Chapter 2

Signs and roads

Warning signs
1. Types of roads
• There are 5 types of roads:
• 1. Road in a populated area – see sign Д 11, p. 123. It designates the beginning of the populated
area and enters all the rules about it.
• 2. Non-populated area- see sign Д12, p. 123. It designates the end of the populated area. After it
you are in non-populated area.
• 3. Automobile road/ Motor road- see sign Д7, p. 123
• 4. Speed road/ Express road – see sign D7a, p.123
• 5. Highway/ speedway/ motorway/ express way- see sign Д5, p.123
2. SIGNS-observe the shape and the color
• There are 5 groups of signs:
1. Warning signs- red triangle ones- from A1 to A43, p116 to 118
2. Priority group- only 6 signs- Б1,2,3,4,5,6; p.118, 119
3. Signs for prohibitions- round and red: from B1 to B30, p. 119 to121
4. Signs for obligations- round and blue: Г1 to Г20, p.121 to 122
5. Signs for special prescriptions, indications, recommendations-
rectangle or square: Д, Е, Ж p.123 to126
3. WARNING SIGNS
RED TRIANGLES
The purpose of the warning sign is to warn you in advance about some problem on the road. How
much in advance? It depends where you are.
►in populated area from 50 to 100 m before the problem
►non-populated area from 100 to 150 m before the problem
This general information could be changed. How? By an additional board below the warning sign.
► see T1, p. 127- it gives information about the distance to the problem, signalized by the warning
sign above;
►see T2, p. 127- it gives information about the length of the problem, signalized by the warning
sign above.
 5. Warning signs- meanings by law and rules

A1. Dangerous right turn А2. Dangerous left turn A3. Many dangerous А4. Many dangerous
curves, the first is to the curves, the first is to the
right left

А5. Steep slope with A6. Steep slope with A7. A driveway narrowed A8. A driveway
descending ascending from both sides narrowed on the right
Warning signs- meanings by law and rules

A9. A driveway A10. Drawbridge or A11. The road leads to A12. Bumps on the
narrowed on the left ferry a shore road

A13. Artificial bump A14. Dangerous A15. Slippery road A16. Throttling stones
roadside