Road signs in Israel

File:Masada road sign.jpg

Trilingual road sign in Israel

Road signs in Israel are decided by the Ministry of Transportation in the Division of Transportation Planning, most recently set forth in June 2011.

They generally use the same pattern of colours, shapes, and symbols as used in most countries of Europe and the Middle East and set out in the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals.

Language

Signs employ three scripts – Hebrew, Arabic, and Latin – and are written in Hebrew and Arabic, the two official languages of the country, and in English.

The stop sign, however, instead of displaying words in three languages, conveys its meaning through the depiction of a raised hand.

Signs giving warnings

Signs warning of hazardous conditions or dangerous situations (e.g. "Intersection" or "Steep incline ahead" bear a black-on-white symbol inside a red-bordered triangle (point uppermost).

• Signs giving warnings
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  Stop sign ahead

• Rough road (Israel road sign).png

  Bumpy road

• Sharp left curve (Israel road sign).png

  Sharp left curve

• Sharp right curve (Israel road sign).png

  Sharp right curve

• Winding left curve (Israel road sign).png

  Winding left curve

• Winding right curve (Israel road sign).png

  Winding right curve

• Curve left and then right (Israel road sign).png

  Curve left and then right

• Curve right and then left (Israel road sign).png

  Curve right and then left

• Winding road (Israel road sign).png

  Winding road ahead

• Road narrows (Israel road sign).png

  Road narrows ahead

• Narrow bridge.png

  Narrow bridge warning

• Work sign (Israel road sign).png

  Roadworks

• Intersection sign Israel.png

  Intersection ahead

• Left crossroad.png

  Side road on the left ahead

• Right crossroad.png

  Side road on the right ahead

• Crossroad sign (Israel road sign).png

  T-intersection

• Left crossroad and then right.png

  Staggered crossroads

• Roundabout sign Israel.png

  Roundabout ahead

• Merging of road from the right.png

  Minor road merging from the right

• Merging of smaller road from the right.png

  Merge with major road from the left

• Merging of road from the left.png

  Minor road merging from the left

• Merging of smaller road from the left.png

  Merge with major road from the right

• Traffic congestion (Israel road sign).png

  Traffic congestion

• Falling rocks (Israel road sign).png

  Rock slide zone

• Dangerous descent (Israel road sign).png

  Dangerous descent

• Danger of slipping (Israel road sign).png

  Danger of skidding

• Pedestrian crossing.png

  Pedestrian crossing

• Pedestrians nearby.svg

  Pedestrians nearby

• Two-way traffic (Israel road sign).png

  Two-way traffic

• Speed bump.png

  Speed bump

• Camel (Israel road sign).png

  Wild animals

• Agricultural vehicle (Israel road sign).svg

  Farm vehicles crossing

• Bicycle traffic (Israel road sign).png

  Bicycle traffic crossing

Signs giving orders

Wrong traffic sign in Road 443, near Jerusalem. The correct sign is depicted on the lower-right corner.

With the exception of the special shapes used for "Stop" and "Yield" signs (respectively, an octagon and a downward-pointing triangle), signs giving orders are circular and are of two kinds:

• Prohibitory signs (e.g. "No left turn") take the form of a black-on-white symbol inside a red-bordered circle, sometimes with the addition of a red slash through the symbol.
• Mandatory signs (e.g. "Turn right only") bear a white symbol on a blue disk.

• Signs giving orders
• 1-ב Israely road sign.svg

  Closed to all vehicles

• 2-ב Israely road sign.svg

  No entry

• No left turn.png

  No left turn ahead

• No right turn.png

  No right turn ahead

• No left U-turn.png

  No U-turns

• 12-ב Israely road sign.svg

  No motor vehicles except motorcycles

• 13-ב Israely road sign.svg

  No motorcycles

• 14-ב Israely road sign.svg

  No entry for motor vehicles

• 15-ב Israely road sign.svg

  No lorries carrying weight

• 16-ב Israely road sign.svg

  Weight limit

• 17-ב Israely road sign.svg

  Width limit

• 18-ב Israely road sign.svg

  Height limit

• RoadSign IL B-19.svg

  Customs

• 20-ב Israely road sign.svg

  Speed limit

• 21-ב Israely road sign.svg

  End of speed limit

• No horn sign.svg

  Do not use horn

• 28-ב Israely road sign.svg

  No parking

• 30-ב Israely road sign.svg

  No parking for heavy vehicles

• 31-ב Israely road sign.svg

  End of no parking for heavy vehicles

• 32-ב Israely road sign.svg

  End of no parking

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  Yield

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  Stop

• 40-ב Israely road sign.svg

  Turn right

• 41-ב Israely road sign.svg

  Turn left

• 42-ב Israely road sign.svg

  Turn right ahead

• 43-ב Israely road sign.svg

  Turn left ahead

• 44-ב Israely road sign.svg

  Proceed straight

• 45-ב Israely road sign.svg

  Turn right or proceed straight

• 46-ב Israely road sign.svg

  Turn left or proceed straight

• 47-ב Israely road sign.svg

  Turn left or right

• 48-ב Israely road sign.svg

  Roundabout

• 49-ב Israely road sign.svg

  Pass either side

• 50-ב Israely road sign.svg

  Keep right

• 51-ב Israely road sign.svg

  Keep left

• 52-ב Israely road sign.svg

  Vehicles only

• 53-ב Israely road sign.svg

  Minimum speed

• Tractors and work vehicles prohibited.png

  No tractors and work vehicles prohibited

• 61-ב Israely road sign.svg

  No animals

• 62-ב Israely road sign.svg

  No bicycles

• Bicycle path only (Israel road sign).png

  Bicycle path only

• Pedestrians and bicycles.png

  Pedestrian and bicycle path only

• 64-ב Israely road sign.svg

  No pedestrians

• 65-ב Israely road sign.svg

  Pedestrian path only

• 66-ב Israely road sign.svg

  No pedestrians, bicycles and animals

Signs giving information

Signs giving information are generally rectangular (sometimes pointed at one end in the case of direction signage).

Highways in Israel are classified as national (single-digit number), inter-city (two digits), regional (three digits), or local (four digits), and route-marker signs are also colour-coded (respectively: blue, red, green, and brown) according to these classes.

Most directional signs to towns and cities are white-on-blue (motorways), white-on-green (other main roads), black-on-white (local destinations), or white-on-brown (tourist destinations: landmarks, historical sites, nature reserves, etc.).

The sign for permitted parking features a white-on-blue "P" for "parking" enclosed by the Hebrew letter Het ("ח") for "hanaya" (Hebrew: חניה‎), which also means "parking").

The sign informing users that they are on a priority road is a white-edged yellow "diamond" (i.e. a square turned through 45°).

• Information signs
• ISR-HW4Blue.png

  National roads (Highway)

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  Inter-City roads (Highway)

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  Regional roads (Route)

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  Local roads (Road)

• Israeli road sign for Be'er Sheva.png

  Direction sign

• Landmark.png

  Tourist destination sign

• Tel Aviv street sign.png

  Tel Aviv street sign

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  Major road sign

• Parking sign.png

  Parking (sign can be two-sided)

• Handicap parking (Israel road sign).png

  Handicap parking

• Pedestrian street.svg

  Pedestrian street (Residential area)

• End of pedestrian street (Israel road sign).svg

  End of pedestrian street

• Motorway IL.svg

  Entry to motorway

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  Entry to toll road (with Israel Shekel symbol)

• Vienna-convention-sign-B3.svg

  Priority road (you have right of way)