Illustration of the road signals in Switzerland and Liechtenstein from 1963 to 1979
The picture table of the road signals in Switzerland and Liechtenstein from 1963 to 1979 shows the signals as they are in the ordinance on road signaling of May 31, 1963 (Switzerland) and in the ordinance of August 5, 1963 to the law on road traffic ( Liechtenstein) have been established. This signaling catalog replaced the old catalog from 1932 on December 1, 1963 . This catalog was valid until the amendment to the ordinance on January 1, 1980 (see illustration of road signals from 1980 to 2016 ).
Compared to the old catalog, a lot of new signals have been incorporated into the ordinance, but not all of them are innovations, signals known from directives and circulars have also been incorporated into the ordinance.
With the exception of the motorway and road signals, most of the images from that time corresponded to today's images. The font used since 1972 is the SNV-Schiftart developed by the Association of Swiss Road Experts (now the Swiss Association of Road and Transport Experts ).
Signalization catalog, status 1963
Color according to the Liechtenstein Law Gazette , 1978 No. 22: Ordinance of 29 August 1978 on road signage (SSV) Switzerland and Liechtenstein have the same road signage with a few exceptions. Exceptions are marked as such.
1. Hazard signals
- Danger signals
101 right turn
102 left turn
103 Double curve beginning to the right
104 double curve beginning to the left
105 Risk of skidding
107 bottleneck
108 right narrowing
109 Narrowing on the left
110 Dangerous slope
111 steep incline
112 tunnels
113 works
114 intersection
115 Crossing with street without right of way
116 No right of way
117 Right junction (Switzerland only)
118 junction on the left (Switzerland only)
119 barrier
120 level crossing without barriers
121 tram
122 pedestrians
123 children
124 animals
125 two-way traffic
126 light signal
127 aircraft
128 cross wind
129 Other dangers
130 alternating flashing lights
131 Single flashing light
132 St. Andrew's Cross at the level crossing with a track
133 St. Andrew's Cross at level crossing with several tracks
134 St. Andrew's Cross at the level crossing with several tracks
135 distance beacons
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2. Regulatory signals
- Regulation signals
201 General driving ban in both directions
202 Prohibited direction of travel
203 Prohibition on motor vehicles
204 Prohibition on motorcycles
205 Ban on heavy trucks
206 Ban on heavy company cars
207 Ban on trailers
209 Prohibition for cyclists
210 Ban on motorcycles
211 Ban on animals
203,204 Driving ban for motor vehicles
212 maximum weight
213 axle pressure
214 maximum width
215 maximum height
216 top speed
217 stop signal
218 Left direction of travel
219 Drive around obstacle on the right
220 Drive around obstacle on the left
221 turn right
222 Turn left
223 No turns to the right
224 Turning to the left is prohibited
225 Overtaking prohibited
226 Overtaking prohibited for trucks
227 Crossing prohibited
228 U-turns prohibited
229 snow chains are mandatory
230 Stopping prohibited
231 No parking
232 customs stop
234 cycle path
235 footpath
236 bridle path
237 End of top speed
238 End of the overtaking ban
239 End of the overtaking ban for trucks
240 Free travel
3. Warning signals
Until 1971, no separate color was defined for motorways or motorways, since then green has been explicitly defined.
Liechtenstein does not contain the panels for 301–304, 317 and 350–353 (motorways and motorways) because Liechtenstein does not have its own motorways and motorways. The location information given in these warning signals for illustration purposes comes from the Swiss Signaling Ordinance. The Liechtenstein Road Signaling Ordinance uses Liechtenstein localities for local destinations and Austrian and Swiss localities near the border for long-distance destinations.
- Warning signals
301 Autobahn (Switzerland only)
302 End of the Autobahn (Switzerland only)
303 Autostrasse (Switzerland only)
304 end of the autostrasse (Switzerland only)
305 Bergpoststrasse
306 End of Bergpoststrasse
307 main road
308 end of the main street
309 confluence without right of way (Switzerland only)
310 Right of way over oncoming traffic
311 hospital
313 Under or overpass
314 one-way street
315 dead end
316 exhibition space
317 crawl (Switzerland only)
318 Parking permitted
319 Parking with a parking disc
320 End of parking with parking disc
321 parking lot with parking meter
322 No stopping with exceptions
323 Distance and Direction to a Parking Lot
324 Advance notice for diversion of heavy traffic
331 start of town on main roads (Switzerland)
331 start of town on main roads (Liechtenstein)
332 end of town on main roads (Switzerland)
332 end of town on main roads (Liechtenstein)
333 start of town on side streets (Switzerland)
333 Start of town on side streets (Liechtenstein)
334 end of town on side streets (Switzerland)
334 end of town on side streets (Liechtenstein)
335 signposts for main roads
336 signposts for side streets
337 Signposts in tabular form
338 Guide
339 lane board
340 single lane board
341 Signpost «Heavy traffic»
342 sign «parking lot»
343 Signpost « Campsite »
344 Signpost showing restrictions
345 Signposts for diversions
346 diversion board
347 junction board
348 number plates for European roads
349 number plate for main roads
350 signposts on motorways and motorways (Switzerland only)
351 exit board (Switzerland only)
352 separation board (Switzerland only)
353 confirmation board (Switzerland only)
361 road conditions
362 Pre-orientation about road conditions (Switzerland only)
363 campsite
364 telephone
365 first aid
367 gas station
368 hotel motel
369 restaurant
381 towards the main road
382 flashing light
383 Heavy motor vehicles
384 Exceptions to the no-stopping ban
385 distance board
386 length of the route
387 lane width
388 direction board
389 Distance and direction display
390 repeat table
391 initial table
392 end table
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4. Markings
On 1963 the markings were re-listed. While many markings were already known, new colored marks and stripes were introduced. This was justified as follows:
“Color marks on the sidewalk and stripes on candelabra, etc. represent innovations that are not provided for in international agreements, but are used with success in Anglo-Saxon countries. If the solution also works for us, many signals for stationary traffic can be eliminated or saved. "
End rings could be attached to poles, posts or trees.
The innovation does not seem to have proven itself, in any case the provisions for this were removed again in the next amendment to the Road Signalization Ordinance of 1979.
- Markings
401 security line
402 double safety line (Switzerland only) & 403 guideline
404 Advance notice of the security line
405 double line
406 single-lane arrows
407 lane change
408 vertical stripes for pedestrians
409 border line, 410 boundary line
411 pedestrian crossing & 412 no-stopping line
413 stop line & 414 stop street
415 zigzag line
416 no parking line
417 No parking area
418 No parking on the sidewalk
419 colored marks on the curb (no parking)
419 color tags on the curb (no parking)
419 color tags on the curb (parking allowed)
420 stripes (no parking)
420 Streifringe (no parking)
420 stripes (parking allowed)
421 reflector at the edge of the road, left
421 reflector at the edge of the road, right
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Signals that were added or adapted in 1963
With the introduction of the ordinance on road signaling of May 31, 1963 , which was valid on December 1, 1963, the following signals were newly introduced or adapted:
Newly introduced signals
Some signals were not entirely new or unknown as of 1963; at that point in time they were incorporated into the new signaling ordinance. This particularly concerned variations of known signals. These include, for example, the prohibitions for certain vehicles such as trucks or motorcycles (205 to 207 and 210), which actually only represent variants of the signals of the prohibition for motor vehicles (203) or motorcycles (204). Signposts, certain information boards or additional boards were already known, but are now regulated in the ordinance.
The St. Andrew's cross and the spacer bars were already regulated in the ordinance on the closure and signaling of the level crossings of the railways with public roads and paths of May 7, 1929.
- Signals introduced on December 1, 1963
112 tunnels
121 tram
125 two-way traffic
128 cross wind
205 Ban on heavy trucks
206 Ban on heavy company cars
207 Ban on trailers
210 Ban on motorcycles
211 Ban on animals
213 axle pressure
221 turn right
222 Turn left
226 Overtaking prohibited for trucks
227 Crossing prohibited
228 U-turns prohibited
230 Stopping prohibited
235 footpath
236 bridle path
239 End of the overtaking ban for trucks
240 Free travel
301 Autobahn (Switzerland only)
302 End of the Autobahn (Switzerland only)
303 Autostrasse (Switzerland only)
304 end of the autostrasse (Switzerland only)
307 main road
308 end of the main street
309 confluence without right of way (Switzerland only)
310 Right of way over oncoming traffic
313 Under or overpass
314 one-way street
315 dead end
316 exhibition space
317 crawl (Switzerland only)
319 Parking with a parking disc
320 End of parking with parking disc
321 parking lot with parking meter
323 Distance and Direction to a Parking Lot
324 Advance notice for diversion of heavy traffic
333 start of town on side streets (Switzerland)
333 Start of town on side streets (Liechtenstein)
334 end of town on side streets (Switzerland)
334 end of town on side streets (Liechtenstein)
337 Signposts in tabular form
339 lane board
340 single lane board
341 Signpost «Heavy traffic»
342 sign «parking lot»
343 Signpost « Campsite »
344 Signpost showing restrictions
345 Signposts for diversions
346 diversion board
347 junction board
348 number plates for European roads
350 signposts on motorways and motorways (Switzerland only)
351 exit board (Switzerland only)
352 separation board (Switzerland only)
363 campsite
364 telephone
365 first aid
367 gas station
368 hotel motel
369 restaurant
381 towards the main road
382 flashing light
383 Heavy motor vehicles
384 Exceptions to the no-stopping ban
389 Distance and direction display
390 repeat table
391 initial table
392 end table
Adapted signals
The appearance of the following signals has been adjusted:
- Signals adapted to December 1, 1963
Light signal (old)
126 light signal (new)
Planes (old)
127 aircraft (new)
No. 6: Dangers (old)
129 Other Hazards (New)
Beginning of Bergpoststrasse (old)
305 Bergpoststrasse (new)
End of Bergpoststrasse (old)
306 End of Bergpoststrasse (new)
Subsequent changes and additions to the road signals
July 1, 1966 (AS 1966 764)
The following motorway and car road signals were introduced or repealed in Switzerland on July 1, 1966 with the Federal Council resolution on the amendment of the ordinance on road signaling of May 31, 1966 :
Canceled signal
- Signal canceled on July 1, 1966
350 signposts on motorways and motorways
Newly introduced signals
The newly introduced signals were only valid until 1971.
- Signals introduced on July 1, 1966
354 notice boards on motorways and motorways
355 signposts on motorways and motorways
356 signposts on motorways and motorways
Signals 351, 354-356 were used before exits. In the case of unclear exits in left-hand bends, the exit board (351) could be replaced by the separation board (352). In the case of bifurcations, the lane board (339) and the separation board (352) should be used instead. Plate 351 may have the addition “exit” at the bottom.
January 1, 1972 (AS 1971 1876)
Since January 1, 1972 in Switzerland green signal color for highways and motorways .
Until then, Art. 31, Paragraph 1 was decisive for the signal color. There it was stipulated that all information signals must be blue (with a few exceptions regarding secondary roads or similar). In 1972 the said paragraph was supplemented with the provision that road and motorway signals (signals 301–304) are excluded from this. A new article, Art. 69 bis , has been introduced for motorway and road signals . In the new article it was determined which signals or signal elements must have a green background.
With the revision, not only was the color "green" specified, today's motorway and road signals, as they are still in use today (2017), were introduced on this date (signposts, branching boards, exit boards, etc.).
These adjustments were made within the framework of the Federal Council resolution regarding the amendment of the ordinance on road signaling of November 17, 1971 : Liechtenstein did not incorporate this amendment into its SSV due to the lack of motorways or motorways.
In 1972 a new font was introduced, the SNV-Schiftart .
Signals canceled
- Signals canceled on January 1, 1972
339 lane board
351 exit board
352 separation board
353 Confirmation Board
354 notice boards on motorways and motorways
355 signposts on motorways and motorways
356 signposts on motorways and motorways
Newly introduced signals
- Signals introduced on January 1, 1972
339 lane board
350 notice board
351 branch table
352 Signposts for connections on motorways and motorways
353 signpost 1000 before junctions of motorways and motorways
354 signpost 500 before junctions of motorways and motorways
355 signposts on motorways and motorways
356 exit board
357 separation board
358 Confirmation Board
359 reference to police bases
360 Note on emergency telephones
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Adapted signals
- Signals adapted to January 1, 1972
301 motorway (old)
301 Autobahn (new)
302 End of the Autobahn (old)
302 End of the Autobahn (new)
303 Autostrasse (old)
303 Autostrasse (new)
304 end of the autostrasse (old)
304 End of the Autostrasse (new)
August 1, 1975 (AS 1975 1216)
The following amendment in the ordinance on road signaling was newly introduced by resolution of May 28, 1975 on July 1, 1975: Liechtenstein also adopted these amendments.
- Signals newly introduced on August 1, 1975
236a bus lane
236b bus lane (1)
236b bus lane (2)
407a wheel stripes
407b bus lane
The rule that cycle lanes are delimited by a yellow, uninterrupted line already existed in the first constitution of the ordinance in 1963 (Art. 53 para. 3), but the corresponding signal 407b was only added in 1975.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ordinance on road signaling of May 31, 1963 (AS 1963 541, i.e. on page 541ff, in PDF page 9ff.)
- ^ Liechtensteinisches Landesgesetzblatt: 1963 No. 27
- ↑ Ordinance on road signaling of October 17, 1932 (AS 1947 693, i.e. from 1947, on page 693ff.)
- ↑ Ordinance on road signaling of September 5, 1979 (AS 1979 1961, i.e. on page 1961ff, in the PDF page 11ff.)
- ↑ 40. Minutes of the meeting of the Swiss Federal Council . May 29 - May 31, 1963. S. 65 ( admin.ch [PDF]).
- ^ STVG: SNV - Writings for Signals , accessed on September 14, 2017
- ↑ Ordinance of 29 August 1978 on road signaling (SSV) , page 46ff. The colors are likely to be identical in Switzerland (this can be seen from the SSV itself), but since the archive of the Swiss Official Collection only consists of b / w scans, it is based on the Liechtenstein Law Gazette.
- ↑ 40. Minutes of the meeting of the Swiss Federal Council . May 29 - May 31, 1963. S. 72 ( admin.ch [PDF]).
- ↑ a b 40. Minutes of the meeting of the Swiss Federal Council . May 29 - May 31, 1963. S. 66 ( admin.ch [PDF]).
- ↑ Ordinance on the termination and signaling of the level crossings of the railways with public roads and paths of May 7, 1929 (Adjusted Collection 1947, Volume 7, page 93ff.)
- ↑ Federal Council resolution on the amendment of the ordinance on road signaling of May 31, 1966 (AS 1966 764)
- ↑ Federal Council Decree on the Amendment of the Ordinance on Road Signs of May 31, 1966 (AS 1966 764), Art. 68
- ↑ According to the Federal Council resolution on the amendment of the ordinance on road signaling of November 17, 1971, another source mentions 1978: From concrete stands to LED signals . In: Verkehrshaus der Schweiz (Ed.): Verkehrshaus-Magazin . No. 29 , July 2017, p. 8th f . ( verkehrshaus.ch [PDF; accessed on September 13, 2017]). From the concrete stand to the LED signal ( Memento of the original from September 14, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Federal Council Decree on the Amendment of the Ordinance on Road Signs of November 17, 1971 (AS 1971 1876)
- ↑ Ordinance on road signaling, amendment of May 28, 1975 (AS 1975 1216)
