This document provides an overview of traffic signs and road markings in India. It discusses the purpose of road signs in promoting safety and efficiency of traffic flow. The main types of signs are categorized as warning, regulatory, and informational. Warning signs notify users of hazards ahead, while regulatory signs give orders and prohibitions. Informational signs provide directions and details about facilities. The document also lists common individual signs, such as curves, intersections, speed limits, and prohibited actions. Road markings are described that indicate lanes, pedestrian crossings, and other guidance.

1. Prepared By
Soumen Makar

2. .Few words of Traffic Signs
 Purpose of Road Signs
 Types of road signs.
 Cautionary Sign/Warning Signs/Danger
Signs
 Mandatory or Regulatory Signs.
 Informatory Signs
 Direction, Position, or Indication Signs
 Traffic Lights
 Hand Signals
 Flag Signals
 Legal Requirement
 Road Marking
 Cautionary/warning signs List.
 LIST OF FACILITY INFORMATION SIGNS List
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3.  The India follows its rules towards traffic signs
from the Road Signs and Signals of United
Nations Conference on Road and Motor
Transport, 1949 and Vienna Convention on
Road Signs and Signals, 1968,
alongside with other countries such as
Philippines, Greece and Italy.
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Few words of Traffic Signs

4. The purpose of road signs is to promote
road safety and to promote efficiency by
providing for the orderly movement of all
road users on all roads in both urban and
non-urban areas.
Road signs notify road users of
regulations and provide warning and
guidance.
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5. The three main Types of traffic signs are:W-R-I
Warning Signs (W) Regulatory Signs (R) Informatory (I).
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Regulatory Signs.
/Mandatory Sign
what they must do
And These signs
give orders.
Prohibitory Signs
This Sign tell
drivers what they
must not do
Warning Signs.
-These warn
drivers of
some danger
or difficulty on
the road
ahead.
Informatory
Signs./Guide Signs
-Most of these
signs give drivers
information to
enable them to
find
their way to their
destination.

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7.  Cautionary signs/Warning
signs/Danger signs are triangular
or diamond in shape with red
border and black symbol in white
or yellow background to caution
and alert the road users to potential
danger or hazardous conditions.
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Crossroad
Sign
Y-junction
Sign

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Traffic
Circle Sign
Two-way
Traffic Sign

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Gentle Curve/right hand or left
hand Curve Signs

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Sharp Curve Signs

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Hairpin Curve Sign/Right hand
pin bend Left hand pin bend

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Right and Left Winding Road
Signs

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Combined Curves Signs
Double bend first right and double bend
first left

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Lane Ends Signs

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Traffic Signal
Ahead Sign
Traffic Control
“STOP” Ahead Sign

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Pedestrian
Crossing Sign
Pedestrian
Sign

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Farm Animals Sign

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Height Restriction
Sign
Length
Restriction
Sign

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Narrow Bridge
Sign
Speed Humps
Sign

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Slippery Road
Sign
Falling Rocks Sign

22. Flagman Ahead Sign
Men at Work
Sign
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23. One –way Roadway Signs
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All Mandatory or Regulatory Signs
are circular in shape.They are with
red circular ring and diagonal bars
with black / White symbols or arrows
or letters on white /Blue background.
Mandatory or Regulatory Signs
Regulatory signs are either
mandatory or prohibitory.

25. Minimum Speed
Sign
Vehicles Exceeding
Mass Only Sign
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26. Keep Left/Right Sign
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27. Pedestrians Only Sign
Taxi Only Sign
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28. Bus Only Sign
Pay Toll Sign
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29. Roundabout Sign
Switch Head Lamps
On Sign
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30. No Entry Sign
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Stop Sign

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Height Restriction
Sign
Length
Restriction
Sign

32. Speed Limit
Sign
Mass Limit Sign
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One Way
Vehicles prohibited both
in Directions

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Horn prohibited
Pedestrians prohibited

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U-turn prohibited
Overtaking prohibited

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No parking or
stopping
No parking

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Trucks prohibited
Tonga prohibited

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By-Cycles prohibited
Straight prohibited

39. Excessive Noise
Prohibited Sign
Unauthorized
Vehicles
Prohibited Sign
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40. Left/Right Turn Prohibited Sign
Left/Right Turn Ahead Prohibited Sign
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41. U-Turn Prohibited
Sign
Overtaking
Prohibited Sign
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42. Parking Prohibited
Sign
Stopping
Prohibited Sign
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43. Pedestrian Prohibited
Sign
Pedal Cycle
Prohibited Sign
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44. Taxi Prohibited
Sign
Bus Prohibited
Sign
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45.  Information signs in rectangular shape are
also used with destination names and
distances with arrows indicating the direction.
The colour pattern are .
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Type of road Background Arrows/Border/Letters
Expressway Blue White
National Highway (NH) Green White
State Highway (SH) Green White
Major District Road
(MDR)
Green White
Village Road (VR) White Black
Urban/City Road Blue White

46. Parking Area Sign
Hospital Sign
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Parking both sides
Parking this side

48. School Sign
Dinner & Restaurant
Sign
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49. Police Sign
Medical Services Sign
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50. Gasoline Station
Sign
Diesel Station Sign
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It should be visible to the drivers both
during approach and while making the
turn with minimum clear visibility
distance.

52. Advanced Direction
Sign
Map type Direction
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53. 3-way Destination
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Reassurance
Direction

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56. Go
Ready for
Go
Stop
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A RED light means that you must come to a full stop behind the
stop line
The AMBER colour light means CAUTION. When the amber
light turns on it gives you a signal to be ready for the go.
AGREEN light means GO through the intersection carefully
and slowly

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58. Don’t Walk Walk
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59. Walk Don’t Walk
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61. Stop traffic
approaching from the
front.
Stop traffic approaching
from the rear.
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62. Stop traffic approaching the
front and rear.
Indicates the traffic
to proceed.
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64. Flag signal to
warning traffic.
Flag signal to
stop.
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65. Flag signal to proceed.
Flag signal to slow
down.
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66. Warning to slow moving
vehicles.
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Road Marking
This is called a STOP LINE. Stop Line painted before the edge of the road
intersection and it meant whenever the traffic is expected to stop, you
should have to stop your vehicle just before the stop line. The jumping or
crossing of the stop line is an offence.
The alternate black and white lines painted across the road are called
zebra-crossing or PEDESTRIAN CROSSING. This is the place through
which pedestrians used to cross the road. Be careful and stop your
vehicle before such pedestrian crossing whenever necessary.
These parallel broken white lines are called GIVE WAY LINE and it
meant that you have to give way to oncoming traffic on major road
ahead of you.
This continuous white line is called BARRIER LINE. It
indicates that driver should not overtake in this area.

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Road Marking
These broken white lines separate a road in to a two lane road. These
lines generally used as centre line in two-way roads. It is very essential
for traffic safety.
These broken white lines are called lane separators. It is used as
lane markings in a road on same direction.
This type of continuous parallel two white lines means that
driver is not permitted to overtaking.
A continuous yellow colour line at the edge of road indicates
that no vehicle will be allowed to park on the side of the road.
Abroken white line if changing in to a solid continuous white line it
indicates that no lane changing will allow till the continuous white line
becomes a broken line again.

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Legal Requirement
1. Section 3: Driving Licence : No person shall drive a motor vehicle in any
public place unless he hold an effective driving licence
2.Section 122:Leaving Vehicle in dangerous position, like to cause
dananger, obstruction to other users of the public place made under the
section 122 Motor vehicle s act 1988.
3.Section 123:Riding on running Board : No person driving or carry any
person on the running boards or on the top or bonnet of a motor vehicle
made under section 123 of motor vehicles Act 1988.
4.Section 129: wearing of protective Hear Gear: Every person driving or
riding while in public place wear head protective gear (Helmet)made
under section 129 Motor vehicle 1988.
5.Section 134 :Duty of driver in case of Accident and injury to a person:
Take all reasonable steps to secure medical attention for the injured person
and give necessary information to police.

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6.Section 183:Driving at excessive Speed Driver of a motor vehicle in
contravention of speed limit shall be punishable with fine .
7.Section 184:Drive a motor vehicles at speed or in a manner which is
dangerous to the public shall be a punishable offence with imprisonment
,made under section 184 of motor vehicles Act 1988.
8.Section 185:Driving by a Drunken person or by a person Under Influence
of Drugs: Any Driver in his blood ,alcohol exceeding 30mg/100 ml of blood
detected in test by breath analyser, shall punishable for the first offence
with imprisonment. Made under Section 185 of motor Vehicle Act 1988.
9.Section 186:Driving When Mentally or Physically Unfit to Drive shall be
punishable for the first offence with fine.
10.Section 190:Using Vehicle in unsafe Condition shall be punishable
offence .
11.Section 203: Breath Test A police officer or any authorised person behalf
of vehicle department to take one or more specimens of breath for breath .
test.

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1) Left Hand Curve
2) Right Hand Curve
3) Right Hairpin Bend
4) Left Hairpin Bend
5) Right Reverse Bend
6) Left Reverse Bend
7) Series of Bend
8) Degree Loop
9) Side Road Right
10) Side Road Left
11) Y-intersection
12) Cross Road
13) Roundabout
14) Traffic Signals
15) T-intersection
16) T-intersection Major Road Ahead
17) Major Road Ahead
18) Staggered Intersection
19) Merging Traffic Ahead (From Left)
20) Merging Traffic Ahead (From Right)
21) Narrow Road Ahead
22) Road Widens
23) Narrow Bridge Ahead
24) Steep Ascent
25) Steep Descent
26) Reduced Carriageway (Left Lane(s) Reduced)
27) Reduced Carriageway (Right Lane(s) Reduced)
28) Start of Dual Carriageway
29) End of Dual Carriageway
30) Gap in Median
31) Pedestrian Crossing
32) School Ahead
33) Built-up Area
34) Two Way Operation
35) Two Way Traffic on Cross Road Ahead Warning
36) Lane Closed (Two Lane Carriageway)
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1) Eating Peace
2) Light Refreshment
3) Resting Peace
4) First Aid Post
5) Toilet
6) Filling Station(Fuel Pump)
7) Hospital
8) Public Telephone
9) U-TurnAhead
10) Pedestrian Subway
11) Foot Over Bridge
12) Chair Lift
13) Police Station
14) Picnic Site
15) Repair Facility
16) Railway Station/Metro Station/Monorail
17) Industrial Area
18) Cycle Rickshaw Stand
19) Taxi Stand
20) Auto Rickshaw Stand
21) Home Zone
22) Camp Site
23) Airport
24) Golf Course
25) National Heritage
26) No Through Road
27) No Through Side Road
28) Toll Road Ahead
29) Guide Sign on Toll Lane Portai
30) Country Border
31) Entry Ramp far Expressway
32) Exit Ramp for Expressway
33) Expressway Symbol
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Sources :
The Motor vehicles Act, 1988.
The Central Motor vehicles rules, 1989.
Code of Practice For Road Signs
(Third Revision)

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