Talk:Prohibitory traffic sign
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The pictorial reference to 'the Chinese speed limit sign' (top sign) is showing what is infact is a speed restriction sign as detailed in the UN Convention on Road Traffic, Road Signs and Signals. (See Wiki for this) Indeed many of the signs shown here at WIKI are from the Convention.
This includes the so called UK (and NZ) 'Open Road Sign' - contracted by GB as meaning "END OF ALL LOCAL PROHIBITIONS IMPOSED ON MOVING VEHICLES", hardly "open road limit". The convention allows very similar designs, such as with or without a border or rim, and allows for a series of parted diagonal lines such as (///) or a solid one as shown.
The answer is for GB to initiate REMOVAL of the subject sign from their road network UNLESS it accepts the UN Convention meaning as contracted, for the length of road to which it is fixed.
The world *must* have uniformity with its road signage, safety is not improved when individual a countries - authorities act - to give different meaning to an international road traffic sign, to that understood everwhere else. Jeremy Pritchard Mot Adv-NSW
Speed limit is regulatory not prohibitory
[edit]There is a section here about speed limit signs, which I find odd, given that a speed limit sign is no more prohibitory than a stop sign. Lupinelawyer (talk) 00:25, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
Can we add No Passing Zone?
[edit]I have been through a few articles, namely Double Yellow Lines [1] and Pennant [2] which reference this prohibitory traffic signal. Something like: A "No Passing Zone" is a stretch of road in which it is deemed to be unsafe to attempt to cross the double yellow lines into the opposing lane. These restrictions on passing generally occur in single lane traffic with curves, hills, and various other road hazards. RedDarling (talk) 19:38, 6 December 2014 (UTC)
That's a very America-centric concept. Australia, UK and New Zealand don't have such a thing. E.g. NZ has solid yellow lines to say that a vehicle must not cross the lines, but you can still pass/overtake, as long as you remain to the left of the lines. Motorracer (talk) 07:33, 7 February 2019 (UTC)