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	NCDOT Division of Motor Vehicles: Driver Handbook: Chapter 5
		Rectangular and square—shaped signs, which are normally fl and white or red and white, are also used to show speed limits and other regulations.
		The handicapped parking sign indicates that a space is reserved for persons who qualify for a handicapped license plate or a dashboard placard.
		Signs indicating a nearby hospital, highway patrol station or telephone are blue and white.
	www.ncdot.org /dmv/driver_services/drivershandbook/chapter5/trafficSigns.html (797 words)

	Road Traffic Signs
		Signs being triangles are coded Aa with usually red borders, white backgrounds and fl symbols.
		Signs being diamonds are coded Ab with usually fl borders, yellow backgrounds and fl symbols.
		A sign for a priority road is a yellow diamond with a white border (B3), but it is not used in the United States.
	www.geocities.com /jusjih/roadsigns.html (620 words)

	Michigan Signs
		Michigan routes are refered to "M" routes because of the M at the top of the sign.
		This aluminum sign probably dates back to the early 60's as it has a Scotchlite background.
		Signs in the early Rand McNally Road Atlases show the logo "STATE TRUNK HIGHWAY" just below the "M", but it is unknown right now whether signs actually bore that logo.
	mdo20.tripod.com /mi/misign.html (348 words)

	Australian road signs - warning signs
		The sign on the right hand side of the road has been turned around for several years now.
		This is a sign whose warning is not obvious.
		I suspect these signs were used before it became common for virtually all intersections to have signs.
	au.geocities.com /loco_b67/roads5 (445 words)

	Road Signs Europe Roadsigns Europe England France Germany Italy Norway Spain
		Usually in such cases signs are in place next to the signals and these then control the situation.
		As used on the road signs the color blue is positive in that it signals an obligatory action or some feature—such as a bicycle lane, a rest stop or a parking garage—that you can take advantage of; simply put it says do rather than don't.
		The first sign in the sequence bears three red diagonal hashes representing the three multiples of 80 meters (240 meters) remaining until the crossing.
	www.ideamerge.com /motoeuropa/roadsigns (790 words)

	Road Signs - Street Signs USA
		Road sign posts and hardware (2 standard bolts/nuts required per sign) sold separately.
		Road signs will never rust and have an average life span of 7 years.
		All road signs with the exception of the street name signs come with standard mounting holes centered top and bottom for easy installations.
	www.street-signs-usa.com /7/cat7.htm (250 words)

	Road signs
		There are four general types of road signs you'll see when traveling our highways that are a lot more descriptive than some instructions you may get will travelling.
		Generally speaking, the rules say when you see one of these signs, the service is within 3 miles of the exit, has restrooms and a public phone, and complies with the local licensing and approval authority.
		Tourist-Oriented Directional Signs are normally blue and direct travelers to businesses that get most of their income from tourist road traffic (Something good to know as this leaves a lot of latitude in what can be listed).
	www.virginiawind.com /tips/signs.asp (725 words)

	General Comments on the European Traffic Code
		Information Disclaimer: This is an unofficial collection of European road sign conventions and rules.Whereas every effort has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the information presented, there may be errors and omissions.The entire risk as to results and performance of the information rests with its user.
		Attention ought to be paid to road use restrictions, traffic rules, and grade of some mountain roads.
		The roads are extraordinarily smooth and all patches levelled in with sheer perfection.
	travlang.com /signs (2645 words)

	New easy-read road signs based on PSU research
		New easier-to-read road signs based on Penn State research are appearing across the U.S. and Canada.
		The new Clearview road sign typeface is so much more legible than the existing typeface that it gives drivers going 55 mph added seconds to respond to directions.
		Their goal was to improve road sign legibility and recognition at night, especially for older drivers.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2004-12/ps-ner120904.php (533 words)

	Hawaii road sign photos
		This two-page photo collection is a subset of the Road Photos collection for my Hawaii Highways site, focusing on road signs I found throughout the islands on my trips there in autumn 1999, May 2000, and November 2001, as well as a few photographed by others (all photos are mine unless otherwise noted).
		Instead, where the start and finish of the road is not obvious, there is normally a zero milepost at one end (see above), and a terminal milepost indicating the ending mileage to two decimal places (see left, mile 3.49 at the north end of route 51 on Kauai).
		Some of the signs on local streets directing traffic to the Interstates look like the photo immediately to the right, with hyphenated route numbers, and including the state name (as if it were ever necessary to remind people that they're in Hawaii!).
	www.hawaiihighways.com /hawaii-road-signs.htm (1148 words)

	Road Watch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The triangular sign is on the top of a post with painted with diagonal hash marks.
		Street signs are generally posted one story up on buildings, not on poles at intersections.
		Main roads may not be indicated on a sign, while local cross streets will be.
	www.asirt.org /roadwatch.htm (346 words)

	SHARE THE ROAD SIGNS/HYBRID BIKE LANES
		The tragic death of triathlete John Reif on Wild Horse Creek Road in Chesterfield in August 1987 prompted the erection of the first "Share the Road" signs in the area in 1990.
		The "Share the Road" message was preferred by almost 90% of respondents and more than half said this message should be an informational sign rather than a warning or regulatory sign.
		Some, including myself, have expressed a preference for a sign telling motorists they are expected to "Share the Road" with bicyclists and "It's the Law" to do so, rather than one simply conveying the message that there may be a bicyclist on the road.
	home.swbell.net /mpion/sharesigns.html (1172 words)

	German traffic signs, signals, and markings (Page 1 of 4) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		These signs were gathered from a number of sources including the official German traffic code handbook and related websites.
		The most common supplemental signs are those for distances, such as the distance to the parent sign's condition or the duration of the condition:
		Instead, a supplemental sign is usually mounted beneath this sign with information on a specific hazard for which no other sign exists.
	home.att.net /~texhwyman/zeichen.htm (823 words)

	Wired 12.12: Roads Gone Wild
		Monderman and I stand in silence by the side of the road a few minutes, watching the stream of motorists, cyclists, and pedestrians make their way through the circle, a giant concrete mixing bowl of transport.
		In Denmark, the town of Christianfield stripped the traffic signs and signals from its major intersection and cut the number of serious or fatal accidents a year from three to zero.
		What was once a conventional road junction with traffic lights has been turned into something resembling a public square that mixes cars, pedestrians, and cyclists.
	www.wired.com /wired/archive/12.12/traffic.html (1121 words)

	Manual of Traffic Signs - Sign Shapes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Signs convey information to travelers not only by their messages and color, but through their shape as well.
		Special shapes are specifically assigned to certain types of signs so that travelers can recognize them quickly and react appropriately.
		Then next the octagon shape is used for the STOP sign, since not noticing that sign typically has unpleasant consequences, and so on down the line.
	www.trafficsign.us /signshape.html (196 words)

	Transports Québec : Signs on roads closed to trucks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A road vehicle, other than a vehicle mounted on a truck chassis, manufactured to perform work and the work station of which is an integral part of the driver's compartment.
		For the purposes of this definition, a truck chassis is a frame equipped with all the mechanical components required on a road vehicle designed for the transportation of persons, goods or equipment.
		The truck driver who fails to comply with a prohibition or obligation indicated on a sign commits a violation and is liable to a fine in accordance with the Highway Safety Code.
	www.mtq.gouv.qc.ca /en/reseau/signalisation/camions.asp (467 words)

	Do You Know Your Road Signs? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Given the high speeds required on freeways, recognizing signs by their shape and color with just a glance will put you in more control on any road.
		Generally, warning signs are diamond-shaped, such as the lane added or merge signs.
		Flaggers have the same authority as a regulatory sign, and you can be cited for disobeying their commands.
	www.nsc.org /pubs/fsh/archive/spr99/Rdsign.htm (681 words)

	My Road Sign - Funny Pictures, News and Errors about Road Signs
		Some people don't understand why road signs and street signs are so interesting.
		We spend enough time on the roads that thinking about road signs can't be all bad.
		This article has a picture of a blank road sign that presumably was put up when the road was originally planned.
	www.myroadsign.com (671 words)

	file:Traffic code, Regulatory signs
		The international traffic signs were adopted by most continental nations in 1934/35 to replace the individual countries' obsolescent and widely varying systems.
		As in the US, the effect of the latter two signs is the same, except one also must stop at the STOP or the white line by the sign.
		The two arrows in both signs are of course interchanged as necessary in the case of left-hand traffic, as in the UK.
	www.travlang.com /signs/regulate.html (918 words)

	Road Signs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Many years ago (before there were "interstates") a popular diversion while traveling the highways of the USA was reading the advertising slogans of the Burma-Shave company for their shaving cream product.
		One of the slogans would appear, typically two words at a time, on a series of small signs separated by 50 yards or so along the roadway.
		For travelers of the information highway, here are a few "signs by the side of the road" -- sound file readings of favorite Burma-Shave signs.
	www.cs.uiowa.edu /~fleck/burma.html (143 words)

	Road signs quotes & quotations
		And, in fact, no one has yet determined which side of the road we're supposed to be on.
		This is not the road on which one perishes.
		I only hope the trouble and the cares will not become unbearable, and I have confidence I shall succeed in earning enough to keep myself, not in luxury, but as one who eats his bread in the sweat of his brow.
	en.thinkexist.com /quotes/with/keyword/road_signs (313 words)

	Street Signs USA
		uppliers of traffic and road signs, street signs, sign posts, custom signs, and American flag decals with distribution centers operating in NY, OH, CT, AL, FL, TX & MO. These are the real official signs required by cities and the aluminum reflective type meet State and Federal codes.
		An additional 300 traffic signs can be found in our new section on MUTCD sign codes.
		Street Signs USA is a division of PAC Sign Co., Inc.
	www.street-signs-usa.com (138 words)

	SignMaker 2.3.1 - Make your own freeway sign - Play Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		For more information on road signs in the real world, including the US standards, visit Mr.
		Props to the extremely useful highway sign photo gallery at AARoads.com, and all the contributing photographers.
		Also, thanks to the many road enthusiasts at misc.transport.road, who tried out the early versions and provided lots of bug reports and great suggestions.
	www.kurumi.com /roads/signmaker/signmaker.html (262 words)

	Worth1000.com \| Photoshop Contests \| Are you Worthy \| contest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In this contest you will help the government think of scary road signs to distract drivers while they are going 70 mph (i.e.
		You are to make a scary sign, something you would never want to see (take it from a humorous angle).
		You may use and road sign you can find, but it should not have profanity on it.
	worth1000.com /cache/contest/contestcache.asp?contest_id=1187&... (1253 words)

	Road Signs for self help and personal development
		We are always where we are supposed to be, doing what we are supposed to be doing, and Spirit has posted road signs so we are never truly lost.
		Sometimes the road we are traveling twists and winds through woods and shadows.
		These road signs and guide posts help me on my Journey toward loving and accepting myself, realizing my connection with Source, and living my dreams.
	www.swroadsigns.com (1489 words)

	US Road Signs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The giant table of road signs is a pictorial index to all the signs I have.
		You can download all 300+ road signs, in EPS and PNG format, as either one 9MB.zip file or one 8MB.tgz file.
		The original EPS files of these road signs were extracted from the US Department of Transportation MUTCD (millenium edition).
	charm.cs.uiuc.edu /users/olawlor/projects/2003/roadsigns (171 words)

	Apostolic Faith Church - Road Signs
		Perhaps you have sailed right through a stop sign, or found yourself going the wrong direction on a one-way street.
		The warning signs were there, but you didn’t heed them.
		The Lord is faithful to check us in our hearts when we have started down a road that leads to problems.
	www.apostolicfaith.org /foryou/articles/roadsigns.asp (334 words)

	Vinyl Signs and Vinyl Banners at DesignaSign.biz
		Vinyl signs are durable and are a long lasting material.
		We are a full-service sign company offering photo quality digital printing with our half million dollar 1440 dpi printer (one of six) or screen printing when inexpensive bulk production is required.
		We are proud of the fact that we have shipped vinyl signs and banners to every state in the union including Alaska and Hawaii.
	www.designasign.biz (317 words)

	CNN.com - The car that can read road signs - Oct 7, 2004
		While previous attempts at automated sign recognition were based on the detection of colored patterns, the NICTA team found shape recognition to be a more reliable system for picking signs out of cluttered scenes and in varying light and weather conditions.
		The technology has potentially significant implications for road safety, with 30 percent of road fatalities estimated to be caused by driver inattention.
		Their research also highlights the common example of inattentive drivers alerted by passengers to cars emerging from side roads or passengers crossing the street.
	www.cnn.com /2004/TECH/10/06/roadsign.recognition (936 words)

	road signs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Road Signs for self help and personal development.
		There are four kinds of signs: regulatory, warning, temporary conditions, and information/direction...
		Road Signs used in the UK for ordering traffic what it can and cannot do, including information on all road signs used in the UK and tips on driving safely around Britain.
	www.goinginto.com /find?keywords=road+signs (530 words)

	Ghosts of Directional Signs - B-More Ghosts
		Among the most interesting signs that somehow manages to survive, referring the traveller to directions to the "Maryland John F. Kennedy Hwy.," which would now be designated on signs as a simple "95" in an Interstate style shield.
		In the age of ultra-reflective signs, the existence of pressed or embossed surface signs is very sporadic.
		It seems odd to expect a vintage crossbuck Railroad Crossing Sign to survive at a well used intersection, but sure enough, this sign posted at the CSX crossing at Waterview Avenue near Cherry Hill does just that, complete with splintered wooden post, and supplemented by a newer "up to code" version.
	www.btco.net /ghosts/signals/direcsigns/directionalsigns.html (589 words)

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