Road signs in Poland

[1] The Annex 1 to the regulation describes conditions related to usage of the road signs – size, visibility, colors and light reflections, typeface and text, criteria of choosing the type of foil to signs faces, colorful specimens and schematics.

Polish road signs depict people with stylized (as opposed to naturalistic) silhouettes.

[2] There are seven types of "vertical signs": Depending on road type there are five groups of size: The most used size of road signs in Poland, defined in Regulation as medium, is in case of circular with diameter of 80 centimetres (31 in); in case of triangular the length of one of edges has 90 centimetres (35 in); in case of square or rectangular one of square edges or shorter edge of rectangle has 60 centimetres (24 in).

To provide proper visibility and readability of road signs, the faces are made with reflective materials.

To eliminate some of vehicle types from entering a specific road, two or exceptionally three symbols can be put on the sign, e.g.: Combined signs C-13 and C-16 mean a way that is designated only for pedestrians and bicycles.