Editing Traffic warning sign (section)

=== Pedestrian crossings ===
[[File:Vienna Convention road sign Aa-12c-V1.svg|thumb|120px|right|Vienna Convention pedestrian crossing sign (white triangle)]]

These signs are used to warn drivers of people walking in the street. They may also be used to warn of children playing, playgrounds, bicycle area, deaf child, blind pedestrians, and thickly settled zones where pedestrians may enter the road.

In [[California]], [[United States]] near the [[Mexican border (US)|Mexican border]], there were [[Immigration sign|warning signs showing a running family]]. This was to warn motorists to look out for [[Illegal immigration|illegal immigrants]] who try to escape [[United States Border Patrol|authorities]] by running through freeway traffic. The symbol was created by [[California Department of Transportation]] employee John Hood in the late 1980s.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Berestein |first=Leslie |date=April 10, 2005 |title=Highway Safety Sign Becomes Running Story on Immigration |work=SignOnSanDiego.com |url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050410/news_1n10signs.html |url-status=dead |access-date=2006-07-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060628040209/http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050410/news_1n10signs.html |archive-date=2006-06-28}}</ref>