Draft:Road signs in Central America

Road signs in Central American countries such as Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama (except Belize) are regulated by the Manual Centroamericano de Dispositivos Uniformes para el Control del Transito, a Central American equivalent to the United States' MUTCD published by the Central American Integration System (SICA). As a result, road signs used in Central American countries are, in most ways, similar in design to road signs used in the United States, except that the metric system is used; for example, speed limits are measured in kilometers per hour. Of the SICA countries, only Costa Rica has signed the 1968 Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals.

The first edition of the Manual Centroamericano de Dispositivos Uniformes para el Control del Transito was published in 2000 and most recently updated in 2014.

Regulatory signs

Regulatory signs are used to indicate to the driver about the priority of passage, the existence of certain limitations, prohibitions and restrictions in the use of the road, according to the traffic laws and regulations of each country.

Rights and priority of way series (R-1-1 to R-1-9)

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  R-1-1
  Stop sign
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  R-1-2
  Give way
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  R-1-3
  Give way (red right arrow)
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  R-1-4
  Give way (green turn left arrow)
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  R-1-5
  Pedestrian priority
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  R-1-6
  Railway or tram crossing
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  R-1-7
  Right lane
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  R-1-8
  Tram crossing plaque

Speed limit regulation series (R-2-1 to R-2-12)

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  R-2-1
  Maximum speed limit
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  R-2-2
  Vehicle speed limit
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  R-2-3
  Night speed limit
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  R-2-4
  Fog speed limit
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  R-2-5
  25 KPH plaque

Turn and maneuver restriction signs (R-3-1 to R-3-19)

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  R-3-2a
  No entry
• 
  R-3-2b
  Wrong way

Warning signs

Horizontal alignment change signs (P-1-1 to P-1-14)

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  P-1-1
  Sharp curve to the right (left if reversed)
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  P-1-2
  45 degree right curve (left if reversed)
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  P-1-3
  Sharp reverse curve right (left if reversed)
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  P-1-4
  Double curve (first to right) (left if reversed)
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  P-1-5
  Winding road ahead
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  P-1-6
  Curve ahead
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  P-1-7
  Direction large arrow right sign
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  P-1-8
  Direction large arrow left-right sign
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  P-1-9
  Chevron sign
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  P-1-10
  Exit speed advisory sign
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  P-1-11
  Ramp speed advisory sign
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  P-1-12
  Advisory exit ramp speed sign
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  P-1-13
  Trucks may tip over on curve sign
• 
  P-1-14
  30 KPH plaque

Intersection proximity signs (P-2-1 to P-2-8)

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  P-2-1
  Crossroads
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  P-2-2
  Offset side road intersection
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  P-2-3
  Side road on the right
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  P-2-4
  Skewed side road
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  P-2-5
  T-intersection
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  P-2-6
  Y-intersection
• 
  P-2-7
  Side road junction on a curve (outside) sign (right)
• 
  P-2-8
  Intersection ahead

Advance traffic control signs (P-3-1 to P-3-7)

• 
  P-3-1a
  Stop sign ahead (symbol sign)
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  P-3-1b
  Stop sign ahead (text sign)
• 
  P-3-2a
  Yield sign ahead (symbol sign)
• 
  P-3-2b
  Yield sign ahead (text sign)
• 
  P-3-3
  Traffic signals ahead
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  P-3-4
  Roundabout ahead

Lanes merging and divided highway signs (P-4-1 to P-4-4)

• 
  P-4-1
  Merge (right)
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  P-4-2
  Added right lane
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  P-4-3
  Divided highway starts
• 
  P-4-4
  Divided highway ends

External links

• Anexo C Iconos Patrón SIECA Final