Airport Parking and Hotels (APH) the long stay airport parking and travel extras specialist, has put together a table of European road signs for the ‘Know Before You Go’ section of its website. The table is available at
APH.com and highlights unusual road signs found in popular holiday destinations in Europe.
Many road signs in Europe are internationally standardised, however recent research by the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) has found that tourists driving in foreign countries are “three times more likely to be involved in an accident abroad due to ignorance of local traffic laws”.
The APH research table highlights the unusual signs which could confuse drivers and found that while France has few signs that differ from those in the UK, Germany has a number of confusing ones including the ‘path of priority road’ sign and ‘city speed limit’ signs. Some of the Swedish road signs also have a slight variation on the international signing system, for example the ‘Warning’ sign in Sweden is a yellow triangle with a red border and a black vertical line in the centre whilst in the UK, the sign is a white triangle with a red border with an exclamation mark in the centre and a small rectangular sign underneath.
Nick Caunter, managing director of APH, says “more and more holidaymakers choose to hire a car in Europe or drive their own car abroad, so we felt it was important to highlight to drivers the most confusing European road signs. The table helps travellers to study the road signs at their holiday destination before leaving the UK and they can also print off the table from the ‘Know Before You Go’ section of our website, and take it abroad with them”.
Airport Parking and Hotels Ltd is one of the UK’s leading booking agencies and has over 29 years' experience as a retailer of pre-booked airport parking and travel extras. APH offers parking at all major UK airports, ports and Eurotunnel terminals plus airport hotels packaged with parking, airport lounges, travel insurance, car hire and holiday taxis. APH is also a carbon balanced company and has, through the World Land Trust, helped purchase more than 1,000 acres of Belize rainforest.
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