The Philippines follows international standards for traffic signs from the Vienna Convention, along with other countries like India, Greece, and Italy. The convention categorizes signs into groups like warning, priority, prohibitory, mandatory, information, directional, and additional panels. Common signs include speed limit, stop, yield, parking prohibited, hospital, and destination signs.

1. (The Philippines)

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:

5. General Auction
Sign
Congestion
Sign

6. Crossroad
Sign
Y-
junction
Sign

7. Traffic Circle
Sign
Two-way
Traffic Sign

8. Gentle Curve Signs

9. Sharp Curve Signs

10. Hairpin Curve Sign

11. Winding Road Signs

12. Combined Curves Signs

13. Lane Ends Signs

14. Traffic Signal
Ahead Sign
Traffic Control
“STOP” Ahead Sign

15. Pedestrian
Crossing Sign
Pedestrian
Sign

16. Farm Animals Sign

17. Height Restriction
Sign
Length
Restriction
Sign

18. Narrow
Bridge Sign
Speed Humps
Sign

19. Slippery Road
Sign
Falling Rocks
Sign

20. Reduced
Visibility Sign
Electric Shock Sign

21. Sharp Curve Chevron Signs

22. Flagman Ahead Sign
Men at Work
Sign

23. Priority traffic signs indicate the order in
which vehicles should pass intersection
points.
Here are some common examples of Priority
Traffic Signs :

24. Stop Sign
Go Sign

25. Yield Sign
Yield to Pedestrians
Sign

26. No Entry Sign
Yield to Oncoming
Traffic Sign

27. One –way Roadway 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:

29. Speed Limit Sign
Mass Limit Sign

30. Height Restriction
Sign
Length
Restriction Sign

31. Excessive Noise
Prohibited Sign
Unauthorized
Vehicles
Prohibited Sign

32. Left/Right Turn Prohibited Sign
Left/Right Turn Ahead Prohibited Sign

33. U-Turn Prohibited
Sign
Overtaking
Prohibited Sign

34. Parking Prohibited
Sign
Stopping
Prohibited Sign

35. Pedestrian Prohibited
Sign
Pedal Cycle
Prohibited Sign

36. Taxi Prohibited
Sign
Bus Prohibited
Sign

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

39. Keep Left/Right Sign

40. Pedestrians Only Sign
Taxi Only Sign

41. Bus Only Sign
Pay Toll Sign

42. Roundabout Sign
Switch Head Lamps
On 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:

44. Parking Area Sign
Hospital Sign

45. Dinner & Restaurant
Sign
School Sign

46. Police Sign
Medical Services Sign

47. Gasoline Station
Sign
Diesel Station Sign

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:

49. Destination Sign
Destination w/ Distance Sign

50. 3-way Destination w/ Distance
Sign

52. Go Slow Stop
Down

53. Pedestrian Lights

54. Don’t Walk Walk

55. Walk Don’t Walk

56. Hand Signals – Traffic Officers

57. Stop traffic
approaching from the
front.
Stop traffic approaching
from the rear.

58. Stop traffic approaching the
front and rear.
Indicates the traffic
to proceed.

60. Flag signal to warning
traffic.
Flag signal to
stop.

61. Flag signal to proceed.
Flag signal to slow
down.

62. Warning to slow moving
vehicles.

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