Comparison of European road signs

Despite an apparent uniformity and standardisation, European traffic signs present relevant differences between countries. However most European countries refer to the 1968 Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals — adopted in Europe by Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey,^[1] Ukraine and the United Kingdom. The convention has not been adopted by Ireland, Moldova, or Spain.

Differences between European traffic signs

The main differences relate to

graphic design details
local regulatory significance
the colour-coding of directional signs
local language texts (sometimes bilingual)
the meaning and colour-coding of horizontal road surface markings

Graphic differences

Countries in red, black, and blue use European-style triangular warning signs while countries in yellow use MUTCD-style diamond warning signs. Click for large image and detailed info key.

Warning signs in Ireland are yellow and diamond-shaped (as in the Americas, Australasia, and some east Asian countries), and thus differ from the white or yellow, red-bordered, triangular signs found in the rest of Europe.
The design of individual pictograms (tunnel, pedestrian, car, etc.), while broadly similar, often varies in detail from country to country.
Type of arrows may be different.
Fonts of written words

Major differences in colour codes

Country		Motorways		Express-/ Speedways			Motor- & Express-/ Speedways directions		Primary roads				Secondary roads			Warning signs			Road works / Detours^{[n 1]}
Name	Code	white on green	white on blue	n/a	white on green	white on blue	white on green	white on blue	white on green	white on blue	black on yellow	black/red on white	n/a	black on white	white on blue	Triangle on white	Triangle on yellow	Diamond on yellow	on orange	on yellow
Austria	A		w/b			w/b		w/b	°w/g^{[n 2]}^{[n 3]}			bl/w	×			bl/w				bl/y
Switzerland	CH	w/g			w/g		w/g			w/b				bl/w		bl/w			bl/o
Liechtenstein	LI	w/g			w/g		w/g			w/b				bl/w		bl/w			bl/o
Czech Republic	CZ	w/g				w/b	w/g^{[n 4]}	w/b^{[n 5]}		w/b				bl/w		bl/w			bl/o
Germany	D		w/b			w/b		w/b			bl/y		×			bl/w				bl/y
Greece	GR	y+w/g				y+w/b	°y+w/g^{[n 6]}	°y+w/b^{[n 7]}		y+w/b				bl/w			bl/y
France	F		w/b			w/b		w/b	°w/g^{[n 2]}			bl/w	×			bl/w	°bl/y^{[n 1]}		bl/o
Poland	PL		w/b		w/b			w/b	w/g					b/w			bl/o		bl/o
Ireland	IE		w/b	×				w/b	w/g					bl/w				bl/y	bl/o
Italy	I	w/g				w/b^{[n 8]}	°w/g^{[n 6]}	°w/b^{[n 7]}		w/b				bl/w		bl/w	°bl/y^{[n 1]}			bl/y
Netherlands	NL		w/b			w/b		w/b		w/b					w/b	bl/w				bl/y
Norway	N		w/b			w/b		w/b			bl/y		×			bl/w	°bl/gg^{[n 1]}		bl/o
United Kingdom	UK		w/b	×				w/b	w/g					bl/w		bl/w				bl/y
Legend: t/b – applied text/icon and background colour code (black, blue, green, gleaming green, orange, red, yellow, white) ° – partially applicable × – not applicable

1 2 3 4 Temporary signs
1 2 Specific meaning
↑ White-on-green is used in Austria to indicates locations like regions, city center, city districts.
↑ ???
↑ ???
1 2 For motorways only.
1 2 For expressways only.
↑ In Italy, the expressway sign looks like the motorway sign, but with a blue background instead of green one.

Warning signs

In most European countries, it is indicated by a triangle with red borders and a white background.
An amber background is used in Sweden, Greece, Finland, Iceland, the Republic of Macedonia, and Poland (in some other countries it means a provisional road work sign).
- Also, the yield sign/give way sign in Sweden, Finland, Iceland and Poland has a yellow background.
In Ireland, it is indicated by a yellow diamond.

Road works/construction

Many countries normally have adopted an orange or amber background.
A yellow background is used in France, Italy, Finland, Iceland, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and Romania.

Motorways

French sign showing the difference with Swiss signs, on A411 autoroute near Geneva.

White text on a blue background is used in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania (canceled changing from 1st of January 2020 in 3rd of October 2018), Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom.
White text on a green background is used in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and Ukraine.

Primary roads/Expressways

White-on-blue (the same as motorways) is used in Belgium, Estonia, Latvia, and the Netherlands.
White-on-blue is used in Belarus, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Finland, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, and Turkey.
White-on-green is used in France, Hungary, Ireland, Poland, Portugal, and the United Kingdom.
Black-on-yellow is used in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, Luxembourg, Norway, Serbia, and Slovenia.
Red-on-white is used in Denmark (though white-on-blue on motorway exits and all overhead gantries)
Black-on-white is used in Austria and Spain.

Secondary roads

Black-on-white is used in France, Ireland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
In Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, and Sweden, black-on-white indicates only urban roads or urban destinations.
White-on-green is used in Austria to indicates locations like regions, city center, city districts.^[2]
White-on-green is used in Spain to indicate street names, neighbourhoods, districts and other locations in a city.

Differences in meanings

Sometimes similar signs have minor differences in meanings, following the local traffic codes.
All European countries use the metric system (distances in kilometres or metres; speeds in kilometres per hour; heights, widths and lengths in metres; weights in tonnes) with the exception of the United Kingdom, where distances, speeds, heights and widths are still indicated in imperial measurements (miles or yards; miles per hour; feet and inches), with an optional indication in metres on some limit restriction signs. Weight limits are shown in metric tonnes with a lower case "t", although some older signs still use the imperial long ton indicated by either an upper case "T" or simply the word "ton".

Horizontal road surface markings

Longitudinal lines (lanes and margins) and symbols on the carriageway are always white (but in Norway a yellow line separates two way traffic and in Ireland edge lines are yellow). Temporary markings are yellow in Germany, France, Italy, and the Netherlands, but red/orange in Switzerland and white in United Kingdom.
A stop line is always represented by a white thick traversal continuous line, but a give way line may be represented by a white thick dashed line as rectangles (Germany, France) or by a double dashed line (United Kingdom) or by a white line of triangles (Austria, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, and Switzerland).
A disc (time-limited) parking place is identified by white lines in Germany and France and by blue lines in the Netherlands and Switzerland. A chargeable parking place is identified by white lines in Germany, France, the Netherlands, and Switzerland and by blue lines in Italy and Spain. A parking place reserved for disabled people is bordered in white in Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom; in yellow in Italy and Switzerland; and in blue in France. Other reserved parking places (bus, taxis) are bordered with yellow lines in Italy, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, but with white lines in Germany.
The prohibition of roadside parking can be indicated by a yellow continuous line (Austria, the Netherlands, Spain, and the United Kingdom), by a yellow dashed line with X's (Switzerland), a white continuous line (Italy), or a dashed white line (France); or else by black-and-white (the Netherlands) or a black-and-yellow (Italy) kerb markings. Only in the United Kingdom does a double yellow line (as well as a white zig-zag line in the vicinity of pedestrian crossings) mean "no parking at any time".
The prohibition of stopping / waiting is indicated in Switzerland by a yellow continuous line, and in (certain cities of) the United Kingdom by a red continuous line (with double red lines extending the meaning to "no stopping at any time). In the United Kingdom a yellow zig-zag line near hospitals, police stations, and schools means "no stopping".

Different typefaces in texts

A sign with the use of Transport font in English and Icelandic .

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Albania and Italy use the Alfabeto normale typeface (with the narrow variant Alfabeto stretto), a heavier version of the British Transport typeface.
- Albania has recently started using Arial Narrow Bold typeface.
Austria and Slovakia use the TERN typeface. In the past, Austria used the Austria Mittelschrift and Engschrift typefaces until 2010. Slovakia used the Universal Grotesk typeface until 2014.
Belarus, Lithuania, Russia and Ukraine use typefaces based on one specified in a Soviet standard ГОСТ 10807–78. In Belarus, the according standard is СТБ 1140–99. In Ukraine, it is ДСТУ 4100–2002. In Russia, it is ГОСТ Р 52290–2004.
Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovenia, and Serbia use the SNV typeface. Switzerland used this typeface until 2003.
Cyprus, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Turkey, Portugal, and the United Kingdom use the Transport typeface. (Motorway typeface is used on United Kingdom motorways)
Denmark uses the Dansk Vejtavleskrift typeface. The typeface is derived from the British Transport typeface.
Estonia and Moldova use the Arial Narrow Bold in mixture with Helvetica typeface.
Finland uses a typeface developed in the 1960s by the former national board of roads and waterways.^[3]
France uses the Caractères typeface.
Germany, Czech Republic and Latvia use the DIN 1451 typeface.
Greece used a modified version of the British Transport typeface and, today, uses a modified version of DIN 1451.
Hungary does not use a defined typeface as the letters are defined one-by-one in the national regulation. The typeface resembles the DIN 1451 typeface closely.^[4]
Luxembourg uses Arial (Bold), Caractères Italic, DIN 1451, and the SNV typefaces, often inconsistently.
Turkey and Ukraine use the FHWA typeface.
Spain uses two typefaces: Autopista (derived from FHWA series E modified) for motorways and Carretera Convencional (also known as CCRIGE or Traffic Type Spain D^[5]) for other situations. The typeface Carretera Convencional is derived from the British Transport typeface, and is almost identical to the Italian Alfabeto Normale.
The Netherlands uses typefaces derived from FHWA typeface: ANWB/RWS Cc (narrow), Dd (medium) and Ee (wide).
Norway uses the Trafikkalfabetet typeface.
Poland uses the Drogowskaz typeface.
Sweden uses the Tratex typeface.
Switzerland uses the ASTRA-Frutiger typeface since 2003.

In Albania, Andorra, Belarus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Monaco, Russia, San Marino, Slovakia, Sweden, and Ukraine, destinations on direction signs are written in capital letters. In Ireland, they are written in capital letters in English and in lowercase letters in Irish. In Greece, Luxembourg, and Switzerland both capital and lowercase are used.

Table of traffic signs comparison

Priority

	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Luxembourg	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Portugal	Romania	Russia & Belarus	Slovakia	Slovenia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland & Liechtenstein	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom
Give Way / Yield												or																or (Wales)
Stop
Priority road												NOT USED																NOT USED
End of priority road												NOT USED																NOT USED
Give way to oncoming traffic												NOT USED
Priority over oncoming vehicles												NOT USED
	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Luxembourg	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Portugal	Romania	Russia & Belarus	Slovakia	Slovenia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland & Liechtenstein	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom

Warning

	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Luxembourg	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Portugal	Romania	Russia & Belarus	Slovakia	Slovenia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland & Liechtenstein	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom
Give Way ahead
Stop ahead
Traffic signals ahead													or
Roundabout ahead		NOT USED						NOT USED				or													REPLACED by sign no. 4.54 ^{[note 1]}
Two-way traffic ahead					or							or																or
Traffic queues likely ahead											NOT USED
Level crossing without barriers ahead											NOT USED
Level crossing with barriers ahead								^{[note 2]}			NOT USED	or
Level crossing											NOT USED	NOT USED																(no gates)
Level crossing (multiple tracks)								NOT USED			NOT USED	NOT USED													DEPRE- CATED			NOT USED
	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Luxembourg	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Portugal	Romania	Russia & Belarus	Slovakia	Slovenia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland & Liechtenstein	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom
Tram crossing											NOT USED
Crossroads with priority to the right												NOT USED			^{[note 3]}													NOT USED ^{[note 4]}
Crossroads with a minor road
Junction with a minor side road							NOT USED	NOT USED																	DISUSED
Merging traffic	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED		NOT USED	NOT USED							NOT USED	NOT USED			NOT USED		NOT USED				DISUSED	NOT USED	NOT USED
Road narrows on both sides
Road narrows on right (left)
Dangerous crosswinds																						or			DEPRE- CATED
Low-flying aircraft				or																				or	DEPRE- CATED			or
Steep descent
Steep ascent							NOT USED
	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Luxembourg	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Portugal	Romania	Russia & Belarus	Slovakia	Slovenia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland & Liechtenstein	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom
Road bump ahead								NOT USED
Uneven road ahead
Curve
Double curve
Slippery road surface
Loose road surface
Soft verges or dangerous shoulder		NOT USED					NOT USED																		NOT USED
Children
Pedestrian crossing ahead
Cyclists
Falling rocks or debris															NOT USED
	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Luxembourg	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Portugal	Romania	Russia & Belarus	Slovakia	Slovenia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland & Liechtenstein	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom
Caution, snow or ice						NOT USED	NOT USED	or												(Belarus)					^{[note 5]}
Caution, fog likely						NOT USED	NOT USED										NOT USED			NOT USED					^{[note 6]}			NOT USED
Opening or swing bridge					NOT USED						NOT USED														NOT USED
Unprotected quayside or riverbank			NOT USED							or															NOT USED			or
Domestic animals
Wild animals						or
Tunnel ahead	NOT USED	NOT USED			NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED					NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED		NOT USED						NOT USED		REPLACED by sign no. 4.07a ^{[note 7]}^[6]
Accident area / accident ahead	NOT USED	NOT USED		NOT USED		NOT USED			NOT USED		NOT USED									(Belarus)					^{[note 8]}	NOT USED
Roadworks ahead
Other danger						or (Åland)
Other danger (temporary)	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED		NOT USED		NOT USED		NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED		NOT USED	NOT USED		NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED		NOT USED		NOT USED	NOT USED		NOT USED	NOT USED
	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Luxembourg	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Portugal	Romania	Russia & Belarus	Slovakia	Slovenia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland & Liechtenstein	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom

Prohibitory

	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Luxembourg	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Portugal	Romania	Russia & Belarus	Slovakia	Slovenia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland & Liechtenstein	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom
Road closed to all vehicles in both directions																												^{[note 9]}
No entry for vehicular traffic												(no exceptions:) (exceptions apply:)																^{[note 10]}
No motor vehicles		NOT USED											NOT USED
No motor vehicles except motorcycles				NOT USED		NOT USED	NOT USED					NOT USED				NOT USED				NOT USED							NOT USED
No motorcycles												NOT USED
No bicycles																									^{[note 11]}			^{[note 12]}
No pedestrians
No buses																				NOT USED
No heavy goods vehicles																		or							^{[note 13]}			^{[note 14]}
No tractors		NOT USED										NOT USED													DISUSED			NOT USED
No trailers								or										or				or or
No horns or excessive motor noise		NOT USED				NOT USED				NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED			NOT USED									NOT USED	REPLACED by sign no. 4.14 ^{[note 15]}			NOT USED
	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Luxembourg	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Portugal	Romania	Russia & Belarus	Slovakia	Slovenia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland & Liechtenstein	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom
No overtaking																		or
No overtaking by heavy goods vehicles																												NOT USED
Maximum speed limit
Speed limit zone																								NOT USED	or
Maximum height
Maximum width
Maximum vehicle length	or																											and/or
Maximum weight																or												^{[note 16]}
Maximum weight per axle		NOT USED																										NOT USED
Maximum weight per tandem axle	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED				NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED		NOT USED		NOT USED	NOT USED	or	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED		^{[note 17]}	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED
	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Luxembourg	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Portugal	Romania	Russia & Belarus	Slovakia	Slovenia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland & Liechtenstein	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom
No vehicles carrying dangerous goods		or										NOT USED																(tunnel restrictions only)
No vehicles carrying dangerous water pollutants				NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED						NOT USED			NOT USED	NOT USED				NOT USED				NOT USED				NOT USED
No vehicles carrying explosives	NOT USED		NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED					NOT USED				NOT USED	NOT USED					NOT USED
Minimum safe following distance between vehicles		NOT USED								or		NOT USED			NOT USED	NOT USED
No right turn								NOT USED							NOT USED
No left turn								NOT USED							NOT USED
No U-turns
No parking or waiting
No stopping
No parking zone													NOT USED												or
	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Luxembourg	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Portugal	Romania	Russia & Belarus	Slovakia	Slovenia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland & Liechtenstein	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom

End of prohibition

	Austria	Belgium	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Luxembourg	Netherlands	Norway	Romania	Russia & Belarus	Sweden	Switzerland & Liechtenstein	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom
End of overtaking prohibition
End of no honking	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	DISUSED	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED
End of maximum speed limit																	NOT USED				^{[note 18]}
End of all restrictions					NOT USED												NOT USED				NOT USED
End of speed limit zone																	NOT USED	or

Mandatory

	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Luxembourg	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Portugal	Romania	Russia & Belarus	Slovakia	Slovenia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland & Liechtenstein	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom
Proceed straight (no turns)
Turn right															NOT USED					NOT USED							NOT USED
Turn right ahead																					NOT USED
Proceed straight or turn right												NOT USED																NOT USED
Pass on this side							or			or
Pass on either side																		NOT USED
Roundabout	NOT USED
Mandatory direction for vehicles carrying dangerous goods			NOT USED	NOT USED		NOT USED		NOT USED	NOT USED		NOT USED	NOT USED			NOT USED	NOT USED		NOT USED										NOT USED
Minimum speed limit		NOT USED				NOT USED					NOT USED	NOT USED			NOT USED									NOT USED
Minimum speed limit ends		NOT USED				NOT USED					NOT USED	NOT USED			NOT USED									NOT USED
Bicycles only																									^{[note 11]}
Pedestrians only																												NOT USED
Shared use path																									^{[note 11]}
Equestrian path										NOT USED		NOT USED				NOT USED	NOT USED			(Belarus)								NOT USED
	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Luxembourg	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Portugal	Romania	Russia & Belarus	Slovakia	Slovenia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland & Liechtenstein	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom

Special regulations

	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Luxembourg	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Portugal	Romania	Russia & Belarus	Slovakia	Slovenia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland & Liechtenstein	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom
One-way street						NOT USED		NOT USED
One-way street		NOT USED					NOT USED					NOT USED					NOT USED								NOT USED
Pedestrian crossing																								or	^{[note 19]}			NOT USED
Advisory speed limit	NOT USED	NOT USED						NOT USED			NOT USED	NOT USED					NOT USED								NOT USED			or (temporary)
Lane ends					or ^{[note 20]}
Road bump													NOT USED												NOT USED
Residential area/Living street												NOT USED						NOT USED							or
Pedestrian zone																		NOT USED		(Russia) (Belarus)					or
Bus lane
Limited-access road					NOT USED						NOT USED	NOT USED																NOT USED
End of limited-access road					NOT USED						NOT USED	NOT USED																NOT USED
Motorway											NOT USED
End of motorway											NOT USED
	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Luxembourg	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Portugal	Romania	Russia & Belarus	Slovakia	Slovenia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland & Liechtenstein	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom

Indication

	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Luxembourg	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Portugal	Romania	Russia & Belarus	Slovakia	Slovenia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland & Liechtenstein	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom
No through road
Hospital					NOT USED		(Clinic) or																		^{[note 21]} ^{[note 22]}			(With A&E) or (With no A&E)
First aid												NOT USED																NOT USED
Pharmacy		NOT USED	NOT USED		NOT USED
Bus stop		NOT USED	Front: or Rear:			or ^{[note 23]}	Fare network-specific or								or ^{[note 24]}										Fare network-specific and:
Escape lane				NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED					NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED											NOT USED
Tunnel											NOT USED	NOT USED	or ^{[note 25]}							NOT USED					^{[note 26]}^[7]			NOT USED
Parking place
	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Luxembourg	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Portugal	Romania	Russia & Belarus	Slovakia	Slovenia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland & Liechtenstein	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom

Border Crossings

	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Luxembourg	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Portugal	Romania	Russia & Belarus	Slovakia	Slovenia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland & Liechtenstein	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom
Schengen Area or other national Border		or or				or					NOT USED	NOT USED				NOT USED			NOT USED	NOT USED					NOT USED			NOT USED
National speed limits		or (Flanders)																		(Russia) (Belarus)								or (Northern Ireland)
	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Luxembourg	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Portugal	Romania	Russia & Belarus	Slovakia	Slovenia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland & Liechtenstein	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom

Built-up Area Limits

Under the Vienna Convention the Begin and End Built-up Area signs imply a change between Built-up Area and Rural traffic rules including speed limit. In many European Countries the dark background with light coloured text version of the sign is intended for information only.^[8] Poland uses white text on a green background (E-17a/E18a) to show the political boundary of a place as information and uses the black on white pictogram version (D-42/D-43) to designate the change of traffic rules. ^[9]

	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Luxembourg	Netherlands	Norway	Poland^[10]	Portugal	Romania	Russia & Belarus	Slovakia	Slovenia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland & Liechtenstein	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom
Built-up Area Begins																				RU: BY:					^{[note 27]} CH: On main roads: On minor roads: LI: On main roads: On minor roads:	Vienna E7, d all Capitals
Place name as information only																				RU: BY:					NOT USED
End of Built-up Area																				RU: BY:					^{[note 28]} CH: ^{[note 29]} On main roads: On minor roads: LI: On main roads: On minor roads:
	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Luxembourg	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Portugal	Romania	Russia & Belarus	Slovakia	Slovenia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland & Liechtenstein	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom

Checkpoints

	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Luxembourg	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Portugal	Romania	Russia & Belarus	Slovakia	Slovenia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland & Liechtenstein	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom
Customs										or	NOT USED	NOT USED			or									or	or			NOT USED
Police		NOT USED					or					NOT USED			NOT USED										or
Toll		or			NOT USED	NOT USED		or							NOT USED								or		NOT USED			NOT USED
Other Control		NOT USED									NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED				or								NOT USED	NOT USED		NOT USED
	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Luxembourg	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Portugal	Romania	Russia & Belarus	Slovakia	Slovenia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland & Liechtenstein	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom

Notes

↑ This sign has been replaced by sign no. 4.54 "Announcement of roundabout".
↑ This sign is being phased out by 2019, and being replaced by the previous sign. "German Traffic Signs & Signals". January 28, 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-12-07. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
↑ In the Netherlands, this sign means "Dangerous crossroads"
↑ There is no "priority to the right" (or left) rule in the United Kingdom.
↑ The main, upper sign is permanent, but the lower sign is only temporarily added during corresponding condition.
↑ Annotated by words in a panel below the sign: German: Nebel, French: brouillard, Italian: nebbia
↑ This sign (no. 4.07a) is the announcement of a tunnel; the distance indicated tells the distance to tunnel entrance, not its length. Not to be mismatched with sign no. 4.07!
↑ Police work in Switzerland is based on cantonal laws and acts. Usually producing a red warning triangle showing the word, either, German: Unfall, French: accident, or Italian: incidente.
↑ Also used as a 'NO ENTRY' sign when used in conjunction with a plate stating some exception such as 'Except for Access'. This sign additionally automatically carries an exemption for cycles being pushed by a pedestrian.
↑ This sign can only be used if there are no exceptions. If an exception is to granted, then the 'prohibited all vehicles' sign above should be used with a plate specifying the exemptions (for example: "Except Busses"). Technically, this sign means 'NO ENTRY' to any wheeled vehicle including cycles being pushed (but not cycles being carried), perambulators, wheeled buggies and even wheelchairs. The last three prohibitions are seldom, if ever, enforced.
1 2 3 Always also implies mopeds with a maximum design speed of 25 km/h
↑ The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002 emphasises that enforcement of this sign is not specifically supported by any statutory regulation. However this does not prevent a cyclist from being prosecuted under the Town Police Clauses Act, 1847. The cyclist can also be prosecuted under the Offences Against the Person Act, 1861 (as amended by the Criminal Justice Act 1948) if anyone is injured as a result of the cyclist's presence. Both of these Victorian Acts provide for terms of imprisonment for their infringement.
↑ Prohibition of large goods vehicles (with total weight larger than 3.5 t, including any load).
↑ The weight shown on the vehicle is the maximum permitted weight of the vehicle excluding any load
↑ This sign has been replaced by sign no. 4.14 "Hospital", since it was only used in this context!
↑ The words indicate the structure that the vehicle is prohibited from (in this case a bridge). The weight shown is in (metric) tonnes.
↑ Applies also to axles being apart not more than 1 metre.
↑ Not the end of maximum speed limit but the start of the national speed limit, which for normal cars without a trailer is 60 mph for single carriageway roads or 70 mph for dual carriageway roads (including motorways)
↑ Always produced on non-urban roads, in urban settings only, if badly visible; mandatory priority given to pedestrians – always applicable on any pedestrian crossings even without sign.
↑ The white sign is used in built-up areas and the blue one outside them.
↑ Indicates hospital with emergency station open 7/24.
↑ Means only presence of hospital, rest home, or the like. Is an educated indication to be quiet and to drive carefully.
↑ The yellow sign is used for local bus traffic and the blue one for long-distance bus traffic.
↑ In the Netherlands, the first one is always used because otherwise it wouldn't be an official bus stop. The bottom one is sometimes used to inform drivers a bus stop is coming up, mostly outside the built-up area.
↑ The background is green on motorway, blue on other road
↑ This sign (no. 4.07) is produced at the beginnng of a tunnel; if accompanied with sign no. 5.03 (length indication), it indicates the length of the tunnel, not the distance to the tunnel, as done by sign no. 4.07a!
↑ The presence of an entry sign of a town or village always implies a generally valid speed limit of 50 km/h even without the precence of sign no. 2.30.1! It ends only with the exit sign of a village or town (sign no. 4.28 or 4.30).
↑ The presence of an exit sign of a town or village always implies the end of the generally valid speed limit of 50 km/h even without the precence of sign no. 2.53.1.
↑ The name above the horizontal line is the name of the next village or town (not the name of the current place!), the name(s) below the line mention the next major settlement(s), and optionally, the distance to them.

References

European Standard for Traffic Signs - EN 12899-1:2001 Fixed, Vertical Road Traffic Signs – Part 1: Fixed Signs, Requirements

↑ http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12612722/index.pdf
↑ http://www.fuerboeck.at/verkehrsrecht/verkehrszeichen/hinweis/wegweiser-lokal/
↑ Österman, Tuomas; Miettinen, Saija; Ronkainen, Kaisa (2005). "Opastusmerkkien luettavuus" (PDF). Helsinki: Tiehallinto. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
↑ Útügyi műszaki előírás, e-ÚT 04.02.12.
↑ "Traffic Type Spain D - Desktop font « MyFonts". Myfonts.com. 1999-02-22. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
↑ "SR/RS 741.21 (Signalisation Act, SSV/OSR/OSStr) Art. 45 (Signalisation of Special Roads) para 3" (Swiss federal laws) (in German, French, and Italian). Berne, Switzerland: Swiss Federal Council. 15 January 2017. Retrieved 2018-03-02. Das Signal steht am Eingang des Tunnels sowie zusätzlich als Vorsignal (Art. 44 Abs. 3) [The signal is located at the entrance of the tunnel and additionally as a pre-signal (Art. 44 para. 3)]
↑ "SR/RS 741.21 (Signalisation Act, SSV/OSR/OSStr) Art. 45 (Signalisation of Special Roads) para 3" (Swiss federal laws) (in German, French, and Italian). Berne, Switzerland: Swiss Federal Council. 15 January 2017. Retrieved 2018-03-02. Das Signal steht am Eingang des Tunnels sowie zusätzlich als Vorsignal (Art. 44 Abs. 3) [The signal is located at the entrance of the tunnel and additionally as a pre-signal (Art. 44 para. 3)]
↑ "Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals - unece" (PDF). United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). UNITED NATIONS. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
↑ "Rozporządzenie Ministrów Infrastruktury oraz Spraw Wewnętrznych i Administracji z dnia 31 lipca 2002 r. w sprawie znaków i sygnałów drogowych". prawo.sejm.gov.pl. Polish Parliament. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
↑ "Rozporządzenie Ministrów Infrastruktury oraz Spraw Wewnętrznych i Administracji z dnia 31 lipca 2002 r. w sprawie znaków i sygnałów drogowych". prawo.sejm.gov.pl. Polish Parliament. Retrieved 12 July 2018.

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[temp-2] 1 2 3 4 Temporary signs

[spec-3] 1 2 Specific meaning

[4] White-on-green is used in Austria to indicates locations like regions, city center, city districts.

[5] ???

[6] ???

[Mo-7] 1 2 For motorways only.

[Eo-8] 1 2 For expressways only.

[9] In Italy, the expressway sign looks like the motorway sign, but with a blue background instead of green one.

[14] This sign has been replaced by sign no. 4.54 "Announcement of roundabout".

[15] This sign is being phased out by 2019, and being replaced by the previous sign. "German Traffic Signs & Signals". January 28, 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-12-07. Retrieved 31 October 2010.

[16] In the Netherlands, this sign means "Dangerous crossroads"

[priority-17] There is no "priority to the right" (or left) rule in the United Kingdom.

[18] The main, upper sign is permanent, but the lower sign is only temporarily added during corresponding condition.

[19] Annotated by words in a panel below the sign: German: Nebel, French: brouillard, Italian: nebbia

[20] This sign (no. 4.07a) is the announcement of a tunnel; the distance indicated tells the distance to tunnel entrance, not its length. Not to be mismatched with sign no. 4.07!

[22] Police work in Switzerland is based on cantonal laws and acts. Usually producing a red warning triangle showing the word, either, German: Unfall, French: accident, or Italian: incidente.

[23] Also used as a 'NO ENTRY' sign when used in conjunction with a plate stating some exception such as 'Except for Access'. This sign additionally automatically carries an exemption for cycles being pushed by a pedestrian.

[24] This sign can only be used if there are no exceptions. If an exception is to granted, then the 'prohibited all vehicles' sign above should be used with a plate specifying the exemptions (for example: "Except Busses"). Technically, this sign means 'NO ENTRY' to any wheeled vehicle including cycles being pushed (but not cycles being carried), perambulators, wheeled buggies and even wheelchairs. The last three prohibitions are seldom, if ever, enforced.

[CHMopedImplied-25] 1 2 3 Always also implies mopeds with a maximum design speed of 25 km/h

[26] The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002 emphasises that enforcement of this sign is not specifically supported by any statutory regulation. However this does not prevent a cyclist from being prosecuted under the Town Police Clauses Act, 1847. The cyclist can also be prosecuted under the Offences Against the Person Act, 1861 (as amended by the Criminal Justice Act 1948) if anyone is injured as a result of the cyclist's presence. Both of these Victorian Acts provide for terms of imprisonment for their infringement.

[27] Prohibition of large goods vehicles (with total weight larger than 3.5 t, including any load).

[28] The weight shown on the vehicle is the maximum permitted weight of the vehicle excluding any load

[29] This sign has been replaced by sign no. 4.14 "Hospital", since it was only used in this context!

[30] The words indicate the structure that the vehicle is prohibited from (in this case a bridge). The weight shown is in (metric) tonnes.

[31] Applies also to axles being apart not more than 1 metre.

[32] Not the end of maximum speed limit but the start of the national speed limit, which for normal cars without a trailer is 60 mph for single carriageway roads or 70 mph for dual carriageway roads (including motorways)

[33] Always produced on non-urban roads, in urban settings only, if badly visible; mandatory priority given to pedestrians – always applicable on any pedestrian crossings even without sign.

[34] The white sign is used in built-up areas and the blue one outside them.

[35] Indicates hospital with emergency station open 7/24.

[36] Means only presence of hospital, rest home, or the like. Is an educated indication to be quiet and to drive carefully.

[37] The yellow sign is used for local bus traffic and the blue one for long-distance bus traffic.

[38] In the Netherlands, the first one is always used because otherwise it wouldn't be an official bus stop. The bottom one is sometimes used to inform drivers a bus stop is coming up, mostly outside the built-up area.

[39] The background is green on motorway, blue on other road

[40] This sign (no. 4.07) is produced at the beginnng of a tunnel; if accompanied with sign no. 5.03 (length indication), it indicates the length of the tunnel, not the distance to the tunnel, as done by sign no. 4.07a!

[45] The presence of an entry sign of a town or village always implies a generally valid speed limit of 50 km/h even without the precence of sign no. 2.30.1! It ends only with the exit sign of a village or town (sign no. 4.28 or 4.30).

[46] The presence of an exit sign of a town or village always implies the end of the generally valid speed limit of 50 km/h even without the precence of sign no. 2.53.1.

[47] The name above the horizontal line is the name of the next village or town (not the name of the current place!), the name(s) below the line mention the next major settlement(s), and optionally, the distance to them.

[1] ttp://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12612722/index.pdf

[10] ttp://www.fuerboeck.at/verkehrsrecht/verkehrszeichen/hinweis/wegweiser-lokal/

[11] Österman, Tuomas; Miettinen, Saija; Ronkainen, Kaisa (2005). "Opastusmerkkien luettavuus" (PDF). Helsinki: Tiehallinto. Retrieved 31 July 2011.

[12] Útügyi műszaki előírás, e-ÚT 04.02.12.

[13] "Traffic Type Spain D - Desktop font « MyFonts". Myfonts.com. 1999-02-22. Retrieved 2012-11-09.

[21] "SR/RS 741.21 (Signalisation Act, SSV/OSR/OSStr) Art. 45 (Signalisation of Special Roads) para 3" (Swiss federal laws) (in German, French, and Italian). Berne, Switzerland: Swiss Federal Council. 15 January 2017. Retrieved 2018-03-02. Das Signal steht am Eingang des Tunnels sowie zusätzlich als Vorsignal (Art. 44 Abs. 3) [The signal is located at the entrance of the tunnel and additionally as a pre-signal (Art. 44 para. 3)]

[41] "SR/RS 741.21 (Signalisation Act, SSV/OSR/OSStr) Art. 45 (Signalisation of Special Roads) para 3" (Swiss federal laws) (in German, French, and Italian). Berne, Switzerland: Swiss Federal Council. 15 January 2017. Retrieved 2018-03-02. Das Signal steht am Eingang des Tunnels sowie zusätzlich als Vorsignal (Art. 44 Abs. 3) [The signal is located at the entrance of the tunnel and additionally as a pre-signal (Art. 44 para. 3)]

[42] "Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals - unece" (PDF). United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). UNITED NATIONS. Retrieved 12 July 2018.

[43] "Rozporządzenie Ministrów Infrastruktury oraz Spraw Wewnętrznych i Administracji z dnia 31 lipca 2002 r. w sprawie znaków i sygnałów drogowych". prawo.sejm.gov.pl. Polish Parliament. Retrieved 12 July 2018.

[44] "Rozporządzenie Ministrów Infrastruktury oraz Spraw Wewnętrznych i Administracji z dnia 31 lipca 2002 r. w sprawie znaków i sygnałów drogowych". prawo.sejm.gov.pl. Polish Parliament. Retrieved 12 July 2018.

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