Road signs

The road signs makes it possible to manage the use of the Route S by the users (automobile and trucks, two-wheeled vehicle or pedestrians). It consists of two great units, namely the vertical Road signs, which includes/understands the panels, the beacons and the tricolor fires and the horizontal Road signs, consisted of the markings out of the ground.

Road signs in France

History (principal dates)

1946 - general Instruction on indication

The panels are classified in 4 categories:

Indication of obstacles (triangular form, cream-coloured bottom, listel dark blue)
Indication of police force

Panels of prohibition (round form, red listel)
Panels of indication (square form, blue bottom, white listel)

Indication of localization (white text, bottom dark blue)
Indication of direction

1949 - international Protocol of Geneva

This protocol involves the disappearance of panels and categories and the name change of some of these categories. One finds then:

Panels of danger
Panels of absolute regulations
Panels of indication

1954 - Officialization of the panel " STOP"
1963 - Instruction of 1963
1968 - Convention of Vienna
1971 - European Agreement of Geneva
1973 - Additional protocol with the convention of Vienna concerning the road marks
1997 - Recommendations of the European Economic and Social Council.

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