Road signs in Indonesia

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Directional sign in Badung, Bali. All directional signs in Indonesia use a green color background. Notice the give way and stop signs. Indonesian Directional Sign - Bali.JPG
Directional sign in Badung, Bali. All directional signs in Indonesia use a green color background. Notice the give way and stop signs.

Road signs in Indonesia are standardized road signs similar to those used in other nations but with certain distinctions. As a former Dutch colony, until the 1970s road signs in Indonesia closely followed The Netherlands rules on road signs. Nowadays, Indonesian road sign design are a mix of European, US MUTCD, Australia, New Zealand and Japanese road sign features. According to the 2014 Minister of Transport's Regulation No. 13 concerning Traffic Signs, [1] the official typeface for road signs in Indonesia is Clearview. Indonesia formerly used FHWA Series fonts (Highway Gothic) as the designated typeface though the rules are not being implemented properly.

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Indonesian road signs use Indonesian, the official and the national language of Indonesia. However, English is also used for important public places such as tourist attractions and airports. Bilingual signs can be found in tourist areas such as Bali.

Indonesia signed the 1968 Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals but have yet to ratify the Convention. [2]

Warning signs

Warning signs warn of possible dangers or unusual conditions ahead and alert motorists on the hazards to expect. Warning signs in Indonesia used to closely follow US MUTCD and Japanese warnings signs: a diamond-shaped with yellow background and black-and-yellow outline. Though they recently changed it to be a full black outline.

Intersections

Regulatory signs

Prohibitory signs

Prohibitory signs in Indonesia are circular and have a red border with diagonal bars except for Stop, Give Way, and Railroad Crossing signs.

Mandatory signs

Mandatory signs in Indonesia follows the "Type A Mandatory Signs" as prescribed by the Vienna Convention, which is the European-style white-on-blue circular signs with addition of a white border.

Directional signs

Toll Road signs

Most of the signs in this section are custom-made by the toll road operator and unavailable in the current regulations.

Information signs

Temporary signs

Temporary signs generally follow New Zealand designs, albeit with the Clearview typeface instead of the Highway Gothic typeface.

Electronic signs

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References

  1. "Permenhub Nomor 13 Tahun 2014" [Ministry of Transport Regulation No. 13 Year 2014](PDF). Andalalin DKI Jakarta (in Indonesian). 2014. Retrieved 2024-04-14.
  2. "United Nations Treaty Collection". treaties.un.org. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Only found in the Jagorawi and the Jakarta-Serpong Motorway
  4. Indonesian vehicle maximum height standard, according to Article 54, Paragraph (1)c of the Indonesian Republic Government Regulation No. 55 of 2012 (shown in regulations as in millimetres, and height should not exceed 1.7 times vehicle breadth)