10. Guidance Signs Introduction

Guidance signs, which are provided as Navigation Aids to complement a complex and developing road and street network, are classified as follows:

• location signs
• route marker signs
• direction signs
• freeway direction signs
• tourism signs
• diagrammatic signs

	Permanent	Temporary
Location Signs Symbols		N/A
Route Marker Signs
Direction Signs Symbols
Freeway Direction Signs Symbols
Tourism Signs Symbols		N/A
Diagrammatic Signs

Direction signs include an arrow or arrows indicating the direction to be taken in order to proceed towards a selected route or destination or in a cardinal direction or compass direction.

The destination name may be given in text form or as an combination of symbol and text.

Route numbers given in brackets mean that the indicated route joins the route on which the driver is travelling some distance ahead.

Other signs in this class that do not display arrows provide guidance in the form of reassurance or confirmation (confirmation signs) that the driver is in fact on the chosen route , or travelling towards the intended destination, or has reached that destination or landmark, for example river names or geographical locations.

Symbols used on guidance signs and examples of signs in the various classes of guidance signs can be selected from the left column above.

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