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Anonymous10/15/24, 07:10No.2022126
Road signs. What do you think of them? Which country does them the best? Would you change anything in the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals?
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Anon10/15/24, 09:52No.2022131
>Slow children
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Anon10/15/24, 10:54No.2022136
>What do you think of them?
That's like asking "what do you think of the metric system" or "what do you think of binary", it's a way to convey information to drivers quicker than writing. I think most are distinct enough that you can recognize without mixing them up.
>Which country does them the best?
Any following the Vienna conventiondoes fine (because standard is better than perfect), but I would argue to not have writing in the signs, because again, it needs to be quick and easy to know the meaning, and visual information gets processed quicker than writing.
>Would you change anything in the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals?
No writing allowed, also color blind-friendly traffic sign I guess?
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Anon10/15/24, 12:22No.2022142
>cross out blue sign means no parking
some of the European signs are fucking retarded. I also wouldn't know what a bicycle in a red circle would mean. you could argue it means bicycle road.
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Anon10/15/24, 19:53No.2022183
I think bike paths intersecting with car lanes should use standard priority signs as standard intersections
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Anon10/20/24, 10:51No.2022671
i like the aesthetics of Japanese signs
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Anon10/21/24, 00:12No.2022713
I think UK wins. The red outlines are too thick on the NL signs, looks out of balance. USA and Aus have too much writing. The only thing UK fails on is not having a red bar through the bike. Never understood this.
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Anon10/21/24, 00:40No.2022715
The opposite of the red circle bicycle sign is the one without the red circle and with a blue background, meaning that only bicycles may proceed.
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Anon10/21/24, 19:12No.2022788
mutts, oddly enough.
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Anon10/22/24, 19:25No.2022884
For me it's Finnish ones.
The yellow color and thick outline especially are appreciated in snowy conditions.
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Anon10/23/24, 15:05No.2022965
I find it hilarious that Quebec has stop signs that say "ARRET" but stop signs in France say "STOP"
what cucks
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Anon10/23/24, 18:22No.2022982
Having road signs with text is not a good idea imo. Signs like that should have simple symbology so that they can be understood regardless of your language and require no translations.
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Anon10/23/24, 21:14No.2022988
What were they cooking when they designed Philadelphia's street signs?
>6-sided
>lists address block numbers in both directions (also was very first city to display block numbers)
>puts cardinal designation of street in its own space
>has optional space on the bottom to list any additional information (street name changes or no outlet ahead, arterial/route designation, honorary/secondary names, etc)
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Anon10/24/24, 06:23No.2023017
Japanese, Chinese and similar languages have an advantage because their text comes naturally in a top-to-bottom orientationThis could come in useful if you want to display the street name straight ahead at an intersection
IDK if they actually use it that way
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Anon10/24/24, 15:26No.2023041
does your country have any rare or unique road signs?
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Anon10/24/24, 17:30No.2023060
Anyway height and width restrictions in the UK are always shown in both metric and imperial units. I'm not sure if there's another country that does the same thing.
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Anon10/25/24, 22:37No.2023156
They are important
Germany
No, but in Germany, speed limits should be announced following an unlimited section, like pic related. It would give drivers a better idea of when to brake and also to just let it roll instead of actively braking.
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Anon10/26/24, 17:25No.2023223
Red triVngle pointed downwards should always be a STOP. No letters needed. What is the greatest STOP sign?
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Anon10/29/24, 18:14No.2023536
>roadsign erected on all of /n/ streets
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Anon10/29/24, 20:14No.2023550
why no round signs in the US? why all those round signs have to be on a rectangular background?
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Anon11/11/24, 11:19No.2024660
From this? Definitely USA and Australia.
Also, I'm pretty sure the signs in Australia say "Yield" not "Give way">too much writing
So fucking what? They're all still recognisable at a glance even if you can't read at all, and now also self-explanatory. Note the yellow alert signs for bicycles and retarded children, eurobros just slap a triangle with a red border like it's banning children or something.
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Anon12/03/24, 05:13No.2026878
Portugal
btw, we use yellow background, instead of white, for temporary signs (roadworks, etc.), including horizontal markings.
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Anon12/13/24, 08:14No.2027746
I hate how "turn left/right before the sign" and "keep left/right" look the same"Even more so because it's a circular sign and can easily be mounted wrong or easily skewed and you wouldn't even know
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Anon12/13/24, 08:29No.2027749
this is what the french use. interesting
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Anon12/13/24, 08:34No.2027750
this one is apparently "Mandatory passage straight to the right" as opposed to the more typical "Pass sign on the left side"
idk the difference
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Anon12/13/24, 16:38No.2027775
I think American signs are generally too reliant on text to convey information, but their "give way ahead" and "stop ahead" signs make much more sense.
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Anon12/14/24, 20:54No.2027885
I was oddly surprised reading the 1978 Highway Code (UK) how pretty much the same it is today; not much changed. I thought, for example, the minimum speed limit sign was a modern thing.
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Anon12/15/24, 20:30No.2027989
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Anon12/16/24, 13:31No.2028044
Mostly USA for me.
I fucking hate the needless minimalism trend, using red to say both "warning" and "forbidden" is idiotic when you got plenty of other colors left.
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Anon12/17/24, 19:59No.2028141
now take a look at these lane indicator signs. what do you think is the best solution?poland: only your direction shown, not the cars going the other way (here's it shows a bike lane but would also indicate turn lanes in other places)
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Anon12/17/24, 20:07No.2028143
welp I was gonna post hungary because they showed the opposite direction's lane with arrow in the same direction and a no entry sign covering. but must have been a one off thing.
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Anon12/17/24, 20:11No.2028144
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Anon12/23/24, 15:29No.2028522
When you actually yield for people and they give you the flouride stare.
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Anon12/30/24, 23:04No.2029374
Which country has the best font?
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Anon01/02/25, 03:08No.2029622
US-style signs are obviously the best but only work if everyone on the road speaks English.
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Anon01/03/25, 09:51No.2029722
Always was a fan of the "Elephants this way" sign we have in the UKAlso, do any other countries have these goofy residential zone signs with the asymetric squares for windows and doors?
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Anon01/05/25, 01:50No.2029870
Based Singapore signs.
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Anon01/05/25, 06:26No.2029877
what do i care about what road signs say? i bike around so that i get to ignore them
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Anon01/05/25, 11:25No.2029888
I with my country would have this Chinese road sign
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Anon01/05/25, 11:30No.2029889
That's also neat.
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Anon01/05/25, 11:41No.2029890
Those chinese signs while neat just show the layout, In most countries you'd have instead signs that show priority roads instead. But idk maybe they use multiple signs too
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Anon01/05/25, 18:16No.2029912
Africans don't read road signs. Every single roundabout is a traffic jam.
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Anon01/08/25, 18:43No.2030200
not a legal sign, but I wonder how you could do it better. the road splits before the tower ahead
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Anon01/13/25, 00:41No.2030698
The best road signs are the ones from where I learnt to drive and every other counties signs are confusing and suck ass, it’s just that simple
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Anon01/16/25, 11:40No.2030965
The US invented road signage standards, fuck europe.
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Anon01/16/25, 17:04No.2030977
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Anon01/18/25, 09:12No.2031157
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Anon01/22/25, 21:22No.2031484
What's the US equivalent?
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Anon02/03/25, 20:25No.2032943
Just learned that burgers use stop at literally 90% of intersections. Seems really pointless. You don't need to actually full stop at roads with good visibilty and with no one coming.
In Europe almost all of them would be just yield signs.
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Anon02/23/25, 20:27No.2034815
why does my country have this sign but not the opposite, "no turning left and right"
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Anon03/04/25, 00:13No.2035548
How about rare signal lights?
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Anon03/04/25, 13:34No.2035601
swiss road signs are just better
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Anon03/07/25, 21:30No.2035861
I hate the dutch keep right/left signs
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Anon03/18/25, 20:42No.2036949
nice
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Anon03/21/25, 05:45No.2037131
It annoys me that we need 2 signs to signify priority in places like this.
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Anon03/21/25, 05:49No.2037132
how about something like this instead
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Anon03/21/25, 06:02No.2037133
Or more realistically
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Anon03/21/25, 06:09No.2037134
And obviously the other way round which looks more janky due to being inside a triangle, but we manage it with the warning signs
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Anon03/21/25, 20:06No.2037199
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_signs_in_Belgium#New_road_signs
holy crap what an upgrade
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Anon03/21/25, 20:08No.2037200
Greece has to have the ugliest signs in Europe
They all look hand painted
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Anon03/24/25, 15:17No.2037352
Signage and road markings should be kept to a minimum, it's a form of visual pollution
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Anon05/07/25, 05:16No.2039771
Official guidelines in my country.
Overkill? 4 signs on each road when you could have just one.
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Anon06/12/25, 23:14No.2044058
Think fast chucklenuts
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Anon06/13/25, 04:32No.2044094
US and Australia are the best
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Anon06/18/25, 18:26No.2045087
It pisses me off how my country has to have a big ass blue billboard for announcing the simple thing of having a danger after a turn on an intersection instead of just having a plaque with an arrow
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Anon06/30/25, 09:31No.2046659
Just had an idea. Does any country do this? Imagine if the right turners get their own dedicated merge-in lane so they don't need to stop
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Anon07/05/25, 09:26No.2047407
in a 2003 international study, this road sign was the least understood
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Anon07/05/25, 18:17No.2047433
>YIELD
I kneel...
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Anon07/05/25, 21:04No.2047462
How do you guys do your route markers? US has the interstate and US highway markers as standard, but state highways are a free for all. Most popular trends are "number in a box" and "number inside an outline of the state".
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Anon07/10/25, 21:30No.2048134
UK:
>add "NO ENTRY" to the no entry sign
>make it obvious (because it so often isn't) where the no entry line is by mandating a white line with spikes pointing out in the direction you can't enter from
>add a diagonal bar to the "no (this kind of vehicle)" sign like Australia
all I can think of
we need a new sign for "bike lane ends; give way to cyclists merging in" as well
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Anon07/27/25, 12:39No.2049833
US has a no hitchhiking sign
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Anon07/28/25, 19:46No.2049974
How to show that there's going to be a restriction/prohibition sign ahead or after a turn on an intersection?
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Anon07/28/25, 19:52No.2049978
how about something like this?
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Anon07/28/25, 20:22No.2049981
this is how we currently do it
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Anon08/04/25, 06:06No.2050466
I love how small Japanese road signs get on low speed residential streets
Having them too big when it's not necessary is visual pollution
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Anon08/04/25, 06:30No.2050467
I also like their painted markings in the middle of equal right of way intersections that show you where the other road joins. (The cross and T-shapes)
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Anon08/15/25, 01:47No.2051333
Aircraft Crossing
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Anon08/26/25, 04:36No.2052264
>tfw no frog sign
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Anon09/08/25, 18:52No.2053374
I wonder if some countries dont use the white blinking light at railway level crossings (meaning the crossing is functional and you can safely go ahead) because they'd be considered too annoying for residents living next to crossing
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Anon10/11/25, 16:52No.2055831
In addition to the standard flashing alternating red lights at the crossing, the US also have yellow advance warning lights.
In a few different configuration it seems, two side by side but also single yellow or one light below the other.
Is it really that necessary?
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Anon10/19/25, 22:43No.2056589
Something that I noticed, similar to "PARE" or "ALTO" debate, is there a "YIELD" v "GIVE WAY" debate?
Sign in Spanish for reference
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Anon11/04/25, 11:19No.2057815
The Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB) is the Gold Standard in highways construction.>https://www.standardsforhighways.co.uk/
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Anon11/11/25, 18:48No.2058587
I enjoy how Italy does this instead of having a round sign with a "applies to" plaque beneath. Much more elegant.
For some reason the Vienna convention only specifies the trucks with hazardous material sign.
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Anon11/23/25, 18:46No.2059542
advisory speed in km/u (kilometer per uur) instead of km/h. same thing but looks unprofessional
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Anon12/08/25, 07:07No.2060596
somehow this design didn't catch on
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Anon12/24/25, 12:46No.2061850
How would you represent exceptions graphically? At the moment every country writes this word with language and as a foreigner you can't always be sure if it says "except" or "applies only to". Annoyingly, some places don't even use symbols for vehicles it applies to, instead using text
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Anon12/25/25, 11:13No.2061904
What if we made the Priority Road sign the same shape as two Yield signs
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Anon01/11/26, 11:39No.2063072
I believe it must be confusing for colorblind people when looking at traffic lights at night
Should we make it easier for them? Tram drivers get shapes instead of colors, top to bottom line means Go, left to right line means Wait
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Anon01/11/26, 15:24No.2063090
But one thing for sure, they should stop putting lots of tiny symbols inside a small circle to light up, you can barely tell them apart especially from farther away. don't put 2 arrows in one signal, get 2 separate signals each with its own arrow. or convey the same information with a static sign
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Anon01/12/26, 01:06No.2063129
Turkey says no to English imperialism.
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Anon01/12/26, 01:11No.2063131
Many states use pic related for county roads but a few states have their own design for county roads and a few others don't have any county roads at all.
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Anon01/12/26, 02:53No.2063141
You can mix and match them in certain situations, like Dubai's "I use UK-style signs, but I really, REALLY love American freeways like they have in Texas".
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Anon01/22/26, 21:07No.2064056
i feel like ive seen literally all of these in ireland
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Anon02/05/26, 20:44No.2065056
Look at the warning sign. Why is the black rim rounded in the corners but on the interior only?? Makes the corners look extremely prominent when viewed from close up.
Probably the worst designed feature of Japanese road signs. AFAIK no other country with diamond warning signs does this.
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Anon02/22/26, 14:35No.2066244
I like how the US has a variable "Stop" sign in the form of flashing red.
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Anon02/25/26, 17:49No.2066513
Unfortunately, flashing red light meaning "Stop" is incompatible with the Vienna convention
>Article 23, paragraph 1(b) (i) A red flashing light, or two red lights flashing alternately, one light appearing when the other is extinguished, and mounted on the same support, at the same height, and facing the same direction shall mean that vehicles shall not pass the stop line or, if there is no stop line, shall not pass beyond the level of the signal; these lights may be used only at level-crossings, at approaches to swing bridges or ferry-boat landing stages, and to indicate that traffic may not proceed because of fire-fighting vehicles entering the road or of the approach of an aircraft which will cross the road at a lower altitude;It's treated the same as the double flashing alternating red light and in some countries it's the preferred or the only signal on railway level crossings.
But maybe the conventon is right and the two signals are too similar, you wouldn't want them to be confused. How does it work in practice in the US and Canada?
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Anon03/11/26, 21:39No.2067487
You've all seen a green right turn arrow but have you seen a green forward arrow on a T-shaped intersection? Admittedly here it's a bit pointless because it never seems to go out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6oGH0HfgmU
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Anon03/15/26, 07:22No.2067809
>Australia
>"Slow children"
Slow everybody more like...