Ultimate Guide to Road Signs

As America's love affair with the automobile grew, more roads and highways were built to meet the population's travel demands. Along with the new roads, traffic signs were needed to inform travelers of traffic laws, regulate the flow of traffic, offer warnings, and provide any necessary information. Traffic and road signs evolved from hand-written wooden plaques to the modern LED lighted signs and signals used today.

Road Signs

• Road signs: Images of federal and state road signs.
• New Easy-to-Read Road Signs: Based on research, recent road signs use a more readable typeface.
• Manual of Traffic Signs: An alphabetical road sign listing with related images.
• Signs, Shapes, and Colors: An interactive quiz to test the user's knowledge of sign shape and color.
• Safety Tips: Descriptions of sign types, shapes and colors.
• The Evolution of MUTCD: The history of the road sign in America and the regulatory board in charge of them.
• Interstate Highway Shields: Documentation of interstate signs throughout the country.
• Traffic Signs: Descriptions and illustrations of the most common road signs in the United States.
• Traffic Signs: Describes sign colors and shapes. Includes illustrations.
• School Area Signs: Images of typical school area warning signs.
• Road Signs: An interactive graphical list of road signs and descriptions.
• A Kinder, Gentler Approach to Traffic Signs: An approach for making traffic signs more meaningful.

Traffic Signals

• The Long and Lighted Road: Describes the relationship between lighting and driving.
• From Waving Arms to LEDs: A brief history of traffic signals.
• Traffic Signal Research: Description of research being done into a driver's perception of left turn traffic signals.
• Transportation Lighting: A detailed summary of LED and traffic signal technology.
• Traffic Signals: Photos of old style traffic signals and the newer LED lights.
• Early Traffic Signal: Photo of Garrett Morgan's early traffic signal.
• Are Traffic Signals Really a Cure-All?: Discussion of traffic signals and their future.
• LED Traffic Signals: Why LED lights are more energy efficient.
• Energy Efficient Sector: LED traffic signals and energy efficiency.
• Safety Strategies: A discussion of safety issues and LED traffic lights.

Welcome Signs

• Welcome to America: Detailed history and photographs of every welcome sign in the country.
• State Welcome Signs: Images of several state welcome signs.
• US State Welcome Signs: Collection of welcome signs from across the country.

Humorous Road Signs

• Burma Shave Signs: History of the road side Burma Shave signs of the 1920s-1960s.
• Funny Road Signs: Collection of humorous and witty signs.
• More Funny Road Signs: Long list of silly signs.
• Geek Crossing Sign: Photo of a humorous road sign.
• No Dumping: Photo of a no-dumping sign and surrounding area.