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512:Vienna Convention Groups
540:Special regulation sign
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133:B5: Stop and give way.
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497:Give Way / Yield sign
482:Priority to the right
464:Variable-message sign
429:Driver location signs
299:Australian Road Rules
20:Priority to the right
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409:Advisory speed limit
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1428:Traffic law
1380:Comparisons
1098:New Zealand
1067:El Salvador
1053:Puerto Rico
985:Switzerland
935:Netherlands
747:South Korea
732:Philippines
449:Speed limit
178:Tielt-Winge
148:(including
100:New Zealand
38:(including
1417:Categories
1344:Road signs
1230:Caractères
1064:Costa Rica
930:Montenegro
815:Azerbaijan
782:Uzbekistan
757:Tajikistan
702:Kyrgyzstan
697:Kazakhstan
635:Bangladesh
630:Azerbaijan
564:By country
453:by country
348:(in Dutch)
326:2016-07-10
283:References
150:Bekkevoort
26:system in
1310:Transport
1250:Helvetica
1240:Clearview
1235:Clarendon
1208:Typefaces
1114:Argentina
1093:Australia
1076:Nicaragua
1070:Guatemala
920:Lithuania
752:Sri Lanka
742:Singapore
677:Indonesia
650:Hong Kong
589:Mauritius
487:Stop sign
434:Logo sign
419:Crossbuck
239:stop sign
96:Singapore
92:Australia
16:Road rule
1265:Motorway
1245:DIN 1451
1141:Colombia
1073:Honduras
955:Portugal
835:Bulgaria
762:Thailand
727:Pakistan
717:Mongolia
712:Malaysia
640:Cambodia
604:Tanzania
584:Botswana
352:27 March
271:See also
186:Glabbeek
56:European
1423:Driving
1339:Traffic
1335:Vienna
1225:Austria
1146:Ecuador
1126:Bolivia
1086:Oceania
1038:Jamaica
995:Ukraine
960:Romania
900:Ireland
895:Iceland
890:Hungary
880:Germany
875:Georgia
865:Finland
860:Estonia
855:Denmark
840:Croatia
825:Belgium
820:Belarus
810:Austria
805:Armenia
787:Vietnam
667:Georgia
625:Armenia
594:Namibia
491:all way
193:Signage
174:Lubbeek
154:Dilbeek
142:Belgium
1331:Geneva
1315:Tratex
1182:Lights
1131:Brazil
1043:Mexico
1028:Canada
990:Turkey
980:Sweden
970:Serbia
965:Russia
950:Poland
945:Norway
910:Latvia
885:Greece
870:France
845:Cyprus
797:Europe
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687:Israel
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572:Africa
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182:Wervik
170:Linter
61:France
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1275:Panno
1215:Arial
1136:Chile
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975:Spain
925:Malta
905:Italy
722:Nepal
692:Japan
672:India
655:Macau
645:China
402:Signs
320:(PDF)
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235:yield
162:Gooik
46:Usage
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707:Laos
682:Iran
618:Asia
354:2019
307:ISBN
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