Road signs in India

A signboard in Kerala Sion Panvel Highway

A sign in Bangalore Traffic Sign in Kannur

used in some parts of the United Kingdom, except that

they are bilingual.
Most urban roads and state highways have signs in the
state language and English. National highways have signs
in the state language, Hindi and English.
In 2012, the Tourism department of Kerala announced
plans to upgrade road signs in the state to include maps
of nearby hospitals.[1] The Noida Authority announced
plans to replace older signboards with new fluorescent
signage.[2]

Gurgaon Expressway
1 Gallery
Road signs in the Republic of India are similar to those

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2 3 REFERENCES

1.1 Mandatory signs 1.2 Cautionary signs

• Stop • Left curve
• Give way • Right curve
• No straight ahead • Narrow bridge
• No entry • Narrow road
• One-way traffic • School
• One-way traffic • Roundabout ahead
• No vehicles in both directions • Traffic signals ahead
• All motor vehicles prohibited • Level crossing with barrier ahead
• No motorcycles • Level crossing without barrier ahead
• No bicycles • Uneven road
• No heavy vehicles •
• No bullock carts •
• No pedestrians •
• No left turn •
• No right turn
• No U-turn 1.3 Information signs
• No overtaking • Parking
• Speed limit
• Weight limit
1.4 Additional signs
• Height limit • Left arrow

• Length limit • Right arrow

• Axle weight limit • Double arrows

• Horn prohibited • Scooters and motorcycles

• End of all restrictions • Bicycles

• No parking • Cars

• No stopping • Auto rickshaws

• Turn left • Cycle rickshaws

• Turn right
• Proceed straight ahead 2 See also
• Keep left
• Border Roads Organisation
• Keep right
• Turn left ahead
3 References
• Turn right ahead
[1] Nair, Sangeetha (2012-07-15). “Tourism dept to update
• Turn left or proceed straight ahead
signboards across Kerala”. Trivandrum. Times of India.
• Turn right or proceed straight ahead Retrieved 2012-07-21.

• Roundabout [2] Keelor, Vandana (2012-07-18). “Blue road signboards

give way to red ones”. Times of India. Retrieved 2012-
• Bicycles only 07-21.
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4 External links
• Indian Traffic Rules and Signals

• 63 Traffic Signs and Their Proper Meanings in India

4 5 TEXT AND IMAGE SOURCES, CONTRIBUTORS, AND LICENSES

5 Text and image sources, contributors, and licenses

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