Metal Road Signs Guide: Types, Materials and Key Buying Tips
Everywhere you look, road signs communicate traffic rules, guide us to destinations, warn of potential hazards and provide information on nearby amenities such as parking lots or tourist attractions. Despite different shapes, colours, and symbols, all road signs display universally understood messages. It’s this familiarity that makes them remarkably similar in many parts of the world.
Even the two global regulatory systems – the Vienna Convention used in Europe and throughout much of Asia and Africa, and the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) in the US, Canada and Australia are understood by the general public. The latter, however, moves away from simple pictograms and instead relies more on text-oriented messaging and distinct shapes and colours. Both systems aim to inform, guide and warn traffic participants as well as ensure their safety.
