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National Boards => General Highway Talk => Traffic Control => Topic started by: Ned Weasel on October 05, 2019, 08:27:17 AM

Title: MUTCD vs. Vienna Convention
Post by: Ned Weasel on October 05, 2019, 08:27:17 AM
I'm trying to understand more about the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals, which many countries outside the U.S. use (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_Convention_on_Road_Signs_and_Signals).  Is there a singular handbook for it, similar to the way the MUTCD is presented as a handbook, or do different countries develop their own handbooks?  I'm trying to form some opinions on which is better, in terms of flexibility, legibility, safety, and efficiency, but I'm having a hard time comprehending the Vienna Convention as a unified set of patterns.  (I hope this question hasn't been asked too many times before; I did some searching first.)
Title: Re: MUTCD vs. Vienna Convention
Post by: mhh on October 05, 2019, 08:45:15 AM
Maybe one of these is what you're looking for?

http://live.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trans/conventn/signalse.pdf

http://live.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trans/conventn/Conv_road_signs_2006v_EN.pdf

http://www.unece.org/trans/roadsafe/wp12004.html
Title: Re: MUTCD vs. Vienna Convention
Post by: Ned Weasel on October 05, 2019, 08:55:15 AM
Quote from: mhh on October 05, 2019, 08:45:15 AM
http://live.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trans/conventn/Conv_road_signs_2006v_EN.pdf

Thanks!  Honestly, as a document, the MUTCD is so much better laid out and easier to reference.  I'd like to be able to parse this without reading it from cover to cover, but I'll see what I can do.