Road signs in India

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A signboard in Kerala
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A sign in Bengaluru
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Gurgaon Expressway
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Sion Panvel Highway
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Traffic sign in Kannur
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Road sign at a village in West Bengal
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Road sign on NH11 near Ajmer, Rajasthan. This is an example of a Gantry-mounted advance direction ahead of an at-grade junction

Road signs in India can vary in design, depending on the location.[ citation needed ] For the most part, they tend to closely follow European practices, usually identical to the United Kingdom or the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals. However, yellow rectangular signs that do carry such messages like "Be gentle on my curves" and "Danger creeps when safety sleeps" are present nationwide. [1] Road signs in India are metric.

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Typefaces

There is no official typeface for road signs in India. Typically, road signs may use hand-painted fonts, but some road signs in India use Arial, Highway Gothic or Transport.[ citation needed ]

Most urban roads and state highways have signs in the state language and English. National highways have signs in the state language, Hindi and English.

In 2012, the Tourism department of Kerala announced plans to upgrade road signs in the state to include maps of nearby hospitals. [2] The Noida Authority announced plans to replace older signboards with new fluorescent signage. [3]

A circle with a slash shows prohibited activities and circles without slashes show rules. Triangles indicate warnings and show risks. Blue circles indicate mandatory instructions and are there for a particular classes of vehicles. Otherwise, the regular colour of sign boards is red and white.

Mandatory/Regulatory signs

Cautionary/Warning signs

Informatory signs

Facility informatory signs

Parking signs

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References

  1. "Unusual road signs in Northern India". www.arrivealive.co.za. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
  2. Nair, Sangeetha (2012-07-15). "Tourism dept to update signboards across Kerala". The Times of India . Trivandrum. Times of India. Archived from the original on 2013-02-27. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
  3. Keelor, Vandana (2012-07-18). "Blue road signboards give way to red ones". The Times of India . Times of India. Archived from the original on 2013-01-03. Retrieved 2012-07-21.