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Comprehensive Training for DPWH Field Engineers
DO NO. 41 S2012 – ADOPTION OF THE
REVISED MANUAL ON DPWH HIGHWAY
SAFETY DESIGN STANDARDS
WHAT IS A ROAD SIGN?
It is a device mounted on a fixed support (permanent
signs) or portable support (temporary signs) whereby a
specific message is conveyed by means of words or
symbols placed or erected for the purpose of regulating,
warning or guiding traffic.
GENERAL SHAPES FOR ROAD
SIGNS
• The octagon is reserved exclusively for the
STOP sign;
• The equilateral triangle, with one point
vertically downward is reserved for the GIVE
WAY sign;
• The circle symbol is mainly used for
regulatory signs;
• The circle symbol may sometimes be
mounted on a rectangular base either for
easy recognition or for additional
information
GENERAL SHAPES FOR ROAD
SIGNS
• The equilateral triangle with one point
vertically upward is used for warning signs;
• The rectangle usually with long axis
horizontal is used for directional signs,
service signs, road work signs, signs for
special purpose, and supplementary plates
for warning signs
GENERAL SHAPES FOR ROAD
SIGNS
• The rectangle, usually with long axis vertical
is generally used for facility information
signs, instruction signs, guide signs and
destination of point of interest;
• The pentagon, with point up is used only for
pedestrian and school crossing sign
STANDARD COLOR FOR ROAD
SIGNS
Used as background color for sign related to pedestrian
Used as background
movement, school zones, & Road work hazard markers.
color for service
signs
Used as background color for roadwork signs whose
legends relate to personnel working Used as background
color for directional
Used as a background for STOP signs, as border color on signs
GIVE WAY signs, warning signs and prohibitive signs in
the regulatory type
Used as
Used as a legend color for signs having white, yellow, background color
orange, flourescent orange, flourescent yellow green for tourist signs
background and as chevron for hazard markers. only
Used as background color for most signs and legends for
some colored background
HM 1
Width Markers
HM 2
STANDARD SIGN
60
LACK OF
MAINTENANCE
School Children Crossing Sign (R6-9)
-A regulatory sign placed at the stop
lines or at the approaches to a marked
School Children crossing