Road signs in Malaysia
Road signs in Malaysia are standardised road signs similar to those used in Europe but with certain distinctions. Until the early 1980s, Malaysia closely practice in road sign design, with diamond-shaped warning signs and circular restrictive signs to regulate traffic. Signs usually use the Transport Heavy (cf. the second image shown to the right) font on non-tolled roads and highways. Tolled expressways signs use a font specially designed for the Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM) which is LLM Lettering. It has two type of typefaces, LLM Narrow and LLM Normal. Older road signs used the FHWA Series fonts (Highway Gothic) typeface also used in the United States, Canada, and Australia.

Malaysian traffic signs use Bahasa Malaysia (Malay), the official and national language of Malaysia. However, English is also used for used at 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, which also have Chinese and Tamil on signs.
According to the road category under Act 333, the Malaysian Road Transport Act 1987, chapter 67, blue traffic signs are used for federal, state and municipal roads. Green signs are used for toll expressways or highways only.[1] There are four major types of road signs in Malaysia. First is Warning Signs (Tanda Amaran), second is Prohibition Signs (Tanda Larangan), third is Mandatory Signs (Tanda Wajib) and fourth is Information Signs (Tanda Maklumat).[2]
Warning signs
Malaysian warning signs are diamond-shaped or rectangular and are yellow and black or red and white in colour.
- Prohibited from entering the right turn at the intersection and deformation
- Crossroad intersection
- Crossroad on the left
- Crossroad on the right
- Exit to the left
- Exit ot the right
- Offset roads
- Y-shaped road intersection
- T-roads
- Left turn
- Right back bend
- Left curve
- Right curve
- Winding road
- Loop sign
- Keep left curve chevron sign
- Keep right curve chevron sign
- Obstacles ahead
- Pass either side
- Divided road begins
- Divided road ends
- Confluce intersection
- Steep uphill slope
- Steep downhill
- Falling stone
- Roundabout
- Two-way traffic
- Road unevennnes surface
- Road narrows
- Narrow roads on left
- Climbing line
- Descent line
- Narrow bridge
- Drawbridge
- Slippery road
- Traffic signals ahead
- Level crossing with gate ahead
- Level crossing with gates ahead
- Automatic level crossing
- Stop ahead
- Give way ahead
- Hump ahead
- Hump
- Cattle crossing
- Deer crossing
- Crosswind
- Crosswind area 500 meter ahead reduce speed now
- Playground
- Blind man crossing
- Pedestrian crossing (option 1)
- Pedestrian crosssing (option 2)
- School children crossing (option 1)
- School children crossing (option 2)
- Eldery people crossing
- Disabled crossing/parking
- Towing zone (option 1)
- Towing zone (option 2)
- Obstacles
- Junction on the left right sign
- Caution! accident area sign
- Fog warning sign, limited visibility - switch on headlamps
- Keep left except overtaking (option 1)
- Keep left unless overtaking (option 2)
- Reduce speed (option 1)
- Reduce speed (option 2)
- Reduce speed sign, with speed limit
- Heavy vehicles, keep left sign
- Emergency escape ramp
- Camera operation zone
- Slope supervision zone
- Use low gear
- High voltage lines ahead (option 1)
- High voltage lines ahead (option 2)
- Please drive in the 2 leftmost
- Residential area warning sign. Usually found in Klang Valley area.
Prohibition signs
Malaysia prohibition signs are round with red outline and black pictogram.
- Stop
- Stop, children crossing
- Give way
- No entry
- Trucks not allowed
- Motorcycles not allowed
- No slow moving vehicles
- No u-turn
- No left turn
- No right turn
- No overtaking
- No overtaking for heavy vehicles
- Heavy vehicles prohibited on the fast
- No hawking
- No parking
- No stopping
- No stopping, except emergency sign
- No honking
- Width clearance 2.5 meters
- Height clearance 5 meters
- Height limit sign at gantry
- Weight limits 8 tones
Speed limit signs
These signs show speed limit on roads.
- Speed limit (option 2)
- Speed limit zone sign
- Speed limit reminder
- Malaysia speed limit at border crossing (option 1)
- Malaysia speed limit (option 2)
- Speed limit reminder signs for school zone
Mandatory signs
Mandatory instruction signs are round with blue backgrounds and white pictogram. These are also used in signifying specific vehicle type lanes.
- Keep left
- Turn left
- Go straight
- Bicycle lane
- Bicycle lane with description (Rectangular)[3]
- One way street
- Dead end
- U-turn
Information signs
Malaysian information signs are blue green and brown.
- Symbol of the Malaysian Expressways
- Direction to expressway with expressway name
- Direction to expressway
- To expressway direction
- Entrance to the toll expressway from non-tolled highway
- White with black letters signs for expressway names of closed toll systems
- Yellow with black letters signs for expressway names of opened toll systems
- Start of Expressway with road name and route code (Option 1)
- Start of Expressway (Option 2)
- Expressway maintenance border limit (Option 1)
- Expressway maintenance border limit (Option 2)
- Expressway maintenance border limit (Option 3)
- Malaysian expressway shield
- Malaysian expressway shield with highway concessionaire logo and highway hotline number
- Driver location signs kilometre markers
- Driver location signs hectometre markers
- Driver location signs interchange hectometre markers
- This expressway accepts electronic toll collections (ETC) only
- This toll plaza accepts Electronic Toll Collections (ETC) only (Note: Batu Tiga Toll Plaza was demolished in 2017)
- Toll plaza ahead in 500 metres with its name
- Toll fare rates list
- Toll rates rates list (electronic toll collection (ETC) only)
- Keep your lane
- Motorcycle lane entrance sign
- Motocycle entry lane on expressway signs
- Touch 'n Go marker on road
- Samrt TAG marker on road
- Motorcycle lane directions sign
- Touch 'n Go lane
- Touch 'n Go reload lane
- SmartTAG lane
- RFID sign
- Customer Service Centre sign, usually found at toll plaza
- Expressway distance sign
- Expressway distance sign with Asian Highway route shield
- Emergency signs with SOS logo
- Emergency SOS sign with highway hotline number
- SOS nearby signs, usually found at road barrier
- Shelter for motorcycles, 200 metres away
- Shelter for motorcycles on the left
- Layby and Rest and Service Area distance sign
- Rest and Service area 1 kilometre away
- R&R entry
- Overhead Bridge Restaurant (OBR) entry sign
- Next R&R signs, usually found after R&R
- Layby sign
- Layby entry
- Next layby signs, usually found after Layby
- Next Layby/R&R signs, usually found near the entrance of Layby/R&R.
- Direction to Vista Point
- Vista Point sign
- Tunnel 500 metres ahead
- Tunnel ahead, please turn on headlights
- Penang Bridge logo
- Next interchange exit sign
- Name of interchange including exit signs (Usually found on expressways in urban areas)
- Exit 2 kilometres away
- Exit 1 kilometre away
- Exit 500 metres away
- Expressway tourist exit sign
- Gantry signs:- Exit approaching
- Exit to the left sign
- Gantry sign:- Expressway interchange 2 kilometres away
- Gantry sign:- Expressway interchange 1 kilometre away
- Gantry sign:- Expressway interchange 500 metres away
- Gantry sign:- Expressway interchange 250 metres away
- Gantry exit signs
- Direction lanes
- Prohibited signs gathered at the bridge
- End of expressway
- End of expressway with name of expressway
- Malaysian federal route shield
- Malaysian state route shield
- Route shield for numbering system for local authority
- Asian highway route shield
- Highway interchange directional number
- 3-way intersection derictional sign with exit number (1000 m)
- Federal road distance sign with road name
- Route number direction sign
- 4-way roundabout directional sign with exit number
- Federal road distance sign with road names and other major
- 4-way roundabout directions
- International border sign
- Selangor state board signboard
- Federal territory of kuala lumpur border signboard
- Petaling police district border signboard
- Entering town and settlements signs
- Government institutitos (option 1)
- Government institutions (option 2)
- Tourist destinations (option 1)
- Tourist destinations (option 2)
- Industrial area direction sign
- Hospital direction
- Hotel direction sign
- Weighing bridge symbol
- Vista Point
- Layby logo
- Rest and service area green
- Rest and service area blue
- Truck stops
- Food court
- Disabilities
- Toilet
- Petrol station
- Surau/Mosque
- Jetty
- Port (Harbour)
- Telephone
- Parking
- Wakaf (hut)
- Information centre
- Repair shop
- ATM
- Touch 'n Go purchase and reload facilities
- Money changer
- Wi-fi
- Airport
- University
- Wild elephant crossed
- Tourist sport area by 500 m
- Tourist sport area
- Fishing area
- Beach area
- Recreation area
- Camp area
- Waterfall area
Temporary signs
The Construction signs in Malaysia are diamond-shape on rectangle sign and are Orange and Black in color.
- Attention, construction ahead sign with 500 m
- Road work sign
- Road work sign
- Temporary speed limit sign
- Keep left sign
- Keep right sign
- Detour
- Detour ahead
- Detour to the left sign
- Detour to the right sign
- Caution works ahead
- Caution, reduce speed
- Construction site
- Sorry for inconvenience caused
- Your cooperation much needed
- Temporary traffic
- Vehicles in out ahead
- Caution vehicles in out ahead
- Flagman ahead
- Flagman sign with 200m
- One lane traffic ahead
- Road narrows on left (temporary sign)
- Road narrows on right (temporary sign)
- Right lane closed
- Right lane closed sign
- Left lane closed
- Left lane closed sign
- Centre lane closed sign
- End of construction site (option 1)
- End of construction site (option 2)
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