Traffic sign
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
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Traffic signs or road signs are signs erected at the side of or above roads to give instructions or provide information to road users. The earliest signs were simple wooden or stone milestones. Later, signs with directional arms were introduced, for example, the fingerposts in the United Kingdom and their wooden counterparts in Saxony.
With traffic volumes increasing since the 1930s, many countries have adopted pictorial signs or otherwise simplified and standardized their signs to overcome language barriers, and enhance traffic safety. Such pictorial signs use symbols (often silhouettes) in place of words and are usually based on international protocols. Such signs were first developed in Europe, and have been adopted by most countries to varying degrees.
See also
- Button copy
- Comparison of European traffic signs
- Comparison of MUTCD-Influenced Traffic Signs
- Duck crossing
- Exit number
- Fingerpost
- List of public signage typefaces
- Off-Network Tactical Diversion Route
- Road surface marking
- Road marking machine
- Rules of the road
- Street sign theft
- Tourist sign
- Traffic light
- Traffic sign design