Road signs in Mexico
The road signs used in Mexico are regulated by Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes's Directorate-General for Roads (Dirección General de Carreteras), and uniformized under a NOM standard[1] and the Manual de Dispositivos para el Control del Tránsito en Calles y Carreteras, which serves as a similar role to the MUTCD developed by the Federal Highway Administration. The signs share many similarities with those used in the United States and Canada. Like Canada but unlike the United States, Mexico had a heavier reliance on symbols than text legends.[2] Mexico is a signatory to the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals.
The state of Jalisco applies its own sign standard to state highways that is based on the NOM standard. Among other things, mandatory signs are circular, as in the Vienna Convention but unlike in the NOM standard.[3]
Regulatory signs
Stop
Yield
Inspection
Speed limit
Right turn only
Mandatory direction of traffic (Ahead only)
Mandatory direction of traffic (Turn left only)
Mandatory direction of traffic (Turn right only)
Keep right
Left turn only
Trucks keep right
Two-way traffic
Height limit
Width limit
Weight limit
Overtaking prohibited
Passenger vehicles prohibited from stopping
No stopping
Parking
No parking
Right turn prohibited
Left turn prohibited
U-turn prohibited
U-turn permitted
No entry
Pedal cycles, heavy vehicles and motorcycles prohibited
Animal-drawn vehicles prohibited
Agricultural vehicles prohibited
Pedal cycles prohibited
Pedestrians prohibited
Heavy vehicles prohibited
Use of audible signals prohibited
Motorcycles prohibited
Motor vehicles prohibited
One way (left)
One way (right)
Warning signs
Curve (left)
Curve (right)
Sharp curve (left)
Sharp curve (right)
Reverse curve (left)
Reverse curve (right)
Sharp reverse curve (left)
Sharp reverse curve (right)
Winding road (left)
Winding road (right)
Crossroads
T-junction (left)
T-junction (right)
Delta junction
Branch junction (left)
Branch junction (right)
Y-junction (left)
Y-junction (right)
Roundabout
Merging traffic
Two-way traffic
Exit ahead
Symmetrical narrowing
Drawbridge
Ford
Unpaved road ahead
Slippery road
Steep descent
Falling rocks
Stop ahead
Yield ahead
Pedestrians
School
Livestock
Railroad crossing
Tractors
Traffic lights
Divided road ends
Fork
Divided road begins
Cyclists
Loose chippings
Uneven surface
Tourism and services
Airport
Parking
Bus stop
Rail station
Hospital
Guide signs
Advance directional sign
Other
Railroad crossing
Dangerous curve to the right, chevron bends right
dangerous curve to the left, chevron bends left
References
- "NORMA Oficial Mexicana NOM-034-SCT2-2011, Señalamiento horizontal y vertical de carreteras y vialidades urbanas" [Official Mexican STANDARD NOM-034-SCT2-2011, Horizontal and vertical marking of highways and urban roads] (PDF) (in Spanish). 16 November 2011. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
- "Road and Traffic Signs in Mexico - What You Need to Know". www.rhinocarhire.com. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
- Manual de señalización de carreteras estatales [State highway sign manual] (PDF) (in Spanish). Guadalajara: Government of the State of Jalisco. 2020. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
External links
- "Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes: Señalamiento" [Secretariat of Communications and Transportation: Signaling]. www.sct.gob.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-12-10.