The most used size of road signs in Poland, defined in Regulation as medium, is in case of circular with diameter of 80 centimetres (31 in); in case of triangular the length of one of edges has 90 centimetres (35 in); in case of square or rectangular one of square edges or shorter edge of rectangle has 60 centimetres (24 in).
Dimensions of directional signs are depending on size of letters, type and size of symbols and also by length and number of locality names.
To provide proper visibility and readability of road signs, the faces are made with reflective materials. Type of used material is dependent on road category.
- Prohibitory signs
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B-1 "no movement in both directions"
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B-3 "no entry for motor vehicles, with exception of one-track motorcycles"
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B-3a "no entry for
buses"
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B-4 "no entry for motorcycles"
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B-5 "no entry for
trucks"
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B-5 "no entry for trucks" (variant – having a gross weight exceeding [...] tonnes)
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B-6 "no entry for
tractors and slow-running vehicles"
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B-7 "no entry for motor vehicles with trailer"
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B-7 "no entry for motor vehicles with trailer" (variant – having a gross weight exceeding [...] tonnes)
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B-9 "no entry for bicycles"
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B-10 "no entry for
electric bicycles"
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B-11 "no entry for
bicycle carts"
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B-12 "no entry for
handcarts"
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B-13 "no entry for vehicles carrying explosive or easily combustible goods"
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B-13a "no entry for vehicles carrying hazardous goods"
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B-14 "no entry for vehicles carrying goods liable to pollute water"
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B-15 "no entry for vehicles having an overall width exceeding [...] meters"
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B-16 "no entry for vehicles having an overall height exceeding [...] meters"
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B-17 "no entry for vehicles having a length exceeding [...] meters"
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B-18 "no entry for vehicles having a gross weight exceeding [...] tonnes"
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B-19 "no entry for vehicles with a single axle load exceeding [...] tonnes"
[4]
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B-20 "
stop"
(Mandatory stop)
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B-21 "no left turns"
(this sign prohibits also U-turns on the nearest intersection)
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B-22 "no right turns"
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B-24 "end of U-turns prohibition"
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B-25 "no overtaking"
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B-26 "no overtaking by trucks"
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B-27 "end of overtaking prohibition"
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B-28 "end of overtaking by trucks prohibition"
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B-30 "end of sound signals prohibition"
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B-31 "priority for oncoming drivers"
(one has to yield to oncoming drivers
[3])
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B-32 "stop — customs control" (multilingual)
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B-32a "border control"
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B-32b "
boom barrier failure"
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B-32c "faulty signaling"
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B-32e "police control"
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B-34 "end of speed limit"
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B-35 "no parking"
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(variant of B-35 sign — no parking between the hours of [...] and [...])
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(variant of B-35 sign — no parking for more than [...] minutes
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(variant of B-35 sign — no parking for more than [...] minutes between the hours of [...] and [...])
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B-36 "no stopping"
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B-37 "no parking on odd-numbered days"
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B-38 "no parking on even-numbered days"
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B-39 "limited parking zone"
(with details — for example during weekdays between the hours of [...] and [...])
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B-40 "end of limited parking zone"
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B-41 "no entry for pedestrians"
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B-42 "end of restrictions"
(except "no parking" and "no stopping" restrictions)
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B-43 "limited speed zone"
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B-44 "end of limited speed zone"
To eliminate some of vehicle types from entering a specific road, two or exceptionally three symbols can be put on the sign, e.g.:
- Guide signs
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D-1 "priority road"
(You have priority at all following crossroads until the end of the priority road.
[3])
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D-2 "end of priority road"
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D-4b "entry to no through road"
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D-4c "entry to no through road"
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D-5 "priority over oncoming vehicles"
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D-6a "cyclist crossing"
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D-6b "pedestrian crossing and cyclist crossing"
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D-8 "end of expressway"
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D-10 "end of motorway"
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D-11 "beginning of
bus lane"
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D-12 "bus lane"
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D-13 "beginning of slow lane"
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D-13a "beginning of lane"
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D-14 "end of lane"
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D-18a "parking – reserved space"
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D-20 "end of taxi stand"
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D-22 "first-aid point"
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D-23a "petrol station equipped only with gas for motor vehicles"
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"petrol station with
charging station for electric vehicles"
[5]
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D-23c "charging station for electric vehicles"
[5]
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D-26 "technical service station"
(Breakdown service area)
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D-26a "
vulcanization"
(Tyre service Area)
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D-30 "camping site"
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D-31 "camping site equipped with power sockets for camping trailers"
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D-32 "bivouac site"
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D-33 "youth hostel"
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D-34 "tourist information point"
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D-34a "radio information about road traffic"
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D-34b "collective information board"
[5]
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D-35a "
escalator downwards"
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D-36 "overpass footbridge"
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D-36a "escalator upwards"
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D-38 "end of tunnel"
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D-39 "permissive speeds"
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D-39a "road tolls information"
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D-41 "end of living street"
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D-43 "end of built-up area"
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D-44 "paid parking zone or innercity paid parking zone"
[5](with details – e.g.
between the hours of [...] and [...])
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D-45 "end of paid parking zone or innercity paid parking zone"
[5]
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D-46 "non-public road"
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D-47 "end of non-public road"
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D-48 "change of priority"
(here: change to
uncontrolled intersection)
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D-48a "change of priority"
(here: change to
yield)
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D-50 "lay by"
(to use only in vehicle breakdown or danger!)
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D-51 "automatic speed control"
[6]
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D-51a "automatic average speed control"
[6]
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D-51b "end of automatic average speed control"
[6]
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D-52 "traffic zone"
(used on non-public roads to remind that the same traffic rules as on public roads still apply)
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D-53 "end of traffic zone"
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D-55 "end of clean transport zone"
[7]
- Direction signs
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E-1 "pre-signpost board"
(Advanced direction sign; diagrammatic type)
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E-1a "pre-signpost board on motorway"
(Advanced direction sign; exit from motorway)
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E-1b "pre-signpost board, before the motorway entrance"
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E-2a "signpost board placed next to the carriageway"
(Advanced direction sign; stack type)
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E-2b "signpost board placed above the carriageway"
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E-2c "signpost board on the motorway, placed next to the carriageway"
(Direction sign; exit sign, stack type)
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E-2d "signpost board on the motorway, placed over the carriageway"
(Direction sign; exit sign, above the lane)
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E-2e "signpost board placed next to the carriageway, before the motorway entrance"
(Advanced direction sign, stack type)
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E-2f "signpost board placed over the carriageway, before the motorway entrance"
(Direction sign; exit sign, above the lane, type B)
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E-3 "arrow-shaped signpost to the locality, pointing a numbered road"
(Direction sign, flag type)
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E-4 "arrow-shaped signpost to the locality, with the distance"
(Direction sign, flag type)
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E-5 "signpost to city suburb"
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E-5a "signpost to town centre"
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E-6 "signpost to the
airport"
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E-6a "signpost to
railway station"
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E-6a "signpost to railway station" (alternative)
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E-6b "signpost to
bus station"
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E-6c "signpost to car ferry terminal"
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E-7 "signpost to
landing or sailing"
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E-8 "signpost to
beach or
bathing lake"
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E-10 "signpost to historic monument as a cultural asset"
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E-11 "signpost to natural monument"
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E-12 "signpost to viewpoint"
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E-12a "signpost to a bicycle route"
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E-13 "distance sign"
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E-14 "distance sign of route"
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E-14a "distance sign of motorway route"
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E-15d "
expressway number"
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E-15e "
voivodeship road number; maximum allowed vehicle
axle load increased to 10 tonnes"
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E-15f "
national road number; maximum allowed vehicle axle load increased to 10 tonnes"
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E-15g "
national road number; maximum allowed vehicle axle load increased to 8 tonnes"
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E-18a "end of locality"
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E-20 "motorway junction sign"
(Distance to motorway junction)
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E-20 "motorway junction sign"
(Distance to motorway junction – alternative)
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E-21 "suburb"
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E-22a "automotive tourist route"
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E-22b "object on automotive tourist route"
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E-22c "information about tourist objects"
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Name of motorway
- Complementary signs
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F-1 "border crossing"
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F-2 "crossing the border is prohibited"
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F-2a "national border"
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EU Country border
(not a formal road sign)
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F-3 "administrative area border"
(placed on Voivodeship border)
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(placed on
powiat border)
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(placed on
city county border)
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F-5 "advance warning of prohibition"
(e.g. weight)
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F-6 "advance warning sign placed before the intersecion"
(e.g. vehicle restriction on road to right)
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F-6a "variant of advance warning sign"
(e.g. level crossing without barriers on road to the right)
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F-7 "alternative way of driving in connection with the prohibition on turning left"
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F-8 "
detour in connection of road closure"
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F-9 "leading sign on detour route"
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F-10 "lane directions"
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F-11 "lane directions"
(placed above the lane)
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F-12 "sign leading to the transit route, placed before the intersection"
(e.g. to route for truck over 3.5 tonnes to right)
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F-13 "transit route"
(e.g. for truck)
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F-14a "indicator sign on the motorway, placed in a distance of 300 m before the beginning of exit lane"
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F-14b "indicator sign on the motorway, placed in a distance of 200 m before the beginning of exit lane"
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F-14c "indicator sign on the motorway, placed in a distance of 100 m before the beginning of exit lane"
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F-14d "indicator sign on the expressway, placed in a distance of 300 m before the beginning of exit lane"
[5]
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F-14e "indicator sign on the expressway, placed in a distance of 200 m before the beginning of exit lane"
[5]
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F-14f "indicator sign on the expressway, placed in a distance of 100 m before the beginning of exit lane"
[5]
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F-15a "asymmetrical divide of carriageway for opposite directions"
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F-16 "end of lane on bidirectional carriageway"
(traffic in centre lane must move to right)
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F-17 "end of lane on one-way carriageway"
(e.g. middle lane closed)
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F-18 "opposite direction for designated vehicles"
(e.g. opposite lane on the left only for emergency vehicles)
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F-19 "lane for designated vehicles"
(e.g. for bicycles, on the right)
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F-20 "part of road (lane) for designated vehicles"
(placed above the carriageway; here is an example for passenger cars)
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F-21 "traffic redirected on adjacent carriageway"
(temporary sign, usually placed during the roadworks)
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F-2 "lane restrictions"
(usually temporary sign; here is an example with let lane reduced in width)
- Complementary plates
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T-1 "plate indicating a distance of warning sign from hazard"
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T-1a "plate indicating a distance of information sign from the beginning (end) of road or lane"
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T-1b "plate indicating tunnel length or road stretch to an end of the tunnel"
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T-2 "plate indicating a distance on which a hazard is repeated or occurs"
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T-3 "plate indicating an end of a distance on which a hazard is repeated or occurs"
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T-3a "plate indicating an end of parking place"
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T-4 "plate indicating a number of bends"
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T-5 "plate indicating a beginning of winding road"
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T-6a "plate indicating an actual course of priority road through the intersection (applied on priority road)"
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T-6b "plate indicating arrangement of roads without right of way (applied on priority road)"
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T-6c "plate indicating an actual course of priority road through the intersection (applied on road without right of way)"
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T-6d "plate indicating perpendicular course of priority road through the intersection and an arrangement of roads without right of way (applied on road without right of way)"
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T-7 "plate indicating arrangement of rail track and road on the level crossing"
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T-8 "plate indicating a place, where road traffic has been redirected on tram tracks"
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'T-9 "plate indicating actual amount of road incline gradient"
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T-10 "plate indicating railway siding a track with a similar characteristics"
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T-11 "plate indicating a ferry crossing"
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T-12 "plate indicating a lengthwise fault of road surface"
(usually placed during the roadworks)
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T-13 "plate indicating a road stretch that has
ruts as deformations of road surface"
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T-14 "plate indicating a place of frequent accidents of nature portrayed by the plate"
(here: risk of accident with pedestrian)
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(variant – risk of rear-end accident with another vehicle)
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(variant – risk of head-on accident with another vehicle)
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(variant – risk of accident with a tram)
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(variant – risk of accident with a train)
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T-15 "plate indicating a place of frequent accidents caused by slippery road surface due to rain"
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T-16 "plate indicating a place of privileged vehicles exit, indicated by the plate"
(e.g. fire department vehicle exit)
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(variant – ambulance exit)
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T-17 "plate indicating state border"
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T-18 "plate indicating unexpected change of road direction"
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T-18a "plate indicating unexpected change of road direction – to the right and then to the left"
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T-18b "plate indicating unexpected change of road direction – to the left"
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T-18c "plate indicating unexpected change of road direction – to the right"
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T-19 "plate indicating road markings being painted"
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T-20 "plate indicating distance of a road stretch on which restriction applies"
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T-21 "plate indicating distance to a place or begin of a road stretch where restriction applies"
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T-22 "plate indicating one-track bicycle exempt"
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T-23a "plate indicating motorcycles"
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T-23b "plate indicating trucks, special vehicles, vehicles used for special purposes, with a total mass over 3.5 tonnes, and tractor units"
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T-23c "plate indicating tractors and slow-running vehicles"
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T-23d "plate indicating motor vehicles towing a trailer, except of vehicles drawing a one-axled trailer or
semi-trailer"
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T-23e "plate indicating vehicles towing a
caravan"
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T-23f "plate indicating buses"
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T-23g "plate indicating trolleybus"
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T-23h "plate indicating vehicles carrying hazardous goods"
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T-23i "plate indicating vehicles carrying explosive or easily combustable goods"
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T-23j "plate indicating vehicles with goods liable to pollute water"
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T-24 "plate indicating that unattended vehicle will be towed-away at the expense of the vehicle owner"
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T-25a "plate indicating beginning of stopping or parking prohibition"
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T-25b "plate indicating continuation of stopping or parking prohibition"
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T-25c "plate indicating end of stopping or parking prohibition"
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T-26 "plate indicating that stopping or parking prohibition pertains on the side of plaza"
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T-27 "plate indicating a pedestrian crossing often used by children"
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T-28 "plate indicating toll road"
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T-28a "plate indicating end of toll road"
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T-29 "plate informing of parking place designated for disabled persons"
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T-30 "plate indicating parking position in relation to edge of carriageway"
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(variant – perpendicular on sidewalk)
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(variant – diagonal on sidewalk)
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(variant – perpendicular, on carriageway and sidewalk)
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(variant – diagonal, on carriageway and sidewalk)
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(variant – perpendicular, only on carriageway)
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(variant – diagonal, only on carriageway)
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(variant – parallel, on carriageway and sidewalk)
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(variant – parallel, only on carriageway)
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T-31 "plate indicating tunnel category" (
ADR)
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T-32 "plate indicating minimum distance between vehicles"
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T-33 "plate indicating
fire extinguisher and
emergency telephone in the lay by"
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T-34 "plate indicating electronic toll payment for using a public road"