Thursday, October 17, 2013

Prohibitory Signs

The prohibitory sign comes in double-sided round-shape plates. The inner side is thicker painted in red while the outer side is painted in white. Normally the signs or image within the surface is painted in black. In some cases these signs are also used signify the end of each prohibition. The round shape remains the same but the colors are only in black and while.

This type of traffic signs tell the drivers or road users not to do the exact things stated in the signs such as, no turning left, no turning right, no u-turn, no parking, etc. Drivers or road users must strictly obey these signs.

These are all the prohibitory signs currently in use in Cambodia:
(Ordered Alphabetically)

1. Closed for All Road Users:

 The road is restricted from all types of road users (motors and pedestrians)

2. Closed for All Vehicles
 The road is closed for all vehicles only which also means that pedestrians are allowed to use the roads with this sign.

3. End of Maximum Speed Limit
 This sign indicates that the road users are no longer in speed-limited mode.

4. End of Horn
 Road users with all type of vehicles are allowed to use their horn behind this sign.

5. End of no overtaking for similar large-size truck
 The large truck can now overtake the other large-size truck along the road.

6. End of no overtaking for large-size truck
 Large-size truck are now allowed to overtake the other smaller cars.

7. End of no overtaking
 After this sign all types of vehicles are allowed to overtake.

8. Height Limit
 This signs literally means there is no entry for any type of vehicles with total height above the amount indicated in the sign.

9. Length Limit
 No entry for any types of vehicle with total length exceeding the amount limit indicated in the sign.

10. Maximum Speed Limit
This sign strictly prohibits the road users of all vehicle not to speed up more than the indicated speed in the sign. The speed measurement is in kilometers per hour.

11. No entry for Agricultural Motor Vehicles
As literally as its title, the signs prohibits all types of agricultural motors.

12. No entry for Bicycle, Motorcycle, and Tricycle
The three types of above vehicles (bicycle, motorcycle, and tricycle) are not allow on the road with this sign.

13. No Entry for large-size bus
This signs restrict the entry of all large-size passenger vehicle such as bus, coach, or any other vehicle with more than 20 passengers including the driver.

14. No entry for combination vehicles
 This sign specially applied to any large truck or tow-truck as they are not allowed to use the roads with this sign.

15. No entry for motor vehicles
 Any vehicle with machine are not allowed to use the road with this sign.

16. No entry for animal drawn vehicles
Road users with vehicles drawn by animals such as cow, horse, etc. are not allowed.

17. No entry for Bicycle
As literally as the sign reads to everyone, the bicycles are not allow on the road.

18. No entry for motorcycle drawn vehicle
This sign prohibits all type of motorbike drawn vehicles from using the road.

19. No entry for motor vehicles except motorcycles without side carts
 This signs prohibits all types of motor vehicles except only for the motorcycle without carts.

20. No entry for vehicle loading inflammable or explosive goods
 This one restricts the road access from any type of vehicle loading inflammable or explosive items such as gasoline, weapons, etc.

21. No entry for hand-cart
 No entry for any type of cart either a pulling or pushing type.

22. No entry for large-size truck
 The road is restricted from any type of large size truck or any vehicle with a total weight exceeding 3.50 tons.

23. No entry for motor cycle
The sign simply reads as no entry of any motorcycle.

24. No Entry
There is no entry for all type of vehicles with opposing direction to this sign.

25. No Horn
Road users are not allow to use the horn as they see this sign. However, they could use the horn only at an emergency state or in order to avoid an accident.

26. No Turn Left
This is seen in almost in any country in the world and it means just the same, no left turn.


27. No overtaking for large-size truck
Any large-size truck or the ones with total weight more than 3.50 tons are not allowed to overtake. So, this means if you are on a regular size car or a motorbike, you can still do an overtake.

28. No overtaking for similar large-size truck
 Large size truck are not allow to overtake the other one.

29. No overtaking
All types of vehicle are not allowed to overtake on the road with this sign.

30. No parking from 1st to 15th of moth
This sign prohibits all types of vehicle from parking within the area between 1st and 15th of the month. However, you may stop by just to load goods or passengers for a very short period if necessary. The transition from 15th to 16th is made between 21:00 and 21:30.

31. No parking from 16th to 31st of the month
Like the above sign, all vehicle are no allowed to park between 16th and 31th of the month. You can still, however, park for a short period of time only just to load passengers or goods. The transition from 31st to the 1st of next month is made between 21:00 and 21:30.

32. No parking on even days
The sign strictly prohibits vehicles from parking on even days of each month, but similarly to the above two signs, you can still stop by to load items or passengers for a short period of time. The transition is made between 2100 and 2130 hour.

33. No parking on odd days
A bit different from the above one, this sign does not allow you to park on any odd days of the month. You can still park for a short period of time only just to load passengers or goods. The transition is made at 21:00 and 21:30.

34. No Parking
No parking at all for all type of vehicles. However, you may stop by this sign only just to load stuff and passengers for a short period of time as necessary.

35. No Turn Right
 The signs prohibits all types of vehicle from turning right.

36. No Stopping
 All types of vehicles are not allow to stop by the sign.

37. No U Turn
You are not allowed to do a u turn on a road with this sign.

38. Safety distance between trucks
All truck drivers must leave a minimum safety distance between each truck as indicated in the sign.

39. Safety distance between passenger cars
Quite similar to the above one, this sign says each car driver must leave a safety distance between each passenger cars as the amount indicated in the sign.

40. Stop at the customs station
The sign require the driver of all types of vehicles to stop by the customs office for the spot check and fill out any relevant administrative documents.

41. Stop at the military police station
 All drivers must stop at the military police station for a spot check and and any required inspection.

42. Stop at the police station
All civil vehicles must stop at the police station for a check.

43. Weigh Limit on an axle
The sign says no entry for any type of vehicle with total weigh exceeding the amount indicated in the sign per axle.

44. Total weight limit
No entry for any type of vehicle with total weight exceeding the amount indicated in the sign.

45. Width Limit
No entry for any type of vehicle with total width exceeding the indicated amount in the sign.

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