The Philippines follows its rules towards traffic signs from the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals, alongside with other countries such as India, Greece and Italy. The Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals is an international treaty designed to increase road safety and aid international road traffic by standardising the signing system for road traffic (road signs, traffic lights and road markings) in use internationally.
In article 2 the convention classes all road signs into a number of categories (A - H):A. Danger warning signsB. Priority signsC. Prohibitory or restrictive signsD. Mandatory signsF. Information, facilities, or service signsG. Direction, position, or indication signH. Additional panels
Warning signs can indicate any potentialhazard, obstacle or condition requiringspecial attention. Here are the most common warning signs:
General Auction SignCongestion Sign
Crossroad SignY-junctionSign
Traffic Circle SignTwo-wayTraffic Sign
Gentle Curve Signs
Sharp Curve Signs
Hairpin Curve Sign
Winding Road Signs
Combined Curves Signs
Lane Ends Signs
Traffic Signal Ahead Sign Traffic ControlSTOP Ahead Sign
Pedestrian Crossing SignPedestrianSign
Farm Animals Sign
Height Restriction Sign LengthRestriction Sign
Narrow Bridge SignSpeed Humps Sign
Slippery Road SignFalling Rocks Sign
Reduced Visibility SignElectric Shock Sign
Sharp Curve Chevron Signs
Flagman Ahead SignMen at Work Sign
Priority traffic signs indicate the order inwhich vehicles should pass intersectionpoints.Here are some common examples of PriorityTraffic Signs :
Stop SignGo Sign
Yield SignYield to Pedestrians Sign
No Entry SignYield to Oncoming Traffic Sign
One way Roadway Signs
Prohibitory or Restrictive Signs Prohibitory traffic signs are used to prohibitcertain types of manoeuvres or some types oftraffic. Here are some common examples ofprohibitory traffic signs:
Mandatory Signs Mandatory signs are roadsigns which are used to set theobligations of all traffic which use aspecific area of road. Unlike prohibitoryor restrictive signs, mandatory signs telltraffic what it must do, rather than mustnot do. Here are some common examples ofmandatory signs:
Minimum Speed SignVehicles Exceeding Mass Only Sign
Keep Left/Right Sign
Pedestrians Only SignTaxi Only Sign
Bus Only SignPay Toll Sign
Roundabout SignSwitch Head Lamps On Sign
INFORMATION, FACILITIES OR SERVICE SIGN Service signs are those that indicates aspecific facility by which many can finduseful, especially those that can be used formedical purposes, security, and food. Here are some common examples ofservice signs:
Parking Area SignHospital Sign
Dinner & Restaurant SignSchool Sign
Police SignMedical Services Sign
Gasoline Station SignDiesel Station Sign
A direction sign, more fully defined asa direction, position, or indication sign bythe Vienna Convention on Road Signs andSignals, is any road sign used primarily togive information about the location of eitherthe driver or possible destinations, and areconsidered a subset of the informative signsgroup. Here are some common examples ofIndication Signs:
Destination SignDestination w/ Distance Sign
3-way Destination w/ Distance Sign
Go Slow Stop Down
Pedestrian Lights
Dont Walk Walk
Walk Dont Walk
Hand Signals Traffic Officers
Stop traffic approaching from the front.Stop traffic approaching from the rear.
Stop traffic approaching the front and rear.Indicates the traffic to proceed.
Flag signal to warning traffic.Flag signal to stop.
