Road Signs

• What are road rules?

  Road rules are traffic laws that are there to help you and other road users stay safe on the roads.
• Knowing the rules of driving is very important and you must obey them
• There are many hazards while driving. If you are not careful, you could crash or someone could crash into you, leading to serious injury or death.
• Road signs give information or instructions to road users
• Road signs provide visual information to help control and regulate the flow of traffic and help to keep you and other road users safe.
• Road signs are important as:

  1. road networks are becoming more complex
  2. traffic volumes are increasing
  3. the number of visitors to Dubai who are unfamiliar with the roads is increasing each year
• Road signs are place on, over or next to a public road
• Road signs:

  1. fulfil an important need
  2. command attention
  3. provide a clear and simple message
  4. provide sufficient time for road users to respond appropriately
• Every road user must:

  • respect the traffic regulations and standards
  • follow the signs, signals and instructions of the police officer and
  • behave cautiously

  so their conduct will not...

  • harm others,
  • expose them to danger
  • or block their movement.
• Road signs provide information to road users in three ways:

  1. as a regulation or road law (which must be obeyed by law)
  2. as a warning
  3. as a guide
• Regulatory signs are used to control the actions of road users, they tell you what you must or must not do. Failure to obey a sign is an offence
• The types of regulatory signs are:

  1. control signs
  2. mandatory signs
  3. prohibitory signs
  4. parking control signs
  5. freeway control signs
• Control signs - show right-of-way, priority or direction of travel.
• Mandatory signs - indicate actions that must be taken
• Prohibitory signs - indicate prohibited actions or objects
• Parking control signs - regulate parking and stopping
• Freeway control signs - indicate roads classified as freeways
• You are breaking the law if you do not follow regulatory signs. The only expectation is when a police officer is directing traffic and they must be obeyed.
• Regulatory signs can be blue & white and red & white
• Control signs are used to assign the right way of priority or direction of travel
• What is this sign?

  You must give way to pedestrians

  
• What is this sign?

  You must give way

  
• What is this sign?

  You must not enter this road

  
• What is this sign?

  You must stop

  
• What is this sign?

  You must go this way

  
• What is this sign?

  You must go this way

  
• What is this sign?

  You must go this way

  
• Mandatory signs are signs used to indicate to road users actions which they must take
• What type of signs are these?

  Control signs

  
• What is this sign?


  Ahead only

  
• What is this sign?


  Turn right only

  
• What is this sign?


  Pass either side

  
• What is this sign?


  60 kmh minimum speed limit - freeway

  
• What is this sign?

  Roundabout. Travel in the direction of the arrow

  
• What is this sign?

  Keep right

  
• What is this sign?

  Keep left

  
• What type of signs are these?

  Mandatory Signs

  
• Prohibitory signs are used to indicate to road users actions that they must take, or which are prohibited
• What is this sign?

  No right turn

  
• What is this sign?

  No left turn