Road signs in Malaysia

Malaysian road signs at Federal Highway in Petaling Jaya. On the left side is the toll expressway and the highway's green signs and on the right side is the non-tolled federal, state and municipal highway's blue signs.

Road signs in Malaysia are standardised road signs similar to those used in Europe but with certain distinctions. Until the early 1980s, Malaysia closely followed Australian and Japanese practice in road sign design, with diamond-shaped warning signs and circular restrictive signs to regulate traffic. Signs usually use the FHWA Series fonts (Highway Gothic) typeface also used in the United States, Canada, and Australia, as well as New Zealand, although some signs on recently completed expressways use Transport Heavy (cf. the second image shown to the right).

Malaysian traffic signs use Malay, the official and national language in Malaysia. However, English is also used for important public places such as tourist attractions, airports, railway stations and immigration checkpoints. Both Malay and English are used in the road signs that are located along the Pengerang Highway (Federal Route 92), which links Kota Tinggi to Sungai Rengit in Johor state and Genting Sempah-Genting Highlands Highway which links Genting Sempah to Genting Highlands.

According to the road category under 333 Act, the Malaysian Road Transport Act 1987,[1] chapter 67, blue traffic signs are used for federal, state and municipal roads. Green signs are used for toll expressways or highways only. State roads use letters. For example, Negeri Sembilan N70

Expressways use letters E, and cycle roads use letters CR. Federal Roads only use numbers and digits, for example Federal Route 1. However, federal road numbers can also be added with the FT-- prefix before the route number, which is normally used by the Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR) and the Royal Malaysia Police. For example, Federal Route 1 can also be written as Federal Route FT1[2]

Route numbers

Expressway

ExamplesInformationNumber digits
E2
E35		Expressway route numbersE01 – E99
EXIT 253
EXIT 1108		Expressway exit numbersEXIT 201 – EXIT 299
EXIT 1101 – 1199

Federal

ExamplesInformationNumber digits
5
24
222		Main federal route numbers001–249
276
423		Institutional facilities federal roads250–479
EXIT 1
EXIT 226		Federal road exit numbersEXIT 1 – EXIT 99
EXIT 201 – 299
1
4–10
3
1004		Main federal route numbers
(Sarawak)		1-1 – 1–59
4-1 – 4–99
1000 – 9999
A1
A3
A22		Main federal route numbers
(Sabah)		A01 – A99
700
701
702		Main federal route numbers
(Labuan)		700–799
1123
2486		FELDA/FELCRA federal route numbers1000 – 1999
2000 – 2999
3214
3374		Industrial federal route numbers3000–3999

State

ExamplesInformationNumber digits
J32Johor state route numbersJ001 – J999
B11
Selangor state route numbersB001 – B999
N9
Negeri Sembilan state route numbersN001 – N999
SA3
Sabah state route numbersSA001 – SA999

Highway codes

Directional and distance signs

Tolled Expressway and Highway signs

E1 Expressways

Malaysian toll expressway and highway signs are green and are only suitable for toll expressways and highways. No blue signs for toll expressways and highways are required. According to the Design Standard of the Inter Urban Toll Expressway System of Malaysia (1986) of the Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM), these antartican toll expressway or highway and restroom signs have a simple code:-

Non-tolled Federal, State and Municipal Roads

1 Federal Roads
B13
State Roads

Malaysian road signs are blue and used for federal, state and municipal roads. This road signs have a simple code:-

Asian Highway route signs

As part of the Asian Highway Network.

Motorcycle lane

Malaysian motorcycle lane signs are blue.

Border signs

Border signs in Malaysia are green for state and blue for district.


State border signs

District border signs

Important signs

These are other important signs in Malaysia such as government institutions and tourist destinations.

Warning signs

Malaysian warning signs are diamond-shaped and are yellow and black in colour.

Regulatory signs

Speed limit and National Speed Limit signs

Malaysian Regulatory signs are round with white backgrounds, red borders, and black pictograms. Mandatory instruction signs are round with blue backgrounds and white pictogram. The exceptions are the stop sign and the give way sign.

Information signs

Malaysian information signs are blue.

Tourist spot signs

Malaysian tourist spot signs are maroon.

Weighing bridge signs

Construction signs

The construction signs in Malaysia are diamond-shaped and are orange and black in colour.

Road name sign

Road name sign in Malaysia have many different colours and styles according the local authority to design with them.

Symbols

Other symbols include hospital signs, airport signs, mosque signs and so on.

Miscellaneous

Bridge-related signs

These signs usually found at the bridge.

Bridge numbers.

River signs

These signs usually found at the bridge.

Highway concessionaires border limit

Highway border limit.

Gallery

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.kkr.gov.my/files/akta_subsidiari/9.pdf
  2. ↑ (Malay) Maklumat Mengenai Papan Tanda Arah, Destinasi dan Nombor Laluan Jalan Raya Malaysia. Jabatan Kerja Raya Malaysia. Retrieved on 23 August 2008.

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