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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 ...
A rollsign on the MBTA Red Line in Boston.This sign has a hand crank to change the destinations displayed, but many rollsigns are motorized. For many decades, the most common type of multiple-option destination sign was the rollsign (or bus blind, curtain sign, destination blind, or tram scroll): a roll of flexible material with pre-printed route number/letter and destinations (or route name ...
Japanese stop sign with the word Tomare (止まれ), meaning Stop Road signs in Japan are either controlled by local police authorities under Road Traffic Law ( 道路交通法 , Dōro Kōtsūhō ) or by other road-controlling entities including Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism , local municipalities, NEXCO (companies ...
In the United Kingdom, a clearway is a road or section of road on which it is illegal to stop on the main carriageway for any reason except in an emergency. [3]Certain sections of urban road may be designated Urban Clearway, which is a little-used designation, but one which prevents vehicles being stopped during the peak hours, typically 07:00–09:30 and 15:00–18:00.
Major stop or bus station: Junction with out-of-use section Junction One-way section . with specific direction. One-way stop/station Station│stop with partial service
The Manual of Traffic Signs and Markings specifies that advisory speeds (PW-25) always end in digit "5", however there are some advisory speed signs that do not comply with the manual and end in zero. [3] In 2023, the then Labour government made moves to have bilingual road signs with English and Māori.
It is also known as a stop bar. [ 2 ] A yield line, also called shark's teeth or a give way line , is a type of marking used to inform drivers of the point where they need to yield and give priority to conflicting vehicle or pedestrian traffic at an intersection or roundabout controlled by a yield sign .