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Austrian road signs depict people with realistic (as opposed to stylized) silhouettes. The Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals, the country's original signatory, takes its name from the country's capital, Vienna. Austria signed the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals on November 8, 1968 and ratified it on August 11, 1981. [2]
Driving licence in Austria. In Austria, the driving licence is a governmental right given to those who request a licence for any of the categories they desire. It is required for every type of motorized vehicle. The minimum age to obtain a driving licence is: 16 years for a motorcycle, 17/18 years for a car, and 21 years for buses and cargo ...
A sign with the use of Transport font in Icelandic. Andorra officially uses the Swiss 721 (Bold Condensed) typeface, which is identical to Helvetica. However, some signs use the Caractères and Carretera Convencional typefaces. Austria and Slovakia use the Tern typeface. Austria used the Austria typeface until 2010.
In the Brussels Capital Region, road signs are in both French and Dutch. Signs in Switzerland are in French, German, Italian, or Romansh depending on the canton. For countries driving on the left, the convention stipulates that the traffic signs should be mirror images of those used in countries driving on the right.
Tern is a sans-serif typeface, which is used on traffic signs in Austria and Slovakia. The typeface has been officially adopted as road sign typeface in Austria in 2013, [ 1 ] although it was already in use since 2010 and replaced the former Austria typeface .
Example of a licence plate in Austria used since 2002 ("K" for Klagenfurt), with the Carinthian coat of arms Example of a licence plate in Austria without the EU symbol used 1990–2002. Austrian car number plates are mandatory vehicle registration plates displaying the registration mark (German: Kennzeichen) of motor vehicles in Austria.
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