Sign, sign, everywhere a sign. Stop signs, yield signs, highway signs, roadway safety signs -- you encounter all forms of traffic signage as you drive the streets and highways. Instead of being the scenery blockers of their billboard cousins, traffic signs communicate the rules and regulations of the road to guide the motorists who drive them.
Federal, state and local governments typically buy traffic signs, as do neighborhoods, construction companies and businesses. Properly placed and followed, traffic signs provide drivers and pedestrians with instruction, direction and information.
Traffic signs serve these purposes:
- Street and highway signs tell drivers where they are, be it a city street, county road, state route or federal highway.
- Traffic control and roadway safety signs both communicate the rules of the road and warn of hazards to keep drivers from becoming traffic statistics.
- Construction safety signs, in conjunction with highway signs for construction sites and traffic cones, keep construction workers safe by directing traffic around road construction and other building projects.
- Parking signs permit cities to keep streets clear in snow emergencies and businesses to better serve their clientele, whether using a "no parking" sign to restrict access or using a handicapped parking sign to assist challenged customers.
Action Steps
The best contacts and resources to help you get it done
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Housing developments and sanitary improvement districts outside city limits are establishing their identity not just with the development sign but also with custom street signage that reflect the neighborhood's character.
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The continual improvement of roads and highways often means replacing road signs or erecting temporary highway signs when construction forces detours or when signs wear out or get hit.
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While often the road is the road is the road, there are sometimes traffic conditions that stock traffic signs weren't made for. Other times, the use of color and images add impact that words alone cannot.
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The continuing American love affair with the car means a continuing need for signs to tell drivers where to park. Also, outfitting cars with devices to give mobility to the physically challenged means an increasing need to find handicapped parking signs for sale.
I recommend: MyParkingSign.com offers parking lot directional and pedestrian crossing signs, as well as speed bumps.
SignOutfitters.com offers 40 different styles of handicapped parking signs for sale, including state-specific models, and 80 different styles of no parking signs in either powder-coated painted steel or reflective aluminum.
Tips & Tactics
Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide
- Follow the sign regulations for your state or city in the size and reflectiveness of traffic signs of any kind. Within these guidelines, choose signs that can be read in most weather or light conditions.
- Place traffic signs where they can be easily read without getting in the way of traffic itself.
The official source of Traffic Signs is the Traffic Signs page at Business.com
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