Road signs in the Philippines

Road signs in the Philippines are regulated and standardized by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).[1][2] Most of the signs reflects minor influences from US and Australian signs, but keeps close to the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals as an original signatory.[3][4]

Signs pointing directions to Baguio and Manila
A sign in Pasay near the NAIA Expressway and Ninoy Aquino International Airport

It is unclear if the DPWH mandates the use of, or has a preference between, Clearview and Highway Gothic as the official typefaces for signs but most road signs do use them.[lower-alpha 1][1]

Regulatory signs

Regulatory signs indicate the application of legal or statutory requirements. Disregarding these signs may constitute the road user to an offense.[1]

Priority signs
  • Stop
  • Give way
  • Magbigay-daan (Give way) (plate type)
  • Left turner must give way

Direction signs
  • No turns
  • One way (right)
  • One way (left)
  • Keep right
  • Keep left
  • Pass either side
  • All traffic (right)
  • All traffic (left)
  • Merging traffic
  • Two-way traffic
  • No turns (plate type)
  • One-way (right, plate type)
  • One-way (left, plate type)
  • Keep right (plate type)
  • Keep left (plate type)
  • All traffic (right, plate type)
  • All traffic (left, plate type)
  • Merging traffic (plate type)
  • Two-way traffic (plate type)
  • Salubong na Trapiko (Two-way traffic)
  • Right lane must turn right
  • Left lane must turn left

Restrictive signs
  • No entry for all vehicles
  • No entry for all vehicles (plate type)
  • No entry for cars
  • No entry for jeepneys
  • No entry for bicycles
  • No entry for motorcycles
  • No entry for tricycles
  • No entry for buses
  • No entry for trucks
  • No entry for vehicles with trailer
  • No pedestrian crossing
  • No entry for animal drawn vehicles
  • No entry for pushcarts
  • No crossing, use overpass (plate type)
  • No pedestrian crossing (plate type)
  • Bawal tumawid, gamitin ang overpass (No crossing, use overpass) (plate type)
  • No right turn
  • No right turn (plate type)
  • No left turn
  • No left turn (plate type)
  • No U-turn
  • No U-turn (plate type)
  • No overtaking
  • Bawal lumusot (No overtaking) (plate type)

Speed signs
  • Speed restriction (maximum)
  • Speed limit de-restriction
  • Speed limit de-restriction (plate type)
  • Speed restriction (minimum)

Parking signs
  • No parking
  • Bawal pumarada (No parking)
  • No parking, loading only
  • No parking anytime
  • No parking, tow-away zone
  • Time restricted parking
  • Time restricted parking
  • Loading zone
  • Loading and unloading zone
  • No waiting anytime
  • No waiting
  • Bawal maghintay ano mang oras (No waiting anytime)
  • No loading and unloading anytime
  • Bawal magsakay at magbaba (No loading and unloading)
  • No loading unloading anytime
  • No stopping anytime
  • No parking, public utility bus stop
  • No parking, public utility jeepney stop
  • No parking, public utility jeepney stop
  • Do not block intersection
  • Right turners cross at broken white lines

Miscellaneous signs
  • No blowing of horns
  • Width restriction
  • Height restriction
  • Weight restriction (by tonnes)
  • Weight restriction (per axle)
  • Length restriction
  • Fasten seatbelt
  • Pedestrian crossing
  • School children crossing
  • Bike lane
  • Wheelchair crossing

Warning signs

Warning signs are used to warn road users to the potential hazard along, or adjacent to, the road.[1]

Horizontal alignment signs
  • Sharp turn (right)
  • Sharp turn (left)
  • Reverse turn (right)
  • Reverse turn (left)
  • Curve (right)
  • Curve (left)
  • Reverse curve (right)
  • Reverse curve (left)
  • Winding road (right)
  • Winding road (left)
  • Hairpin bend (right)
  • Hairpin bend (left)

Intersection and junction signs
  • Intersection
  • Staggered intersection (right)
  • Staggered intersection (left)
  • Skewed intersection (right)
  • Skewed intersection (left)
  • T-junction
  • Y-junction
  • Half Y-junction (right)
  • Half Y-junction (left)
  • Reverse half Y-junction (right)
  • Reverse half Y-junction (left)
  • Side junction (right)
  • Side junction (left)
  • Roundabout
  • Priority, side junction (right)
  • Priority, side junction (left)
  • Priority, merging traffic (right)
  • Priority, merging traffic (left)
  • Priority, intersection

Advance warning of traffic control devices signs
  • Traffic lights ahead
  • Stop sign ahead
  • Give way sign ahead

Road width signs
  • Narrow bridge
  • Narrow bridge (plate type)
  • Road narrows
  • Road narrows (plate type)
  • Start of divided traffic
  • End of divided traffic

Road obstacle signs
  • Opening bridge
  • Bumpy road
  • Bump
  • Steep descent (right)
  • Steep descent (left)
  • Steep climb (right)
  • Steep climb (left)
  • Spill way
  • Flood
  • Falling debris (right)
  • Falling debris (left)
  • Slippery road
  • Mag-ingat, madulas ang kalsada (Slippery road) (plate type)
  • Farm Animal crossing
  • Low flying aircraft

Pedestrian signs
  • Pedestrian crossing ahead
  • Slow down, pedestrian crossing ahead (plate type)
  • Children crossing ahead
  • Cross only at pedestrian crossing
  • Wheelchair crossing
  • Bike lane ahead

Railroad crossing signs
  • Railroad crossing position
  • Railroad crossing advance warning (unsignalled)
  • Railroad crossing advance warning (signalled)
  • Railroad crossing position (alternative)

Supplementary signs
  • Advisory speed
  • On side road (right)
  • On side road (left)
  • Distance (meter)
  • Distance (kilometer)
  • Next distance (kilometer)
  • When wet
  • Blind
  • Aged
  • Playground
  • School
  • Disabled
  • For public utility jeepneys
  • For buses

Other warning road signs
  • Vertical clearance
  • Low clearance
  • Slow down, accident prone area
  • Bumagal, madalas ang aksidente dito (Slow down, accident prone area)
  • Slow down, merging traffic ahead
  • Lane ends, merge left
  • Slow down, weighbridge ahead

Guide or information signs

Guide or information signs are used to inform road users about the direction and distances of the route that they are following.[1]

Advance direction signs
  • Stack direction (multiple)
  • Stack direction (single)
  • Stack direction (with road name)
  • Diagrammatic direction
  • Diagrammatic direction (roundabout)

Intersection direction signs
  • Intersection direction (right)
  • Intersection direction (left)
  • Intersection direction (both sides)
  • Intersection direction (with road name)

Reassurance direction signs
  • Reassurance direction
  • Reassurance direction (with road name)

Finger board and direction signs for less important roads
  • Direction (place)
  • Direction (road)
  • Direction (tourist spot)

Town names and geographical feature signs
  • Town name
  • Province name
  • Geographical feature

Service signs
  • Service sign (with name of service, symbols, and distance)
  • Service sign
  • Service sign
  • Service sign
  • Service sign (advance sign with name of service)

Tourist information and tourist destination signs

Route marker signs
  • National Route marker
  • Expressway Route marker
  • End

Asian highway route marker signs
  • Asian highway marker
  • Asian highway segments
  • Asian highway segment
  • Asian highway maintenance jurisdiction
  • Asian highway segment name

Expressway signs

Expressway signs are signs that are used on, or near, controlled-access roads.[1]

Expressway approach signs
  • Expressway approach sign
  • Expressway approach sign
  • Expressway approach sign (small)

Expressway information signs
  • Prohibited on expressway
  • Bawal pumasok sasakyang walang tail light (No entry for vehicles without tail light)
  • Bawal bisikleta motorsiklo sa expressway (No bicycles allowed in expressway)
  • Toll charges
  • Lane direction

Advance exit signs
  • Advance exit with distance
  • Advance exit with distance and lane
  • Supplementary advance exit

Exit direction signs
  • Exit with destination
  • Next exit
  • Exit
  • Exit (numbered)

Expressway service signs

End of expressway signs
  • Expressway ends after 1 km
  • Expressway ends after 2 km
  • Start of Expressway
  • End of Expressway

Toll signs
  • Toll Plaza Ahead (with distance)
  • Stop at Toll Gates
  • Pay Toll Ahead

Expressway traffic instruction and regulatory signs
  • Wrong way, go back
  • Reduce speed now
  • Right lane ends, merge left
  • Lane ends, merge left

Traffic instruction signs

Traffic instruction signs are used to instruct a road user to follow a direction or perform an action. These are also used as a supplement for regulatory and warning signs.[1]

Supplementary signs
  • Use overpass
  • Use pedestrian crossing
  • Trucks use low gear

Movement instruction signs
  • Reduce speed
  • Stop here on red signal
  • Low clearance ahead, high vehicles detour
  • No right turn on red signal
  • Slow vehicles use right lane
  • Mabagal na sasakyan mamalagi sa kanan (Slow vehicles keep right)
  • Trak at bus mamalagi sa kanan maliban kung lulusot (Trucks and buses keep right unless overtaking)
  • No through road
  • Road closed
  • Form 1 lane
  • Form 2 lanes

Hazard markers

Hazard markers are signs that are usually used in places with obstructions and curves. These signs may be used with or after a warning sign.[1]

  • Black and white chevron (right)
  • Black and white chevron (left)
  • White and red chevron (right)
  • White and red chevron (left)
  • One way hazard marker (right)
  • One way hazard marker (left)
  • Obstruction marker
  • Two way hazard marker (large)
  • Two way hazard marker (small)
  • Two-way hazard marker
  • Width marker (right)
  • Width marker (left)

Sources
  • This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: "Highway Safety Design Standards Manuals: Part 1 – Road Safety Design Manual and Part 2 – Road Signs and Pavement Markings Manual. - Department of Public Works and Highways". Department of Public Works and Highways. May 2012.

Notes
  1. The sign specifications of the Road Signs and Pavement Markings Manual shows a variety of typefaces used on the road signs in the Philippines.

References
  1. "Highway Safety Design Standards Manuals: Part 1 – Road Safety Design Manual and Part 2 – Road Signs and Pavement Markings Manual. - Department of Public Works and Highways". Department of Public Works and Highways. May 2012.
  2. "How to contest a violation because of a hidden 'No Entry' sign". Top Gear Philippines. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  3. "Presidential Decree No. 207, s. 1973 | GOVPH". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  4. "Built against the odds (3) – The Manila Times". The Manila Times. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
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