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A directional signboard in Northern Cape, South Africa. Road signs in South Africa are based on the SADC-Road Traffic Sign Manual, a document designed to harmonise traffic signs in member states of the Southern Africa Development Community. Most of these signs were in the preceding South African RTSM.
Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe are all Southern African Development Community (SADC) members who drive on the left and use the SADC Road Traffic Signs Manual. The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) used in the United States has also influenced signing practices in other countries.
These numbers are allocated by the Route Numbering and Road Traffic Signs Sub Committee within the Roads Co-ordinating Body, [1] an organisation which contains representatives from road authorities in national, provincial and local government
Road signs in Tanzania are based on the SADC Road Traffic Signs Manual, [1] [2] [3] a document designed to harmonise traffic signs in member states of the Southern Africa Development Community. They are regulated in A Guide to Traffic Signing governed by the Ministry of Infrastructure Development. [4] Tanzanians drive on the left.
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.
Road signs in Bolivia are regulated by the Manuales Técnicos para el Diseño de Carreteras standard which is based on the United States' MUTCD (FHWA), Central America's Manuales Técnicos para el Diseño de Carreteras (SICA), Colombia's Manual de Señalización Vial (Ministry of Transport), and Chile's Manual de Carreteras. [3]
Road signs used by countries in the Americas are significantly influenced by the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), first released in 1935, reflecting the influence of the United States throughout the region. [1] Other non-American countries using road signs similar to the MUTCD include Australia, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan ...
This image is derived from the SADC-RTSM, a convention of the Southern African Development Community designed to provide uniform traffic control devices throughout member countries. This image and its specifications were designed by the South African Department of Transport on behalf of SADC .