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Road signs in Ornans.. Road signs in France refer to all conventional signals installed on French roads and intended to ensure the safety of road users, either by informing them of the dangers and regulations relating to traffic as well as elements useful for decision-making, or by indicating to them the landmarks and equipment useful for their travel on the national territory.
Pedestrian sign in Mexico. The road signs used in Mexico are regulated by Secretaría de Infraestructura, Comunicaciones y Transportes ' s Directorate-General for Roads (Dirección General de Carreteras), and uniformized under a NOM standard [1] and the Manual de Señalización y Dispositivos para el Control del Tránsito en Calles y Carreteras (Manual of Signage and Traffic Control Devices ...
The signs of pedestrian crossing. Road signs in Austria are regulated in Straßenverkehrsordnung (StVO). [1] Road signs are generally placed on the right side next to the road or above the road. Sometimes signs are also placed on both sides, in some exceptional cases signs are only place on the left or on one side (particularly town signs).
The year of 1974 saw important changes in Australia's road sign design practices. A major change expressed Australia's preference for a transition to adoption of symbols on signs in lieu of words, inspired by the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals, and transition to adoption of kilometres and metres in lieu of miles and yards.
Greek road signs P-2, P-28 and П-21 in Pefki, Attica. Road signs in Greece are regulated by the Ministry of Transport and the Hellenic Traffic Police, according to the Greek Highway Code. Signs follow the general European conventions concerning the use of shape and colour, for every sign category. Signs indicating dangers are triangular with a ...
[1] [2] [3] Many regulatory signs are based on European signs, i.e. the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals, while many warning signs are based on U.S. and Canadian signs, i.e. on MUTCD. Colombia uses the metric system of measurement and drives on the right.
An example of a directional road sign in Italy, in this case near Rieti.. Road signs in Italy conform to the general pattern of those used in most other European countries, with the notable exception that the background of motorway (autostrada) signs is green and those for 'normal' roads is blue.
The road signs in North Macedonia follow the 1968 Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals, and the former Yugoslav standard road signs, used by the successor states of SFR Yugoslavia. North Macedonia adopted its own road sign standard after the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia gained its independence from Yugoslavia in the early 1990s.