#Traffic signs and their meanings drivers#

Information, facilities, or service signs For example, Annexe 1 of the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals (1968), which on 30 June 2004 had 52 signatory countries, defines eight categories of signs:

Traffic signs can be grouped into several types. Countries have also unilaterally (to some extent) followed other countries in order to avoid confusion.Ĭategories Sign warning of cattle crossing in a rural road of Madeira Island, Portugal International conventions such as Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals have helped to achieve a degree of uniformity in traffic signing in various countries.

#Traffic signs and their meanings drivers#

Road sign for roundabout leading to highways 1, 2 and 3 in Mariehamn, Åland Sign in Australia reminding drivers to carry adequate supplies before entering remote areas International conventions Such signs were first developed in Europe, and have been adopted by most countries to varying degrees. Such pictorial signs use symbols (often silhouettes) in place of words and are usually based on international protocols. With traffic volumes increasing since the 1930s, many countries have adopted pictorial signs or otherwise simplified and standardized their signs to overcome language barriers, and enhance traffic safety. Later, signs with directional arms were introduced, for example the fingerposts in the United Kingdom and their wooden counterparts in Saxony. The earliest signs were simple wooden or stone milestones.

Traffic signs or road signs are signs erected at the side of or above roads to give instructions or provide information to road users. A ' route confirmation' sign on the Warrego Highway in Queensland, Australia, informing motorists of their distance (in kilometres) from the places listed Fingerposts and other road signage in the English village of Sturminster Marshall, near Poole For the English Wikipedia's newspaper, see The Signpost.