Thursday, October 15, 2020

Sign regulations

SIGN REGULATIONS

  • Sign regulations in India are similar to those used in the UK
  • Urban roads and state highways have signs in the State language and English. National highways have signs in the State language, Hindi and English
  • The three main categories of road signs are:
    • Regulatory Signs- depicted in Circles and these sign shows Rules and regulations
    • Warnings-depicted in Triangle and 
    •  Information-depicted in Rectangle
  • Other sign boards which are Give Way(Shape is inverted triangle) and Stop (Shape is Octagon).
  • Circle with cross shows Prohibition and Circles without cross shows Rules. 
  • Triangles are pointy and considered as risk. 
  • Blue circles shows Positive Instructions and these signs are there for a particular class of vehicle. Otherwise, Regular color of sign board is Red and White.

Mandatory/Regulatory Signs

Cautionary/Warning Signs

Informatory Signs

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