Many drivers see the directions that we see on different road signs and this can end up being confusing. All this requires knowing more about the meaning of said warning at road level. THE green traffic signs Sometimes they remain a mystery to drivers. Here we are talking about a speed that presents us with an exact number, but which is bordered in green. Let’s learn more about the meaning.
Learn more about the meaning
This road sign with green edges is likely to be found in many other countries. The truth is that since the Vienna Convention on Road Signs in 1968, a system has been standardized by which signs are made uniform across Europe, all so that driving is the same internationally.
In any case, it was not added to the General traffic regulations in Spainbut it is quite possible that the change from the red edges of the speed signs to green raises a series of doubts and you should pay more attention to it.
You should know that the green borders are different from the red ones, in the sense that they do not indicate an obligation as such, they are recommendations.
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In truth, there is some controversy surrounding this type of signaling, particularly in the UK. The signs do not only impose a prohibition or an obligation as if they were bordered in red, such that they suggest a maximum recommended speed for certain roads.
This happens in certain areas close to sites where we want to strengthen an issue as important as road safety. Of course, there is a very important problem, since these signs are not legally valid. neither in the United Kingdom nor in any other country nor on the old continent.
The fact is that there is a detail of great importance, since these signs are not valid in the United Kingdom or in any other European country.
The information we are talking about was extracted thanks to a request made to the Freedom of Information Act 2011so these signs were not authorized by the British Department for Transport, although they could be found on some roads.
And in Spain?
In our country we have similar signs that warn us that we are driving near a school (sign P-21), which recommend that we reduce our speed.
In the same way, in León and other cities in Spain we can see the sign itself that goes to pray “kisses and goodbye” and allow parents who are going to drop off their children at school to stop for a minute to avoid double queues and delays that occur near schools. We are talking about a measure that will be full of controversy.
Although it was generated on the networks, the DGT confirmed that there was no intention to adapt this signal in our country.
Even the DGT has not commented or mentioned the installation of these signals in the road network via the official press release channel.
Road signs in our country, both mandatory and recommended, have been clearly defined in the General Traffic Regulations, and green signs in the United Kingdom are not part of the study of our system at the moment.
Speed warning signs are square and blue, not round and green
In Spain, the notion of “recommended maximum speed” has been introduced, but with a different symbol. These signs S-7 and S-9 of the Spanish traffic catalog will be the ones that will inform about the maximum recommended speed and the recommended interval in terms of speeds.
These panels will not be round and will not have green edges, they will be quadrangular, having a blue background and white symbols.
In the case of signs S-8 and S-10, they indicate the end of said recommendations. We are talking about the fact that these are signs that will perform the same function as the British signs, which have green edges where there will be symbology that will be consistent with the rest of the Spanish road sign systems.
We hope this has all been clear, because there have been various news regarding this and it does not hurt to clarify them.
