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A variable message sign warning drivers of a lane closure on the M25. The early merge method dictates that one stream of traffic will maintain priority over another at the merge, and therefore traffic in the other lane should merge at the first opportunity. To encourage drivers to merge early, authorities may employ a static or dynamic early ...
Some signs can be localized, such as No Parking, and some are found only in state and local jurisdictions, as they are based on state or local laws, such as New York City's "Don't Block the Box" signs. These signs are in the R series of signs in the MUTCD and typically in the R series in most state supplements or state MUTCDs.
The original MUTCD prohibitory and restrictive signs were text-only (i.e. NO LEFT TURN). [14] Some of these signs continue to be used in the US. Yield signs can be blank or have text with the legend "YIELD" or "GIVE WAY" depending on which country it is. The No Entry / Do Not Enter sign may or may not feature text.
The median-side travel lane of the old two-way corridor becomes a passing lane. Other techniques involve building a new carriageway on the side of a divided highway that has a lot of private access on one side and sometimes has long driveways on the other side since an easement for widening comes into place, especially in rural areas.
A diagrammatic sign or diagrammatic guide sign is a type of guide sign that indicates destinations using a large, map-like illustration of the road layout. The term is most commonly associated with diagrammatic signs installed ahead of forks in controlled-access highways to indicate the destination of each lane.
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The United Kingdom's give way sign A bilingual sign in Welsh and English, warning of a "give way" junction 50 yards (46 metres) ahead Accompanying road markings for a give way sign as found in the UK. The United Kingdom's Road Traffic Act calls for give way signs and road markings at junctions where the give-way rule is to apply. The road ...