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Example of a Swiss road sign European traffic signs present relevant differences between countries despite an apparent uniformity and standardisation Most European countries refer to the 1968 Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals The convention has been adopted by the following countries including acceding states Albania Armenia Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus the Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Moldova Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey 91 1 93 Ukraine and the United Kingdom The convention has not been adopted by Ireland Iceland or Malta Contents 1 Differences between European traffic signs 1 1 Graphic differences 1 2 Differences of directional and informatory signage 1 3 Differences in meanings 1 4 Road surface markings 1 5 Different typefaces in texts 2 Table of traffic signs comparison 2 1 Priority 2 2 Warning 2 3 Prohibitory 2 4 Mandatory 2 5 Special regulations 2 6 Indication 2 7 De restriction 2 8 Built up area limits 3 See also 4 Notes 5 Sources 6 References Differences between European traffic signs Edit French sign showing the difference between French and Swiss motorway sign colours on the A411 near Geneva 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 Edit 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 Differences of directional and informatory signage Edit The colour shape text style bold capitals etc or even an additional sign pictogram route number etc of the signage eventually gives information about the road class by following indicated route Country Motorways Controlled access highwayannounced as or Expressways Limited access roadannounced as or Primary routes Secondary routes Regional destinations Local destinations Tourist signs Temporary Detour Outside urban area Austria Salzburg Wien Villach n a Salzkammergut 91 c 1 93 Umleitung Belgium Brussel KortrijkCourtrai GentGand n a n a CentrumCentreZentrum Atomium WegomleggingDeviationUmleitung Bruxelles 91 c 2 93 Bulgaria YambolYambol RuseRuse PavlikeniPavlikeni n a n a CentrCentre EtrEtar VarnaVarna Croatia Zagreb Bjelovar Vukovar n a n a Centar Plitvicka jezera Obilazak Zracna luka 91 c 3 93 Czech Republic BRNO PRAHA VYSKOV n a SLOVANY Letiste Hrad Bouzov PRAHA Denmark Aarhus n a Skanderborg 91 c 4 93 n a Stadion Himmelbjerget Nakskov Finland HELSINKIHELSINGFORS LAPPEENRANTA PORVOOBORGA n a KYMINLINNA Kirjasto Hiidenkivi TURKU France PARIS MARSEILLE BEAUVAIS 91 c 5 93 TOULON LA CHAPPELLE n a Gare S N C F PARC NATUREL Deviation Germany Hamburg Freiburg 91 c 6 93 Lubeck n a Bahnhof Burg Eltz Umleitung Greece 8essalonikhThessaloniki PatraPatra A8hnaAthina n a n a KentroCentre AkropolhAkropolis EyosmosEvosmos Hungary Budapest Vac Gyongyos n a n a Centrum Var Godollo Iceland n a n a Akureyri n a Gardabaer Flugstod n a Ireland Ath CliathDUBLIN n a Tulach MhorTULLAMORE 91 c 7 93 SeantrabhSANTRY 91 c 8 93 n a An LarCITY CENTRE An BhoireannTHE BURREN Cursa TimpillDETOUR Italy VENEZIA UDINE BERGOSOLE n a n a aeroporto Colfosco deviazione Liechtenstein CH 160 St 160 Gallen CH 160 Chur Schaan Vaduz n a Bahnhof Burg Umleitung Lithuania KLAIPĖDA KAUNAS VILNIUS n a CENTRAS Kernaves archeologine vietove Apylanka Netherlands A 44 Amsterdam Den Haag Arnhem N 50 n a Centrum Nationaal Park OMLEIDINGVolg A 91 c 9 93 Norway Nannestad Lillestrom Trondheim n a Sykehus Kvitsand Poland Wroclaw Poznan Opole n a Stacja Krakow Objazd Portugal Lisboa n a Portalegre Povoa de Varzim ALGARVE 91 c 10 93 centro castelo Desvio Romania București Craiova Pitești n a n a Centru Castelul Bran Ocolire Russia BELGOROD MOSKVA ORLOVO n a LIPECK ul Arbat muzej usadba N K RERIHA obezd Serbia BeogradBeograd KraguјevacKragujevac ZreњaninZrenjanin n a n a CentarCentar StudenicaStudenica ObilazakObilazak Slovakia Kosice Nitra Bratislava Centrum Hrad obchadzka Slovenia Maribor Nova Gorica Medvode n a n a Center Postojnska jama Obvoz Spain Villalba 91 c 11 93 Cordoba 91 c 12 93 Oviedo 91 c 13 93 PINTO 91 c 14 93 BADAJOZ n a centro Navacerrada DESVIO Sweden GOTEBORG STOCKHOLM FALUN n a NORRMALM Vardcentral Lange Erik Switzerland Basel Chiasso Moudon Ftan n a Gare CFF Castello UmleitungDeviationDeviazione Turkey Istanbul n a Ankara n a n a Sehir Merkezi Dara Antik Kenti Ukraine KiyivKyiv ZhashkivZhashkiv RudnyaRudnia n a n a Centr ob yizddetour United Kingdom Nottingham M1 n a 91 c 15 93 A Chrion Laraich CrianlarichA82 Aylesbury The NORTH 91 c 16 93 Village Hall Thorpe Park Diversion Used to indicate locations like regions city centres city districts and tourist locations In reality there is no clearcut and consistent usage of the white on green signs for city centres and city districts black on white signals are often preferred if the roads leading to them are primary roads The directional signs to motorways are white on green whereas the directional signs on motorways are white on blue Compare sign F31 of the Belgian Road Code in green a directional sign to a motorway but not on a motorway with the other directional signs in blue especially F15 F25 F27 and F29 all of which are also used in blue on motorways Code de la route Article 71 Signaux d indication F1 F31 Retrieved 28 September 2021 Used for services and objects like stations hospitals etc See Pravilnik o turistickoj i ostaloj signalizaciji na cestama Retrieved on 2022 08 07 Directional signs that are mounted overhead on multi lane primary roads are white on blue Used to indicate specific directions German traffic law does not know the category of expressways but there are certain roads commonly referred to as autobahnahnliche Strassen roads similar to motorways which while not being motorways in a legal sense have a very similar profile to motorways The signs on such roads are not white on blue like on motorways but normally black on yellow like on most other primary roads and in exceptional cases black on white like on local roads National primary amp secondary roads Route numbers are written in yellow Regional amp local roads On non motorways only Regional destinations and cardinal directions are written fully in uppercase e g ALGARVE or NORTE with the text and background colors being accordingly with the type of road Next to AUTOPISTA also used for AUTOVIA and AUTOBIA Via reservada para automoviles via rapida carretera convencional There is no expressway class of road in the UK Regional destinations consist of upper case cardinal destinations and regions e g The NORTH or The SOUTH WEST and are only used on motorway and primary road signs Differences in meanings Edit Sometimes similar signs have minor differences in meanings following the local traffic codes For example the Irish rural speed limit sign for local tertiary roads takes the appearance of that used to denote the end of all previously signed restrictions used elsewhere in Europe However this sign which is always accompanied with a SLOW supplementary plate actually indicates a speed limit of 80 km h 91 2 93 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 and speeds are still indicated in imperial measurements miles or yards and miles per hour Since 2016 on width and height limit signs both metric and imperial measurements are used metres and feet amp inches however older signs still show imperial only measurements 91 citation needed 93 Weight limits have been expressed in metric tonnes since 1981 but signs continued to use an upper case T until 2011 Road surface markings Edit 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 the Netherlands and Spain but red orange in Liechtenstein Switzerland and Russia and white in the 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 Spain or by a double dashed line United Kingdom or by a white line of triangles Austria Italy Liechtenstein the Netherlands Norway and Switzerland In Ireland give way markings are represented by a single dashed line on one way streets and entrances to roundabouts it is instead represented by a combination of a single solid line and a single dashed line A disc time limited parking place is identified by white lines in Germany and by blue lines in Liechtenstein the Netherlands France Spain and Switzerland A chargeable parking place is identified by white lines in Germany France Liechtenstein the Netherlands and Switzerland and by blue lines in Italy Spain and Russia A parking place reserved for disabled people is bordered in white in Germany the Netherlands Spain and the United Kingdom in yellow in Italy Liechtenstein and Switzerland and in blue in France Other reserved parking places bus taxis are bordered with yellow lines in Italy Liechtenstein Spain Switzerland and the United Kingdom but with white lines in Germany The prohibition of roadside parking can be indicated by a yellow continuous line Spain the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom by a yellow dashed line Austria 91 3 93 the Netherlands and France by a yellow dashed line with X s Liechtenstein and Switzerland a white continuous line Italy or else by black and white the Netherlands or a black and yellow the Netherlands and Italy kerb markings Only in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland 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 can be indicated by a yellow continuous line Austria the Netherlands France Liechtenstein Switzerland and Russia 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 Edit A sign with the use of Transport font in Icelandic This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items September 2019 Aland uses the Swedish Tratex typeface It formerly used the Finnish typeface in mixture with Tratex Albania Italy and San Marino use the Alfabeto normale typeface with the narrow variant Alfabeto stretto a heavier version of the British Transport typeface Andorra officially uses the Swiss 721 Bold Condensed typeface which is identical to Helvetica However some signs use the Caracteres and Carretera Convencional Traffic Type Spain D typefaces 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 from Czechoslovakia era until 2014 Azerbaijan Belarus Cyprus Greece North Macedonia Malta Moldova Russia Slovenia Turkey and Ukraine use the Arial Bold and or Helvetica Bold typefaces in mixture with other official typefaces Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Georgia Lithuania Moldova Russia and Ukraine use typefaces based on one specified in a Soviet standard GOST 10807 78 In Belarus the according standard is STB 1140 99 In Ukraine it is DSTU 4100 2002 In Russia it is GOST R 52290 2004 Ukraine has recently started using the Road UA 160 91 uk 93 typeface as part of a signage redesign 91 4 93 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Luxembourg Montenegro North Macedonia Romania Slovenia and Serbia use the SNV typeface Liechtenstein and Switzerland used this typeface until 2003 Iceland Ireland Malta Portugal and the United Kingdom use the Transport typeface An oblique variant of Transport is used in Ireland for Irish text Motorway typeface is used for route numbers on United Kingdom and Ireland motorways and for exit and route numbers in Portugal Denmark uses the Dansk Vejtavleskrift typeface The typeface is derived from the British Transport typeface Estonia uses the Arial Narrow Bold typeface Finland uses a typeface developed in the 1960s by the former national board of roads and waterways 91 5 93 France uses the Caracteres typeface Germany Czech Republic and Latvia use the DIN 1451 typeface Greece uses a modified version of the British Transport typeface on most regular roads motorway signs use 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 91 6 93 Luxembourg uses Helvetica Bold Caracteres L4 italic DIN 1451 and the SNV typefaces often inconsistently The Netherlands uses typefaces derived from FHWA typeface ANWB RWS Cc narrow Dd medium and Ee wide Norway uses the Trafikkalfabetet typeface Poland does not use a defined typeface as the letters are defined one by one in the national regulation 91 7 93 There are three typefaces resembling the defined one with two of them distributed as non commercial freeware Drogowskaz and Tablica drogowa typefaces The third one fully compliant with the regulation is available only for road signs making companies Spain used two typefaces in the past Autopista derived from FHWA series E modified for motorways and Carretera Convencional also known as CCRIGE or Traffic Type Spain D 91 8 93 for other situations The typeface Carretera Convencional is derived from the British Transport typeface and is almost identical to the Italian Alfabeto Normale Since 2014 all new signs use Carretera Convencional regardless of the status of the road Sweden uses the Tratex typeface Switzerland and Liechtenstein use the ASTRA Frutiger typeface since 2003 Turkey uses two typefaces derived from the FHWA typeface O Serisi is used for motorways and E Serisi is used for all other roads In Albania Andorra Belarus the Czech Republic Estonia Finland France Italy Latvia Lithuania Moldova Monaco Russia San Marino Sweden and Ukraine destinations on direction signs are written in capital letters In Ireland they are written in all capital letters in English and in mixed case letters in Irish In Austria Germany Liechtenstein Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Poland Romania Slovakia and Switzerland both capital and lowercase are used In Spain destinations reached by motorway are written in capital and lowercase while those reached by other roads are written in capital letters In the United Kingdom and Portugal regional destinations names and cardinal directions are written in capital letters while the remaining destinations names are written in capital and lowercase Table of traffic signs comparison Edit Priority Edit See also Priority signs Austria Belgium Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France and Monaco Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy San Marino and Vatican City Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Moldova Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain and Andorra Sweden Switzerland and Liechtenstein Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Stop Give way or or or Priority road End of priority road Give way to oncoming traffic Priority over oncoming traffic Stop ahead Give way ahead 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