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Warning/safety sign
definitions A Warning
sign is a type of traffic sign
that indicates a hazard ahead on the road. Language differences can
create barriers to understanding. Since then, there has been a
development of international signs using symbols (pictures) in place of
words to better understand the environment surrounding the people.
First developed in Europe, it is now adopted by most countries.
Most countries outside of North America
often use signs that take the shape of an equilateral triangle with
thick red border upon a white background.
However, different countries have differences in their safety signs.
Such an example is in the People's Republic of China. The signs
there appear with a black border and a yellow background. In Sweden,
Serbia and Montenegro, Croatia, Finland, Slovenia and (former Yugoslav)
Republic of Macedonia, a red border with yellow background is used for
signs. This difference in color is due to the weather, as it would
be much easier to see a red/yellow sign in the snowy weather then a
red/white sign.
In the United States and Canada, warning signs are generally black on
yellow on a diamond-shaped sign. Construction signs are usually
black on orange. Diverging from the UK standards, Ireland also adopts
these same color-based signs that the U.S and Canada uses. There are
also other countries that use these standards for some of their signage.
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