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Encyclopedia > Street 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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FAQ - Street Signs USA (3080 words)
With parking signs and street name signs the recommended height from bottom of the sign to ground is 7 feet when pedestrian movement is likely to occur.
Signs installed at the side of the road in rural districts shall be at least 1.5 m (5 ft), measured from the bottom of the sign to the near edge of the pavement.
All route signs, warning signs, and regulatory signs on freeways and expressways shall be at least 2.1 m (7 ft) above the level of the pavement edge.
Street Signs (109 words)
These are real street signs made on 24" wide, 6" high, extra heavy gauge (.080) green baked enamel aluminum.
Each street sign can be personalized with one line of text with up to 20 letters.
These street signs are embossed (stamped) into 6" high, heavy gauge (16 ga) green baked enamel steel.
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