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Signs on highest classification of road featuring E-route number

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Signs on highest classification of road featuring E-route number

Traffic sign colours

Country	white-on-green	white-on-blue	black-on-white	black-on-yellow	red-on-white	blue-on-white	white-on-brown	black-on orange	white-on-black	yellow-on-black
Austria	Regions, city districts and tourist locations	Motorways	Landesstraße
Ireland	National primary and secondary roads	Motorways	Regional roads and local roads				Tourist signs Signs indicating geographical information Off-line services signs	Temporary signs	Truck detour signs
Italy	Motorways	State, provincial and regional roads	Municipal and urban roads	Temporary signs			Tourist signs Signs indicating geographical information Signs indicating municipalities			Industrial areas
Spain		Autopistas and autovías	National roads	Temporary signs			Tourist signs Signs indicating geographical information

Bilingual signage

Since 1989, Irish text has been displayed in italics, whereas English text continues to displayed in all capitals. As a result, many argue that this shows a favour for English as it treats Irish as a secondary or supplementary language, despite Irish being the first official language of the country constitutionally. [Many have argued against a redesign that gives equal status to Irish, given that the language is not spoken on a daily basis by the majority of the population. Some Irish drivers refer to the presence of Irish as clutter, while others say it being in italics makes it easier to ignore and to instead allows them to focus on English.]

The Official Languages Act, 2003. One of its main aims that Irish is to be displayed with equal status and prominence as English on signage did not apply to road signs.

In 2013, then Minister of Transport Leo Varadkar gave approval for a new signage design. It featured yellow text for Irish and white for English, with both in mixed case, similar to the design employed in Scotland. Additionally, the Transport typeface was to be replaced with another called Turas. Varadkar had asked the NRA to install them on a "trial basis". However, this project was cancelled by the subsequent Minister of Transport, Paschal Donohoe.

A redesign of Irish signage to give prominence to the Irish language is one of Conradh na Gaeilge's campaigns.

Vandalism by means of graffitiing placenames in both languages has occurred on a number of occasions, particularly in County Donegal.

Common for Irish to be missing on signs, particularly on non-prescribed signs. With the exception of Lána Bus (Bus Lane) and Scoil (School), as well as Go Mall (Slow) in Gaeltacht areas, Irish tends to be missing on most road markings.

Misspellings and mistranslations are common. A sign in County Wexford reading 'Footpath ends' in English read As Gaeilge ("in Irish") as its Irish translation.

In the case of official signs, examples include sign WK 099, where Lean Mé means "I followed", sign P 062, where Réamhfhógra Fóin le Tabhairt ag Leoraithe Fada Roimh Thrasnú means "Advance warning by phone to be given by long lorries before crossing" and sign P 068, where Múchtar an tInneall means "The engine switches/is switching off".

On other signs – use of Slí Amach ("exit") instead of An Chéad Slí Amach Eile for "next exit", Amach ("out") instead of Slí Amach for "exit", An Lár ("[the] centre") instead of Lár na Cathrach for "city centre", sign WK 052, where Bealach Isteach ("entrance") is used for "site access".

Other information signs

Services Signs

Toll Road Signs

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  Sign F 700
  Toll Road Ahead
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  Sign F 701
  Toll Plaza Ahead

Tourist Attraction Signs

Cycle Route Signs