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Encyclopedia > Road sign

See also: street sign theft


External links

  • http://homepages.cwi.nl/~dik/english/traffic/ -- Excellent collections of international road traffic signs
  • http://members.aol.com/rcmoeur/signman.html -- Unofficial Manual of Traffic Signs in the United States
  • international Convention about traffic sign (governemental Swiss website) (http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/0_741_20/) in French
  • Diamond Signs (http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/diamondsigns/diam.html) – extensive image collection of many North American warning signs, including many non-standard and special-purpose signs
  • Traffic signs of the world (http://www.intlsigns.com/world/traffic/) – links, pictures and information about road traffic signs all over the globe
  • French traffic signs according to la sécurité routière web site (France) (http://www.securiteroutiere.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/LesSignauxRoutiers-2.pdf) in French
  • http://www.unece.org/trans/conventn/legalinst.html -- Legal instruments in the field of transport -- Number 10 is the Convention on Road Signs and Signals, of 8 November 1968, including the annexes.

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NCDOT Division of Motor Vehicles: Driver Handbook: Chapter 5 (797 words)
Rectangular and square–shaped signs, which are normally fl and white or red and white, are also used to show speed limits and other regulations.
The handicapped parking sign indicates that a space is reserved for persons who qualify for a handicapped license plate or a dashboard placard.
Signs indicating a nearby hospital, highway patrol station or telephone are blue and white.
Road Traffic Signs (620 words)
Signs being triangles are coded Aa with usually red borders, white backgrounds and fl symbols.
Signs being diamonds are coded Ab with usually fl borders, yellow backgrounds and fl symbols.
A sign for a priority road is a yellow diamond with a white border (B3), but it is not used in the United States.
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