TECHNICAL OF

NAME OF APPRENTICES:
the traffic signals usually give
indications to both the driver
and the pedestrian, serve to
warn of any eventuality on the
road; the most common are the
informative, preventive,
regulatory, transitory and land
signs:

Aerodrome or Airport: This
traffic sign indicates the
proximity or presence of an
airport or aerodrome.
Rides Tires: Presence of
place or trade that is
dedicated to the replacement,
repair or purchase and sale of
tires.
Informative traffic signals often, as
the name implies, give directions
not only to the driver but also to
pedestrians. The most common
forms of these signs is a vertical
rectangle of blue color with a white
background and with black images.
There are also green orientation
calls.

Disabled: Signal belonging also
to the group of preventive signals,
this indicates presence
circulation of people with motor
limitations.
Service station or gas station:
Indicates the presence or
proximity of a service station,
or
many of them also have a
shopping market or other
services.
Stop of buses or buses: Signaling of
stop of buses or buses of long or short
distance, is not used for urban
transport. It can also refer to a bus
station or bus terminal.

Pan-American Route: The Pan-American routes are those

that circulate through several countries or departments; as
for example the Marginal Route of the Jungle (Pan-
American), to unite the Amazonian regions of Bolivia, Peru,
Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela. In Colombia, this route
is National Route 65 and is planned to cover the section
between Villagarzón (Putumayo) and Saravena (Arauca).
Cableway: Following the traffic
signals that refer to public
transport, in this case the signal
indicates access to cable cars.
Exit signs or emergencies: Spa: This sign we usually see in tourist
This green sign and white letters gives people cities, indicating the proximity of a spa.
a notion of geographical location, these signs
are also seen with the number of kilometers
away from the indicated city.

Camping or camping: It indicates the presence of

a place to camp, or to spend the day outdoors.
Pertaining to a group of informative signs about
tourism.

Cliffs: Located in Limited or maximum
coastal areas, these height: This signal is
indicate that precaution designed especially for
must be taken to avoid those vehicles of load
all types of falls like trucks or that
towards the void transport a load
superior in height to
the normal thing.
Preventive traffic signals can
also be called prevention, these
signs have the function of
preventing the pedestrian or
driver from dangerous situations
or not. Its shape is a yellow
rhombus with black images. You
can find many times when a
school or university arrives.
Limited, Maximum or
Allowed Width: As "Limited
Height" this signal refers to
the width of the vehicle, to
avoid truncation.
Water channels: The water
channels are the water
diversions that cross the
routes or streets. It is very
useful in areas where rainfall
is frequent. It is
recommended to slow down.
Ambulance: Located in Loose animals: Warning of the
hospitals or clinical presence of animals on the road,
sanatoriums to facilitate located in rural areas. It can be found
parking. The sirens on fire with another image like a cow or
give right of way to the moose. You can also indicate "Free
ambulances. It also indicates animals" or "Animals on the road".
the entry and exit of
ambulances.
Cyclists on the road: Zone of Landslides: This type of signal
Currently we can find it indicates that in that route the terrain is
in cities where there unstable.
are exclusive paths for
cycling or tricycles. We
also know this signal
as "Ciclovía"
Railroad semaphore: This Tunnel: Indicator of the proximation
type of traffic lights are found of a tunnel.
when there is a junction of
roads with streets.
 Regulatory traffic signals can also
be called restrictive, regulatory or
prohibitory. They stand out for
having a circular shape with a red
border and a white background.
Traffic Exclusively Buses: Usually
Give Way: Indicator
signal of the this traffic signal indicates that the There are also blue with red
roads indicated by this is only for
possibility of giving
way to those vehicles certain vehicles, in this case it is border or without it. The most
about buses.
that move faster than
others.
common are those that indicate
speed limits or those that indicate
height limits for a truck
Circulation Exclusive Against hand: The meaning of Exclusive parking: As the name
Cyclists: As for this signal is that the driver can not implies, this sign refers to spaces
motorcycles, or buses, this take that street. where only authorized vehicles can
signal refers to the park, such as court personnel or an
exclusive circulation for institution.
cyclists and we can find it in
sectors where there are
bike paths.

Weight Limit: This signal is very common

Height limit: Very similar Speed ​Limit: Of the most in cities and warns about the maximum
to the preventive signal common traffic signs, we can weight that a vehicle can have, it is also
"limited height", warns the find it on routes and roads or very common to find them on bridges.
driver the impossibility of city streets.
going through that path if
it exceeds the height
indicated by the sign.
Heavy Transport On The Checkpoint: We usually find
Right: Buses, trucks, it at border posts, or when
agricultural machinery or other some vehicle control is being
heavy-duty vehicles must done.
circulate on the right.
To travel through cities, towns and neighborhoods is not an individual action, it is
a collective action. For this, there are traffic signs which help good traffic on the
streets and avoid accidents. The design and the external appearance of the
traffic signals are of great importance in the development of their function to
achieve a greater visualization and comprehension of the message, the sizes
and colors of the signals are combined, in such a way that they can be seen from
far and interpreted by anyone regardless of their preparation.