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The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways (usually referred to as the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, abbreviated MUTCD) is a document issued by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) of the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) to specify the standards by which traffic signs, road surface markings, and signals are designed, installed ...
Height, weight, and width restrictions are almost always accompanied by units (tonnes or metres); in the US, the short ton is used with no distinction from metric tonnes. Signs in some parts of Canada and Mexico near the US border often include both metric and Imperial units, to remind US drivers that they are entering metric countries.
This is a comparison of road signs in countries and regions that speak majorly English, including major ones where it is an official language and widely understood (and as a lingua franca). Among the countries listed below, Liberia , Nigeria , and the Philippines have ratified the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals , while the United ...
The inscriptions on road signs are written in Spanish since it is an official language of Puerto Rico and is most widely spoken in Puerto Rico. [ 3 ] The suffix (D) in parentheses means "right", from Spanish derecha , while the (I) in parentheses means "left", from Spanish izquierda .
A road may be clear and free of snow, ice or black ice, lulling drivers into thinking they have nothing to fear. But when they cross a bridge or overpass, the surface can suddenly turn from steady ...
Since 2016, on width and height limit signs both metric and imperial measurements are used (metres and feet & inches), however older signs still show imperial-only measurements [citation needed]. Weight limits have been expressed in metric tonnes since 1981, but signs continued to use an upper case "T" until 2011.
Road signs in Zambia 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. Zambia drives on the left .