2. 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.
3. In article 2 the convention classes all road signs into a
number of categories (A - H):
A. Danger warning signs
B. Priority signs
C. Prohibitory or restrictive signs
D. Mandatory signs
F. Information, facilities, or service signs
G. Direction, position, or indication sign
H. Additional panels
4. Warning signs can indicate any potential
hazard, obstacle or condition requiring
special attention.
Here are the most common warning signs:
23. Priority traffic signs indicate the order in
which vehicles should pass intersection
points.
Here are some common examples of Priority
Traffic Signs :
28. Prohibitory or Restrictive Signs
Prohibitory traffic signs are used to prohibit
certain types of manoeuvres or some types of
traffic.
Here are some common examples of
prohibitory traffic signs:
37. Mandatory Signs
Mandatory signs are road
signs which are used to set the
obligations of all traffic which use a
specific area of road. Unlike prohibitory
or restrictive signs, mandatory signs tell
traffic what it must do, rather than must
not do.
Here are some common examples of
mandatory signs:
38. Minimum Speed
Sign
Vehicles Exceeding
Mass Only Sign
43. INFORMATION, FACILITIES OR SERVICE SIGN
Service signs are those that indicates a
specific facility by which many can find
useful, especially those that can be used for
medical purposes, security, and food.
Here are some common examples of
service signs:
48. A direction sign, more fully defined as
a direction, position, or indication sign by
the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and
Signals, is any road sign used primarily to
give information about the location of either
the driver or possible destinations, and are
considered a subset of the informative signs
group.
Here are some common examples of
Indication Signs:
