Sri Lanka Traffic Road Signs Updated 2021
In this article, we present a complete list of the Traffic Signs, Signals, Symbols, and Road Markings that shall be applicable to Roads, Highways, Provincial Roads, Expressways, and Restricted Access Highways in Sri Lanka. Traffic Signs offered by us are specially designed to alert motorists from upcoming dangers. These are offered with some special guidelines about the particular roads.
Regulatory Signs shall comprise the following categories of signs:
(a) Prohibitory Signs;
(b) Restrictive Signs;
(c) Mandatory Signs; and
(d) Priority Signs.
(a) A Prohibitory Sign shall convey to drivers of vehicles an order of prohibition prevailing on a road or a section of a road. Where the prohibition to which a sign relates is removed or the period of prohibition has ended, the respective sign shall be removed. The details of the Prohibitory Signs which indicate the size of the sign, the shape, the color, and the size of the letters or figures contained therein, shall be as set out in the Table appended at the end of ScheduleII to these regulations.
(b) A Restrictive Sign shall convey to drivers of vehicles a restriction applicable to the use of a road or a section of
a road or removal or cancellation of such restriction. The details of the Restrictive Signs which indicate the size of the sign, the shape, the color, and the size of the letters or figures contained therein, shall be as set out in the Table appended at the end of Schedule II to these regulations.
(c) A Mandatory Sign shall convey to drivers of vehicles a compulsory order to be followed. The details of the Mandatory Signs which indicate the size of the sign, the shape, the color, and the size of the letters or figures contained therein, shall be as set out in the Table appended at the end of Schedule II to these regulations.
(d) A Priority Sign shall convey to road users the priority that shall be given to other road users, applicable to certain situations or to latter road users the priority that shall be given to them by the former road users applicable to such a situation or that such priority ends
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