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These warning signs indicate that traffic lights are ahead, and are often used when it is difficult to see that a traffic light may already be showing red, to warn a driver to prepare to slow down. They may be supplemented with flashing light or lighted sign when light is red or turning red.
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, the triangle for the Yield sign, and the crossbuck for railroad crossings.
Warning sign (Malaysia) Warning signs give a warning of that there are dangerous or unusual conditions ahead (a curve, turn, dip or sideroad). [1] They are usually diamond-shaped and have a yellow background with black letters or symbols. [1] [5] Often these signs have a greater more conspicuous presence than a regulatory sign. These signs ...
Sign warning of cattle crossing in a rural road of Madeira Island, Portugal. Traffic signs can be grouped into several types. For example, Annexe 1 of the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals (1968), which on 30 June 2004 had 52 signatory countries, defines eight categories of signs: A. Danger warning signs; B. Priority signs
Increasingly, signs have been used to remind drivers to buckle seat belts ("Click it or ticket"), obey the speed limit, and stay off the road if impaired ("Drive sober or get pulled over"). [7] In a federal study, a slight majority of drivers reported that public safety messages on dynamic message signs impacted their driving behaviors. [8]
A direction sign, more fully defined as a direction, position, or indication sign by the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals, is any road sign used primarily to give information about the location of either the driver or possible destinations, and are considered a subset of the informative signs group. Direction signs are far more ...
Road signs in Belgium. Road signs in Belgium are defined in the Royal Decree of 1 December 1975 on general regulations for the road traffic police and in the use of public highways. [1] They generally conform to the 1968 Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals. [2] The official typeface on road signs in Belgium is SNV. [3]
Road signs in Georgia are similar to the road sign system of other post-Soviet states that ensure that transport vehicles move safely and orderly, as well as to inform the participants of traffic built-in graphic icons. However, some road signs look a bit different from Soviet ones and closer to the European ones.