Road signs in the Philippines


Road signs in the Philippines are regulated and standardized by the Department of Public Works and Highways. Most of the signs reflects minor influences from American and Australian signage, but keeps close to the Vienna Convention as an original signatory.
It is unclear if the Department of Public Works and Highways mandates the use of Clearview as its official typeface for signs, but some road signs do use them.

Regulatory signs

Regulatory signs indicate the application of legal or statutory requirements, for example, obligation to give way at intersections, control of parking of vehicles, and speed limits. These signs requires driver's compliance.

Priority signs

Direction signs

Restrictive signs

Speed signs

Parking signs

Miscellaneous signs

Warning signs

Warning signs are used to warn motorists of potentially hazardous conditions on or adjacent to the road.

Horizontal alignment signs

Intersection and junction signs

Advance warning of traffic control devices signs

Road width signs

Road obstacle signs

Pedestrian signs

Railway level crossing signs

Supplementary signs

Other warning road signs

Guide or information signs

Guide or information signs inform road users about the direction and distances on the route they are following.

Advance direction signs

Intersection direction signs

Reassurance direction signs

Finger board and direction signs for less important roads

Street signs

Town names and geographical feature signs

Service signs

Tourist information and tourist destination signs

Route marker signs

Asian highway route marker signs

Expressway signs

Expressway approach signs

Expressway information signs

Advance exit signs

Exit direction signs

Expressway service signs

End of expressway signs

Toll signs

Expressway traffic instruction and regulatory signs

Traffic instruction signs

Supplementary signs

Movement instruction signs

Hazard marker signs