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  2. Road signs in Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    Road sign leading to Hyderabad Traffic logo in Naran. Road signs in Pakistan are modelled on the British road sign system, with an exceptional difference being that they are bilingual and contain messages in Urdu, the national language, and English, and in some cases, the local regional or provincial languages.

  3. Traffic light - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 February 2025. Signaling device to control competing flows of traffic This article is about lights used for signalling. For other uses, see Traffic light (disambiguation). "Stoplight" redirects here. For other uses, see Stoplight (disambiguation). An LED 50- watt traffic light in Portsmouth, United ...

  4. Variations in traffic light operation - Wikipedia

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    In New Zealand, where traffic is on the left, when a road is given a green light from an all-direction stop, a red arrow can continue to display to turning traffic, holding traffic back while a pedestrian crossing on the side road is given a green signal (for left turns) or while oncoming traffic goes straight ahead and there is no permissive right turn allowed (for right turns).

  5. Traffic signs by country - Wikipedia

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    Mandatory signs are similar to European signs. They are circular with a red border, a white background and a black symbol. Stop sign and Yield sign are as European, except the word "Stop" is changed for "Pare" and the Yield sign has no letters; it is a red triangle with white centre. Information signs have many shapes and colours.

  6. What's up with the mysterious purple streetlights at the ...

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    Some street lights at Palm Beach County intersections are turning a bright shade of purple. According to Florida Power & Light, the reason is because of a manufacturer defect in some LED lights.

  7. Stop sign - Wikipedia

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    Sign B2a is a red octagon with a white stop legend. The European Annex to the convention also allows the background to be "light yellow". Sign B2b is a red circle with a red inverted triangle with either a white or yellow background, and a black or dark blue stop legend. The Convention allows for the word "STOP" to be in either English or the ...

  8. Color scheme - Wikipedia

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    Even the ubiquitous Traffic light color scheme (red, yellow, green) that was originally a qualitative color scheme, has transformed into a connotative color scheme as "red means stop" and "green means go" have solidified in culture, and through their meaning have been adopted in non-transportation related encoding like the Traffic Light ...

  9. History of traffic lights - Wikipedia

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    The words "Stop" and "Go" were in white on a green background and the lights had red and green lenses illuminated by kerosene lamps for night travellers and the arms were 8 feet (2.4 m) above ground. [ 3 ] : 22 It was controlled by a traffic officer who would blow a whistle before changing the commands on this signal to help alert travellers of ...