Road signs in Mexico

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The road signs used in Mexico are regulated by Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes's Directorate-General for Roads (Dirección General de Carreteras), and uniformized under a NOM standard[1] and the Manual de Dispositivos para el Control del Tránsito en Calles y Carreteras. The signs share many similarities with those used in the United States and Canada, a reflection of the MUTCD influence in the region.

Regulatory signs[]

  • Stop

  • Yield

  • Inspection

  • Speed limit

  • Right turn only

  • Mandatory direction of traffic (Ahead only)

  • Mandatory direction of traffic (Turn left only)

  • Mandatory direction of traffic (Turn right only)

  • Keep right

  • Left turn only

  • Trucks keep right

  • Two-way traffic

  • Height limit

  • Width limit

  • Weight limit

  • Overtaking prohibited

  • Passenger vehicles prohibited from stopping

  • No stopping

  • Parking

  • No parking

  • Right turn prohibited

  • Left turn prohibited

  • U-turn prohibited

  • U-turn permitted

  • No entry

  • Pedal cycles, heavy vehicles and motorcycles prohibited

  • Animal-drawn vehicles prohibited

  • Agricultural vehicles prohibited

  • Pedal cycles prohibited

  • Pedestrians prohibited

  • Heavy vehicles prohibited

  • Use of audible signals prohibited

  • Motorcycles prohibited

  • Motor vehicles prohibited

  • One way (left)

  • One way (right)

Warning signs[]

  • Curve (left)

  • Curve (right)

  • Sharp curve (left)

  • Sharp curve (right)

  • Reverse curve (left)

  • Reverse curve (right)

  • Sharp reverse curve (left)

  • Sharp reverse curve (right)

  • Winding road (left)

  • Winding road (right)

  • Crossroads

  • T-junction (left)

  • T-junction (right)

  • Delta junction

  • Branch junction (left)

  • Branch junction (right)

  • Y-junction (left)

  • Y-junction (right)

  • Roundabout

  • Merging traffic

  • Two-way traffic

  • Exit ahead

  • Symmetrical narrowing

  • Drawbridge

  • Ford

  • Unpaved road ahead

  • Slippery road

  • Steep descent

  • Falling rocks

  • Stop ahead

  • Yield ahead

  • Pedestrians

  • School

  • Livestock

  • Railroad crossing

  • Tractors

  • Traffic lights

  • Divided road ends

  • Fork

  • Divided road begins

  • Cyclists

  • Soft gravel

  • Road bumps

Tourism and services[]

  • Airport

  • Parking

  • Bus stop

  • Rail station

  • Hospital

Guide signs[]

  • Advance directional sign

Other[]

  • Railroad crossing

References[]

  1. ^ "NORMA Oficial Mexicana NOM-034-SCT2-2011, Señalamiento horizontal y vertical de carreteras y vialidades urbanas" (PDF) (in Spanish). 16 November 2011.

External links[]

  • Signaling at Secretariat of Communications and Transportation website (in Spanish)
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