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Traffic warning sign. A warning sign is a type of sign which indicates a potential hazard, obstacle, or condition requiring special attention. Some are traffic signs that indicate hazards on roads that may not be readily apparent to a driver. [1]
Skull and crossbones, a common symbol for poison and other sources of lethal danger (GHS hazard pictograms). Hazard symbols are recognizable symbols designed to warn about hazardous or dangerous materials, locations, or objects, including electromagnetic fields, electric currents; harsh, toxic or unstable chemicals (acids, poisons, explosives); and radioactivity.
Signs including Stop, Yield, No Turns, No Trucks, No Parking, No Stopping, Minimum Speed, Right Turn Only, Do Not Enter, Weight Limit, and Speed Limit are considered regulatory signs. Some have special shapes, such as the octagon for the Stop sign and the crossbuck for railroad crossings.
Signs in the MUTCD are often more text-oriented, though some signs do use pictograms as well. Canada and Australia have road signs based substantially on the MUTCD. In South America, Ireland, several Asian countries (Cambodia, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia) and New Zealand, road signage is influenced by both the Vienna Convention and ...
ADR European hazard sign, meaning highly flammable (33) — gasoline (1203) The European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) fixed harmonised pictograms for transportation. Vehicles carrying dangerous goods have to be fitted with orange signs, where the lower number identifies the substance, while ...
Overtaking is prohibited either for all vehicles or for certain kinds of vehicles only (e.g. lorries, motorcycles). In the USA, this is usually phrased as "no passing zone" and indicated by a rectangular, black-on-white sign on the right side of the road that says "DO NOT PASS", and/or by a solid yellow line painted on the roadway marking the left limit of traffic (centerline), and sometimes ...
A 'Danger' sign from the 1914 Universal Safety Standards. One of the earliest attempts to standardize safety signage in the United States was the 1914 Universal Safety Standards. [1] The signs were fairly simple in nature, consisting of an illuminated board with "DANGER" in white letters on a red field. [1]
Hazard pictograms are one of the key elements for the labelling of containers under the GHS, along with: [2] an identification of the product; a signal word – either Danger or Warning – where necessary. hazard statements, indicating the nature and degree of the risks posed by the product. precautionary statements, indicating how the product ...