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Road signs in Ireland mostly differ from the traffic signs used elsewhere in Europe. Directional signage is similar to that of the United Kingdom, but is bilingual. Distances are in kilometres. Apart from directional signage, the basic prohibitory signs such as "no left turn" and "no right turn" are among the few standard signs used in Ireland. The most widespread signage, hazard or warning signs, employs the yellow diamond layout used in the United States, Canada, Australia and elsewhere, but nowhere else in Europe. The actual symbols used on these warning signs, however, often bear a closer resemblance to those used in the rest of Europe than to those seen in the US. On 20 January 2005, Ireland fully adopted metric speed limits.〔(UKMA road signs - International experience )〕 Around 35,000 existing signs were replaced and a further 23,000 new signs erected bearing the speed limit in kilometres per hour. To avoid confusion with the old signs, each speed limit sign now has "km/h" beneath the numerals. Irish signs depict classical silhouetted persons. ==Legal basis== Signage in Ireland is prescribed under the ''Traffic Signs Manual 2010'' (TSM), issued by the Department of Transport.〔http://www.transport.ie/viewitem.asp?id=12971&lang=ENG&loc=2635〕 Published in late 2010 after a long period of review, this replaced at least one older edition, the ''Traffic Signs Manual 1996''. Older signs appear in secondary legislation (see the references section at the bottom), however much of the signage (particularly directional signage) used has never been legally prescribed for. The TSM itself is not a law. However, signage is meant to be based on the principles in it. It is predominantly copied from (particularly directional signage) the United Kingdom Traffic Signs Manual,〔http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roads/tss/tsmanual/〕 itself based on the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions. Those road signs which are prescribed in law are prescribed under the ''Road Traffic (Signs) Regulations 1997-2004'', the 1997 regulations being the main set 〔(S.I. No. 181/1997 — Road Traffic (Signs) Regulations, 1997. )〕 which repealed various traffic signs regulations dating back to 1964. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Road signs in Ireland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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