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Road signs in the Philippines reflects minor influences from American and Australian signage, but keeps close to the Vienna Convention as an original signatory.

Colors of signs:

Blue (0, 51, 153)-00
Brown (153, 51, 51)-00
Fluorescent Yellow-green(204, 255, 0)- 00
Green (0, 153, 102)-00
Red (204, 51, 51)-00

Meaning of colors:

Blue - Mandatory action and service areas
Brown - Tourist-oriented signs
Fluorescent yellow-green - Pedestrians
Green - Direction guidance
Red - regulation, prohibition, and warning

Sign shapes:

Octagon - Stop sign
Equilateral triangle (with one vertical point downward) - Give way
Circle - Regulatory signs (Circular signs may be placed on rectangular plates with text for additional information)
Equilateral triangle (with one vertical point upward) - Warning signs (Older pedestrian related warning signs used the equilateral triangle.)
Rectangle (with long axis horizontal) - Directional signs, service signs, roadwork signs, special use signs, and supplementary plates for warning signs.
Rectangle (with long axis vertical) - Facility information signs, traffic instruction signs, guide signs, and destinations of point of interest.
Pentagon - pedestrian-related warning signs

Common road sign fonts:

Arial
Helvetica
FHWA Series (usually used on directional signs)
Clearview (most new signs, including non-guide ones. Unclear if it is officially mandated by DPWH for now, but some road sign specs do use them.)

Regulatory signs[edit]

R1: Priority signs[edit]

Stop
Give way
Give way (with Filipino language text)
Left turner must give way

R2: Direction signs[edit]

Mostly blue disc-shape signs with white arrows.

Proceed straight
No turns (plate type)
Turn right
Turn left
Turn right on one-way road
Turn left on one-way road
Keep right
Keep left
Keep right (plate type)
Keep left (plate type)
Pass either side (usually placed on an two-way obstruction along with hazard marker HM5 and/or a flashing beacon light)
Turn left only
Turn right only
All traffic must turn left
All traffic must turn right
Merging traffic
Merging traffic (plate type)
Two-way traffic
Two-way traffic (plate type)
Two-way traffic (plaque in Filipino)
Left lane must turn left
Right lane must turn right

R3: Prohibitory signs[edit]

Mostly uses the prohibition symbol (excluding the no entry/do not enter sign) to show forbidden movements and prohibited traffic.

No entry
No entry (plate type)
No entry for motor vehicles
No entry for jeepneys
No entry for bicycles
No entry for motorcycles
No entry for tricycles
No entry for buses
No entry for trucks
No entry for trailers
No entry for pedestrians
No crossing, use pedestrian overpass
No crossing, use pedestrian crossing
No entry for animal-drawn vehicles
No entry for carts
No right turn
No right turn (plate type)
No left turn
No left turn (plate type)
No U-turn
No U-turn (plate type)
No overtaking
No overtaking (
Tagalog: Bawal lumusot
) (plate type with Filipino text)

R4: Speed limit signs[edit]

Mostly circular with red border, white background, and black letters. Minimum speed limit signs use a blue disc-shaped sign with white lettering.

Maximum speed
Speed limit de-restriction
Maximum speed derestriction
Minimum speed (used only on expressway segments)

Speed limit signs[edit]

20 kph (10 mph)
30 kph (20 mph)
40 kph (25 mph)
50 kph (30 mph)
60 kph (40 mph)
80 kph (50 mph)

R5: Parking signs[edit]

This group of signs indicates parking, waiting, loading/unloading, and stopping prohibitions/restrictions.

No parking
No parking (
Tagalog: Bawal pumarada
)(plate type with Filipino text and optional arrows pointing on the side[s] where the restriction applies)
No parking anytime (with optional days of prohibition and arrows)
No parking, tow-away zone
Restricted parking (time-limited parking)
Loading zone, xx:xx AM - xx:xx PM
Loading and unloading zone
No waiting anytime
No waiting anytime (with times indicated)
No waiting anytime (Filipino text)
No loading and unloading anytime
No loading and unloading (Filipino text)
No loading/unloading anytime (used where red curb is placed)
No stopping anytime
No parking, bus stop
No parking, jeepney stop
Do not block intersection (placed along with yellow box intersection markings).
Right turner cross broken lines (used on intersections with bus/jeepney stop location on approach)

R6: Miscellaneous signs[edit]

Mostly disc-shaped signs, excluding the Fasten Seat Belt sign (R6-7)

No blowing of horns
Width restriction
Height restriction
Weight restriction
Gross axle weight restriction
Length restriction
Fasten seat belt
Pedestrian crossing
School children crossing
Bike lane
Wheelchair crossing (used on wheelchair ramps near intersections, buildings, hospitals, parks, malls and other public areas)

Warning signs[edit]

Mostly triangular signs, with red border, white background and black symbols (except for pedestrian-related signs, that uses a fluorescent yellow-green pentagon derived from the MUTCD school sign) and rectangle.

W1: Horizontal alignment signs[edit]

Sharp turn to the left
Sharp turn to the right
Double turn to the left
Double turn to the right
Curve to the left
Curve to the right
Double curve, with first curve to the left
Double curve, with first curve to the right
Series of dangerous curves, with first curve to the left
Series of dangerous curves, with first curve to the right
Hairpin curve to the left
Hairpin curve to the right

W2: Intersection signs[edit]

Crossroads(used on dangerous crossroads where traffic must give way to right-turning vehicles)
Other crossroads(Staggered road junction with first intersection to the right)
Other crossroads(Staggered road junction with first intersection to the left)
Other crossroads (Skewed road junction (right))
Other crossroads (Skewed road junction (left))
T-junction
Y-junction
Half Y-junction to the right
Half Y-junction to the left
Half Y-junction from behind (left)
Half Y-junction from behind (right)
Side junction to the right
Side junction to the left'
Roundabout (rotunda)
Priority side junction on the right
Priority side junction on the left
Priority merge on the right
Priority merge on the left
Priority crossroads

W3: Advance warning of traffic control devices signs[edit]

Traffic lights
Stop sign ahead
Give way ahead

W4: Road width signs[edit]

This group of road signs includes signs warning about changes on the road width.

Narrow bridge
Narrow bridge(plate type)
Road narrows
Road narrows (plate type)
Start of divided road
End of divided road

W5: Road obstacle signs[edit]

This group of warning road signs includes signs used to indicate obstacles along the road.

Movable bridge
Uneven road
Humps
Steep descent
Steep descent
Steep ascent
Steep ascent
Spillway
Flood-prone area
Falling rocks (right)
Falling rocks (left)
Slippery road
Slippery road (plate with Filipino text)
Animal crossing
Low flying aircraft

W6: Pedestrian signs[edit]

Mostly pentagon signs with black borders and symbols, and fluorescent yellow-green background

Pedestrians
Slow down, pedestrian crossing ahead
School children
Cross only at pedestrian crossing
Wheelchair crossing
Bike lane ahead

W7: Railroad signs[edit]

Railroad crossing position
Railroad crossing advance warning (for crossings without signals)
Railroad crossing advance warning (for crossings with signals)
Railroad crossing position (with red backing board)

W8: Auxiliary signs[edit]

Used to accompany messages of other signs.

Advisory speed limit (usually used with any horizontal alignment sign or signs sign W5-2 or sign W5-3)
Distance (in meters) (used along with a warning signs whenever the distance of the hazard must be shown)
When wet (used along with sign W5-9)
Blind (used along with sign W6-1)
Aged (used along with sign W6-1)
Playground (used along with sign W6-2)
School (used along with sign W6-2)
Disabled (used along with sign W6-1)

W9: Other warning road signs[edit]

Clearance, X.X meters (used on traffic obstructions between 4.8 meters (15 feet, 9 inches) and 5.5 meters (18 feet)).
Low clearance, X.X meters (used on traffic obstructions with a vertical clearance below 4.8 meters (15 feet, 9 inches)).
Slow down, accident prone area
Slow down, accident prone area (Filipino text)
Slow down, merging traffic ahead
Lane ends, merge left

Guide signs[edit]

Mostly rectangular signs with white borders

G1: Advance Direction Signs[edit]

Stack direction sign (multiple destinations)
Stack direction sign (single destination)
Stack direction sign (with road/street name)
Diagrammatic direction sign
Diagrammatic direction sign(for roundabout/rotunda junction)

G2: Intersection Direction Signs[edit]

Intersection direction sign (right-facing)
Intersection direction sign (left-facing)
Intersection direction sign (left and right-facing)
Intersection direction sign with route number and road name

G3: Reassurance Direction Signs[edit]

Reassurance direction sign
Reassurance direction sign with route number and road name

G4: Finger boards[edit]

G5: Street name signs[edit]

G6: Town name and geographic feature signs[edit]

Town name
Province name
Geographical feature
Local government unit boundary

G7: Service Signs[edit]

Service sign (with name of service, symbols, and distance)
Weightbridge station
Service sign (advance sign with name of service)

G9: Route markers[edit]

File:Philippines road sign G9-4.svg

Expressway signs[edit]

This group of road signs includes signs dedicated for expressway use.

GE2: Expressway Information Signs[edit]

Prohibited on expressway
Toll rates
Lane direction sign

GE3: Advance Exit Signs[edit]

Exit advance sign (with distance)
Exit advance sign (with distance and "Right Lane")
Supplementary exit advance sign ("Next Exit")

GE4: Exit Direction Signs[edit]

Exit direction sign (placed overhead in advance of the exit ramp)
Next exit XX km
Exit direction sign
Exit direction sign (for numbered exits)

GE6: End of Expressway Signs[edit]

Start Expressway

GE7: Toll Signs[edit]

Toll Plaza Ahead (with distance)
Stop at Toll Gates
Pay Toll Ahead

GE8: Expressway Traffic Instruction and Regulatory Signs[edit]

Wrong way, go back
Reduce speed now

Traffic instruction signs[edit]

Used to supplement regulatory and warning road signs and to support traffic rules.

S1: Supplementary signs[edit]

Use overpass
Use pedestrian crossing
Trucks must use low gear
Check brakes

S2: Movement instruction signs[edit]

Reduce speed
Stop here on red signal
Low clearance ahead, high vehicles detour
No right turn on red signal
Slow vehicles use right lane
Tagalog: Mabagal na sasakyan mamalagi sa kanan.
English: Slow vehicles use right lane
Tagalog: Trak at bus mamalagi sa kanan maliban kung lulusot.
English: Trucks and buses keep right unless overtaking.
No through road
Road closed
Form 1 lane
Form 2 lanes

Hazard markers[edit]

Used to delineate hazards and obstructions along the road.

Black and white chevron sign (left)
Black and white chevron sign (right)
White and red chevron sign (left)
White and red chevron sign (right)
One way hazard marker
Obstruction marker
Two way hazard marker (large)
Two way hazard marker (small)
Two way hazard marker (usually used on two-way traffic obstructions or accompany a pass either side sign )
Width marker (left)(usually used on approaches of narrow bridges or mounted below a keep left sign on traffic islands where the road narrows).
Width marker (right)(usually used on approaches of narrow bridges or mounted below a keep right sign on traffic islands where the road narrows).