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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.
Local traffic road signs usually employ black text on white. Exceptions are the Czech Republic (yellow-on-black), Finland (white-on-black), Austria and Spain (white-on-green), as well as Denmark, Iceland and Poland (blue-on-white). Tourist sighting signs usually employ white on some shade of brown. Detours use black on a shade of yellow or orange.
Priority road: Diamond: White: Black: 0.5 m (large), 0.35 m (small) Yellow or orange square: End of priority road: Diamond: White: Black: 0.5 m (large), 0.35 m (small) Yellow or orange square with black or grey diagonal lines crossing the sign: Priority for oncoming traffic: Circular: White or yellow: Red: Unspecified
Traffic signs or road signs are signs erected at the side of or above roads to give instructions or provide information to road users. The earliest signs were simple wooden or stone milestones . Later, signs with directional arms were introduced, for example the fingerposts in the United Kingdom and their wooden counterparts in Saxony .
Summary. Description. Road Warning signs around the World.svg. English (en): Standard design for road warning signs by country. Uses Diamond warning sign.svg: Uses Triangle warning sign (red and white).svg: Uses Triangle warning sign (red and yellow).svg: Uses Triangle warning sign (black and yellow).svg:
The polar bear warning sign in Svalbard recently changed from displaying a black bear on white background to a white bear on black background (both signs are triangular with a red border). Some countries (like France, Norway and Spain) that normally use a white background have adopted an orange or amber background for road work or construction ...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. European traffic signs present relevant differences between countries despite an apparent uniformity and standardisation. Most European countries refer to the 1968 Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals. The convention has been adopted by the following countries (including acceding states): Albania ...
A sign at the Magic Roundabout in Swindon incorporating mini-roundabouts into signage. (The correct method, introduced in the 1994 TSRGD, is to use a black disc with a central white dot for each mini-roundabout.) This peculiarity is common in Wiltshire. Detailed guidelines govern road signs in the United Kingdom.