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Road Safety Sign Boards

Road safety sign boards are critical tools used to convey important messages that ensure safe driving, warn of hazards, and help guide traffic on the roads. They are designed to be easily understood and visible to all road users—drivers, pedestrians, and cyclists. Road safety signs play a vital role in reducing traffic accidents, improving road navigation, and promoting overall road safety.

These signs are typically standardized in terms of shape, color, and symbols to make them universally recognizable and understood, regardless of language barriers.

Road safety signs are generally classified into three main categories based on their function:

1. Regulatory Signs:

   • These signs inform road users about traffic laws and regulations. Compliance with these signs is mandatory.
   • Common Types of Regulatory Signs:
     • Speed Limit Signs: Indicate the maximum or minimum speed that drivers are allowed to travel.
     • Stop Signs: Require vehicles to come to a complete stop at intersections.
     • Yield Signs: Indicate that drivers must slow down and give way to other vehicles or pedestrians.
     • No Parking Signs: Restrict parking in certain areas.
     • One-Way Signs: Indicate that traffic must flow in one direction only.
     • No U-Turn Signs: Prohibit drivers from making a U-turn at a specific intersection.
     • Weight Limit Signs: Indicate the maximum weight of vehicles allowed on certain roads or bridges.
     • Height Limit Signs: Indicate the maximum height allowed for vehicles passing through a bridge or tunnel.

2. Warning Signs:

   • Common Types of Informative Signs:

1. • • Exit Signs
     • Distance Signs
     • Parking Signs
     • Rest Area Signs
     • Bus Stop Signs
     • Hospital Zone Signs
     • No Entry Signs