Road signs in Mexico
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The road signs used in Mexico are regulated by Secretaría de Infraestructura, Comunicaciones y Transportes's Directorate-General for Roads (Dirección General de Carreteras), and uniformized under a NOM standard[1] and the Manual de Señalización y Dispositivos para el Control del Tránsito en Calles y Carreteras (Manual of Signage and Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways),[2] which serves as a similar role to the MUTCD developed by the Federal Highway Administration. The signs share many similarities with those used in the United States and Canada. Like Canada but unlike the United States, Mexico has a heavier reliance on symbols than text legends.[3]
Before the eventual promulgation of an updated federal NOM standard in 2023,[1] with a comprehensive catalog of signs for use in urban contexts—absent in previous norms[note 1]—, signage varied across states;[4][note 2] for instance, the state of Jalisco applied its own sign standard to state highways that is based on the 2011 NOM standard, whose signs were largely identical to those designed for the 1986 Manual de Dispositivos. Among other things, mandatory signs are circular, as in the European and some South American countries but unlike in the federal NOM standard.[5] This updated standard also introduces a bespoke typeface for signs, called Tipografía México,[6] which is based on the Mexico City "Calles" typeface, a design by Sergio Núñez[7] introduced in 2016.
This country drives to the right.
Vertical signage
[edit] | This section needs to be updated. The reason given is: Signs here depict symbols from the 1986 standard; from 2023, all signs have updated symbology and typography from what is shown here. (November 2023) |
Regulatory signs
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SR-6: Stop -
SR-7: Yield -
SR-7B: Priority road -
SR-8: Customs -
SR-9: Speed limit -
SR-9A: Maximum speed limit (plaque) -
SR-10: Right turn only -
SR-11A1: Right permitted -
SR-11A2: Left permitted -
SR-11A3: Ahead only -
SR-11C: Keep right -
SR-12: Left turn only -
SR-13A2: Trucks keep right -
SR-14: Two-way traffic -
SR-15: Height limit -
SR-16: Width limit -
SR-17: Weight limit -
SR-18A2: Overtaking prohibited -
SR-19A1: Passenger vehicles prohibited from stopping -
SR-20: No stopping -
SR-21: Parking permitted -
SR-22: No parking -
SR-23: Left turn prohibited -
SR-23A: Right turn prohibited -
SR-24: U-turn permitted -
SR-25: U-turn prohibited -
SR-26: No entry -
SR-27: Pedal cycles, heavy vehicles and motorcycles prohibited -
SR-28: Animal-drawn vehicles prohibited -
SR-29: Agricultural vehicles prohibited -
SR-30: Pedal cycles prohibited -
SR-31: Pedestrians prohibited -
SR-32A5: Heavy vehicles prohibited -
SR-22A6: Motorcycles prohibited -
SR-33: Use of audible signals prohibited -
SR-34: Seat belt required -
SR-35: No switching to left lane -
SR-35A: No switching to right lane -
SR-36: Motor vehicles prohibited -
SR-37: One way -
SR-37A: Two way
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Warning signs
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SP-6: Curve (left) -
SP-6a: Curve (right) -
SP-7: Sharp curve (left) -
SP-7a: Sharp curve (right) -
SP-8: Reverse curve (left) -
SP-8a: Reverse curve (right) -
SP-9: Sharp reverse curve (left) -
SP-9a: Sharp reverse curve (right) -
SP-10: Winding road (left) -
SP-10a: Winding road (right) -
SP-11: Crossroads -
SP-12: T-junction (left) -
SP-12a: T-junction (right) -
SP-14: Delta junction -
SP-14: Branch junction (left) -
SP-14a: Branch junction (right) -
SP-15: Y-junction (left) -
SP-15a: Y-junction (right) -
SP-16: Roundabout -
SP-17: Merging traffic -
SP-18: Two-way traffic -
SP-19: Exit ahead -
SP-20: Symmetrical road narrows -
SP-21: Asymmetrical road narrows -
SP-22: Drawbridge -
SP-23: Narrow bridge -
SP-24: Clear width -
SP-25: Clear height -
SP-26: Ford -
SP-27: Unpaved road ahead -
SP-28: Slippery road -
SP-29: Steep descent -
SP-30: Falling rocks -
SP-31: Stop sign ahead -
SP-31a: Yield sign ahead -
SP-32: Pedestrians -
SP-33: School crossing -
SP-33a: School zone -
SP-34: Domestic livestock -
SP-35: Railroad crossing -
SP-36: Tractors -
SP-37: Traffic signals ahead -
SP-38: Divided road begins -
SP-38a: Fork -
SP-38b: Divided road ends -
SP-39: Cyclists -
SP-40: Loose chippings -
SP-41: Bump ahead -
SP-41a: Uneven surface -
SP-42: Tunnel ahead -
SP-43: Dangerous crosswinds -
OD-12: Chevron -
SPP-1: Men working -
SPP-2: Pile of materials on the way -
SIP-8: Detour
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Tourism and services
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SIS-1: Airport -
SIS-7: Litter container -
SIS-8: Parking zone -
SIS-11: Gas station -
SIS-13: Hotel -
SIS-17: Hospital -
SIS-19: Bus stop -
SIS-20: Rail station -
SIS-22: Restaurant -
SIS-51: Disabled accessible ramp
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Guide signs
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Advance directional sign
Other
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SIR-1: Railroad crossing
Older signs
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SIS-7: Litter container -
SIS-11: Gas station -
SIS-13: Hotel -
SP-20: Symmetrical road narrows -
SP-21: Asymmetrical road narrows -
SP-37: Traffic signals ahead -
SP-39: Cyclists -
SR-6: Stop -
SR-8: Customs -
SR-10: Right turn only -
SR-12: Left turn only -
SR-14: Two-way traffic -
SR-16: Width limit -
SR-17: Weight limit -
SR-23: Right turn prohibited -
SR-24: Left turn prohibited -
SR-27: Pedal cycles, heavy vehicles and motorcycles prohibited -
SR-27A: Motorcycles prohibited -
SR-30: Pedal cycles prohibited -
SR-31: Pedestrians prohibited -
SR-32: Heavy vehicles prohibited -
SR-34: Seat belt required
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Notes
[edit]- ^ Some new urban signage was introduced in advance of the 2023 NOM by SEDATU in its 2019 Manual de Calles.
- ^ Compare the Aguascalientes, Jalisco and Mexico City signage manuals, for example.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "NORMA Oficial Mexicana NOM-034-SCT2/SEDATU-2022, Señalización y dispositivos viales para calles y carreteras" [Official Mexican Standard NOM-034-SCT2/SEDATU-2022, Signage and Traffic Devices for Streets and Highways] (PDF) (in Spanish). 19 September 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
- ^ Manual de Señalización y Dispositivos para el Control del Tránsito en Calles y Carreteras (PDF) (in Spanish) (1st ed.). SICT, SEDATU. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ "Road and Traffic Signs in Mexico - What You Need to Know". www.rhinocarhire.com. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
- ^ "SICT y SEDATU ponen a consulta pública NOM sobre Movilidad en México" (in Spanish). SICT. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
Dicho proyecto de NOM [se aplica] como un mecanismo para sentar las bases para la conformación de una señalización armonizada en el territorio nacional.
[This NOM project [is conducted] as a mechanism to lay the foundations for the creation of harmonized signage in the national territory.] - ^ Manual de señalización de carreteras estatales [State highway sign manual] (PDF) (in Spanish). Guadalajara: Government of the State of Jalisco. 2020. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
- ^ "Dirección General de Servicios Técnicos - Normativa - Manuales" (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ "Calles CDMX". Tipografías a la medida MX. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
External links
[edit]- "Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes: Señalamiento" [Secretariat of Communications and Transportation: Signage]. www.sct.gob.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-12-10.