "Give way"? i thought it was kind of funny too x)

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      • dinz
        10 years ago

        Yeah it is the same here in New Zealand and Australia.

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  • [Old Memory]
    10 years ago

    The U.S. Dept. Of Transportation's official name for it is "stale green" (seriously).
    Everyone calls it yellow.

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    • myboyfriendsbitch
      10 years ago

      I thought a stale green light was just a green light that's been green long enough that you can expect it to turn yellow at any moment.

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      • [Old Memory]
        10 years ago

        I thought so too, until I missed that question on my CDL test :(

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        • myboyfriendsbitch
          10 years ago

          Dang, I wonder if I missed it. I swear that's what my driver's ed teacher taught us.

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  • JadedUnknown
    10 years ago

    Mustard yellow.

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  • RomeoDeMontague
    10 years ago

    Yellow?

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  • myboyfriendsbitch
    10 years ago

    I never knew it was called anything but yellow. Interesting.

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  • yesnomaybeso
    10 years ago

    I had always said yellow but I think it's actually called Amber, but nobody says it!!

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  • AbnormallyAwesome
    10 years ago

    In switzerland it's a bright orange. So I call it orange.

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  • [Old Memory]
    10 years ago

    Why would I yield? Is the traffic light going to engage me in battle.

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  • mixwell
    10 years ago

    In the US it's yellow so yellow. Are you color blind ?

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