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What are the traffic signs?

Traffic signs are divided into seven categories: warning signs, prohibition signs, indicating signs, guiding signs, tourist area signs, road construction safety signs and auxiliary signs.

1, warning sign

There are 49 kinds of signs warning vehicles and pedestrians to pay attention to dangerous places. The color is yellow background, black border and black pattern, and the shape is an equilateral triangle with the top angle up.

2. No sign

Play a role in prohibiting certain behaviors. * * * There are 43 kinds. Signs prohibiting or restricting the traffic behavior of vehicles and pedestrians. Except for individual signs, the colors are white background, red circle, red bar, black pattern and pattern layering; An equilateral triangle with a circle, an octagon and a downward vertex. Set in the road or near the intersection where it is necessary to prohibit or restrict the traffic behavior of vehicles and pedestrians.

3. Indicating signs

There are 29 signs indicating the movement of vehicles and pedestrians. The color is blue background and white pattern; Shapes are round, rectangular and square; Set in the road or near the intersection where vehicles and pedestrians need to be guided.

4. Guiding signs

Play a guiding role. * * * There are 146 species. Signs conveying information of road direction, location and distance. In addition to milestones and 100-meter piles, the color is generally blue and white; Expressway generally has a green background and a white pattern; Except for location identification signs, milestones and confluence signs, the shapes are usually rectangular and square.

5. Signs of tourist areas

* * * There are 17 categories. Provide signs of direction and distance of tourist attractions. The color is brown background and white character pattern; Shapes are rectangular and square. Tourist area signs are divided into two categories: guiding signs and tourist symbols, which are set near road sections or intersections that need to indicate the direction and distance of tourist attractions.