Traffic engineering | Traffic Signs

Traffic engineering:

The type of engineering which deals with the improvement of traffic regulation is known as traffic engineering.

Traffic signs:

Such signs which are used for controlling traffic are known as traffic signs.

Classes of traffic signs:

• Mandatory signs
• Alerting signs
• Guide signs

Traffic signals:

Such a type of signals which are functioned for controlling flow of traffic properly is known as traffic signals. These are functioned electronically.

Purpose of traffic signals:

Following are the purposes.

• For an organized movement of traffic
• To avoid accidents traffic signals are made
• To reduce speed of over speed vehicles
• To regulate traffic in different directions

Types of signals:

• Traffic control signals
• Pedestrian signals
• Special traffic signals

Traffic control signals:

The type of signals which are of fixed timing is known as traffic control signals.

Special traffic signals:

Traffic signals at draw bridges exhibit special type signals.

Signal systems:

Traffic signals are of the following types:

• Simultaneous systems.

• Alternating system.

• Simple system.

• Fluctuating systems.