Road signs in India

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A signboard in Kerala
A sign in Bengaluru
Gurgaon Expressway
Sion Panvel Highway
Traffic Sign in Kannur

Road signs in the Republic of India are similar to those used in some parts of the United Kingdom, except that place names may be multilingual and signs are metric.

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.[1] The Noida Authority announced plans to replace older signboards with new fluorescent signage.[2]

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There are three major categories of road signs in India, which are:

  1. Regulatory Signs. These signs are circular and show rules and regulations.
  2. Warnings: These signs are triangular.
  3. Informational: These signs are rectangular.

There are two additional sign boards:

  • Give Way (shape is an upside-down triangle)
  • Stop (shape is an octagon).

A circle with a slash shows prohibited activities and circles without slashes show rules. Triangles are pointy and show risks. Blue circles show positive Instructions and are there for a particular classes of vehicles. Otherwise, the regular color of sign boards is red and white.

Mandatory/Regulatory Signs[]

Cautionary/Warning Signs[]

Guide Signs[]

References[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
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