title: Road signs in Malaysia
text: 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. 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).
  
  Warning signs 
  Malaysian warning signs are diamond-shaped or rectangular and are yellow and black or red and white in colour.
  
  Prohibition signs 
  Malaysia prohibition signs are round with red outline and black pictogram.
  
  Speed limit signs 
  These signs show speed limit on roads.
  
  Mandatory signs 
  Mandatory instruction signs are round with blue backgrounds and white pictogram. These are also used in signifying specific vehicle type lanes.
  
  Information signs 
  Malaysian information signs are blue green and brown.
  
  Temporary signs 
  
  The Construction signs in Malaysia are diamond-shape on rectangle sign and are Orange and Black in color.
  
  See also 
  Integrated Transport Information System
  Malaysian Expressway System
  Malaysian Federal Roads system
  Malaysian Public Works Department
  Malaysian Road Transport Department
  National Speed Limits
  Automated Enforcement System
  Puspakom
  Transportation in Malaysia
  
  References
  
  External links 
  
  Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR) website
  Malaysian Road Signs Information Brochure
  
  Malaysia
  Signs