TRAFFIC SYMBOLS

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  • Handicapped Parking Sign
  • yield sign
  • emergency sign
  • stop sign
  • traffic light
An emergency call box.
A sheriff's badge.
A racing car which is called a funny car.
A traffic light also called a stop light by some folks.

Handicapped Parking Sign

By: Richard Hinkle

Design is 22 rows, 26 cells.

Note: Full size picture is the last full page of this document.

Begin design:

Row 1: dot 6, WITH [23456], G [1245] twenty-two times, OF [12356], dot 3.

Row 2: full cell, space 2 times, hyphen [36] twenty times, space 2 times, full cell.

Row 3: full cell, space 1 time, S [234], space 20 times, WH [156], space 1 time, full cell.

Row 4: full cell, space 1 time, L [123], space 6 times, dot 6, GG [2356] two times, dot 3, space 10 times, dots 456, space 1 time, full cell.

Row 5: full cell, space 1 time, L [123], space 6 times, full cell 4 times, space 10 times, dots 456, space 1 time, full cell.

Row 6: full cell, space 1 time, L [123], space 6 times, dot 4, TH [1456], P [1234], A [1], space 10 times, dots 456, space 1 time, full cell.

Row 7: full cell, space 1 time, L [123], space 7 times, dots 456, L [123], space 11 times, dots 456, space 1 time, full cell.

Row 8: full cell, space 1 time, L [123], space 7 times, dots 456, L [123], space 11 times, dots 456, space 1 time, full cell.

Row 9: full cell, space 1 time, L [123], space 5 times, hyphen [36], dots 23, dots 456, full cell 4 times, L [123], space 7 times, dots 456, space 1 time, full cell.

Row 10: full cell, space 1 time, L [123], space 3 times, dot 6, Q [12345], A [1], space 1 time, dots 456, L [123], space 11 times, dots 456, space 1 time, full cell.

Row 11: full cell, space 1 time, L [123], space 2 times, dot 6, Q [12345], space 3 times, dots 456, full cell 6 times, dots 23, space 5 times, dots 456, space 1 time, full cell.

Row 12: full cell, space 1 time, L [123], space 2 times, dots 456, L [123], space 9 times, dots 45, full cell, dot 3, space 4 times, dots 456, space 1 time, full cell.

Row 13: full cell, space 1 time, L [123], space 2 times, dots 45, OF [12356], space 8 times, WITH [23456], space 1 time, dots 45, OF [12356], space 4 times, dots 456, space 1 time, full cell.

Row 14: full cell, space 1 time, L [123], space 3 times, dot 4, OF [12356], dot 3, space 4 times, dot 6, WITH [23456], A [1], space 2 times, ER [12456], GG [2356], F [124], space 2 times, dots 456, space 1 time, full cell.

Row 15: full cell, space 1 time, L [123], space 5 times, D [145], G [1245], GG [2356] two times, G [1245], F [124], space 9 times, dots 456, space 1 time, full cell.

Row 16: full cell, space 1 time, GH [126], space 20 times, AR [345], space 1 time, full cell.

Row 17: full cell, space 2 times, hyphen [36] twenty times, space 2 times, full cell.

Row 18: full cell, space 5 times, dot 6 two times, H [125], A [1], N [1345], D [145], I [24], C [14], A [1], P [1234] two times, E [15], D [145], space 6 times, full cell.

Row 19: full cell, space 24 times, full cell.

Row 20: full cell, space 7 times, dot 6 two times, P [1234], A [1], R [1235], K [13], I [24], N [1345], G [1245], space 8 times, full cell.

Row 21: full cell, space 24 times, full cell.

Row 22: dot 4, ER [12456], GG [2356] twenty-two times, Q [12345], A [1].

End design.

Drawing Notes:

This sign is one row shorter and one cell wider than the emergency sign. In reality, they should be identical. The universal symbol in the middle is a person in a wheelchair.

Fun Fact:

In 1969, a competition was held to determine which sign would indicate handicapped access. A Danish design student, Susanne Koefoed won, and today’s sign is very much like her entry.

Yield Sign

By: Richard Hinkle

Design is 17 rows, 30 cells.

Note: Full size picture is the last full page of this document.

Begin design:

Row 1: space 14 times, full cell 2 times.

Row 2: space 13 times, full cell, space 2 times, full cell.

Row 3: space 12 times, full cell, space 4 times, full cell.

Row 4: space 11 times, full cell, space 6 times, full cell.

Row 5: space 10 times, full cell, space 8 times, full cell.

Row 6: space 9 times, full cell, space 10 times, full cell.

Row 7: space 8 times, full cell, space 12 times, full cell.

Row 8: space 7 times, full cell, space 14 times, full cell.

Row 9: space 6 times, full cell, space 16 times, full cell.

Row 10: space 5 times, full cell, space 18 times, full cell.

Row 11: space 4 times, full cell, space 20 times, full cell.

Row 12: space 3 times, full cell, space 22 times, full cell.

Row 13: space 3 times, full cell, space 1 time, dots 45, V [1236], space 1 time, dots 3456, B [12], space 1 time, G [1245], full cell, G [1245], space 1 time, full cell, G [1245] two times, space 1 time, full cell, space 3 times, full cell, G [1245], GG [2356], space 2 times, full cell.

Row 14: space 1 time, full cell, space 3 times, dot 4, full cell, A [1], space 3 times, full cell, space 2 times, full cell, G [1245], space 2 times, full cell, space 3 times, full cell, space 1 time, full cell, space 3 times, full cell.

Row 15: full cell, space 5 times, full cell, space 3 times, GG [2356], full cell, GG [2356], space 1 time, full cell, GG [2356] two times, space 1 time, full cell, GG [2356] two times, space 1 time, full cell, GG [2356], G [1245], space 4 times, full cell.

Row 16: full cell, space 28 times, full cell.

Row 17: D [145], G [1245] twenty-eight times, F [124]

End design.

Drawing Notes:

A true yield sign is a triangle with rounded corners for safety, but I needed one more row to have space around the word “YIELD”.

Our large triangle is an example of how to draw a smoother triangle shape.

Stop sign

By: Richard Hinkle

Design is 17 rows, 30 cells.

Note: Full size picture is the last full page of this document.

Begin design:

Row 1: space 6 times, GG [2356] eighteen times.

Row 2: space 5 times, full cell, space 18 times, full cell.

Row 3: space 4 times, full cell, space 20 times, full cell.

Row 4: space 3 times, full cell, space 22 times, full cell.

Row 5: space 2 times, full cell, space 24 times, full cell.

Row 6: space 1 time, full cell, space 26 times, full cell.

Row 7: full cell, space 1 time, dot 6, GG [2356] G [1245], GG [2356], dot 3, space 2 times, G [1245] two times, full cell, G [1245] two times, space 2 times, dot 6, GG [2356] G [1245], GG [2356], dot 3, space 2 times, dot 6, GG [2356] G [1245], GG [2356], dot 3,

space 1 time, full cell.

Row 8: full cell, space 1 time, full cell, space 8 times, full cell, space 4 times, full cell, space 3 times, full cell, space 2 times, full cell, space 3 times, full cell, space 1 time, full cell.

Row 9: full cell, space 1 time, dot 4, G [1245], colon [25], GG [2356], dot 3, space 4 times, full cell, space 4 times, full cell, space 3 times, full cell, space 2 times, full cell, G [1245], GG [2356], G [1245], A [1], space 1 time, full cell.

Row 10: full cell, space 5 times, full cell, space 4 times, full cell, space 4 times, full cell, space 3 times, full cell, space 2 times, full cell, space 5 times, full cell.

Row 11: full cell, space 1 time, dot 4, G [1245], GG [2356], G [1245], A [1], space 4 times, full cell, space 4 times, dot 4, G [1245], GG [2356], G [1245], A [1], space 2 times, full cell, space 5 times, full cell.

Row 12: space 1 time, full cell, space 26 times, full cell.

Row 13: space 2 times, full cell, space 24 times, full cell.

Row 14: space 3 times, full cell, space 22 times, full cell.

Row 15: space 4 times, full cell, space 20 times, full cell.

Row 16: space 5 times, full cell, space 18 times, full cell.

Row 17: space 6 times, GG [2356] eighteen times.

End design.

Drawing Notes:

Our stop sign is not the true octagon that it should be but represents the sign and the lettering that is on a stop sign.

Emergency Sign

By: Richard Hinkle

Design is 23 rows, 25 cells.

Note: Full size picture is the last full page of this document.

Begin design:

Row 1: dot 6, WITH [23456], G [1245] twenty-one times, OF [12356], dot 3.

Row 2: full cell, space 6 times, dot 6, I [24], C [14] seven times, E [15], dot 3, space 6 times, full cell.

Row 3: full cell, space 6 times, dots 456, space 4 times, WITH [23456], dots 456, OF [12356], space 2 times, L [123], space 6 times, full cell.

Row 4: full cell, space 6 times, dots 456, space 3 times, WITH [23456], Q [12345], dots 456, Q [12345], space 2 times, L [123], space 6 times, full cell.

Row 5: full cell, space 6 times, dots 456, space 2 times, WITH [23456], full cell, space 5 times, L [123], space 6 times, full cell.

Row 6: full cell, space 6 times, dots 456, space 2 times, ER [12456], full cell, space 5 times, L [123], space 6 times, full cell.

Row 7: full cell, space 6 times, dots 456, space 3 times, ER [12456], OF [12356], dots 456, OF [12356], space 2 times, L [123], space 6 times, full cell.

Row 8: full cell, space 6 times, dots 456, space 4 times, ER [12456], dots 456, Q [12345], space 2 times, L [123], space 6 times, full cell.

Row 9: full cell, space 6 times, dot 4, EN [26], hyphen [36] seven times, IN [35], A [1], space 6 times, full cell.

Row 10: full cell, space twenty-three times, full cell.

Row 11: full cell, space 2 times, E [15], M [134], ER [12456], G [1245], EN [25], C [14] Y [13456], space 1 time, P [1234], H [125], O [135], N [1345], E [15], space 1 time, N [1345], U [136], M [134], B [12], ER [12456], space 2 times, full cell.

Row 12: full cell, space 5 times, F [124], O [135], R [1235], space 1 time, A [1], M [134], B [12], U [136], L [123], A [1], N [1345], C [14], E [15], space 5 times, full cell.

Row 13: full cell, space 9 times, P [1234], O [135], L [123], I [24], C [14], E [15], space 8 times, full cell.

Row 14: full cell, space 9 times, F [124], I [24], R [1235], E [15], space 10 times, full cell.

Row 15: full cell, space twenty-three times, full cell.

Row 16: full cell, space 3 times, dot 6, GG [2356], G [1245], GG [2356], dot 3, space 4 times, WAS [356], full cell, space 4 times, WAS [356], full cell, space 3 times, full cell.

Row 17: full cell, space 3 times, full cell, space 3 times, full cell, space 2 times, WAS [356], F [124], space 1 time, full cell, space 2 times, WAS [356], F [124], space 1 time, full cell, space 3 times, full cell.

Row 18: full cell, space 3 times, dot 4, G [1245], GG [2356], G [1245], full cell, space 5 times, full cell, space 5 times, full cell, space 3 times, full cell.

Row 19: full cell, space 7 times, full cell, space 5 times, full cell, space 5 times, full cell, space 3 times, full cell.

Row 20: full cell, space 3 times, dot 4, G [1245], GG [2356], G [1245], A [1], space 5 times, full cell, space 5 times, full cell, space 3 times, full cell.

Row 21: full cell, space twenty-three times, full cell.

Row 22: full cell, space 5 times, dots 3456, I [24], space 5 times, dots 3456, A [1], space 4 times, dots 3456, A [1], space 3 times, full cell.

Row 23: dot 4, ER [12456], GG [2356] twenty-one times, Q [12345], A [1].

End design.

Drawing Notes:

Starting at the top and working your way down the page, you find the phone’s receiver and then the sign for who you could call. Although these call boxes only show the numbers in print, we included braille numbers.

Fun Facts:

In the 1970s, call boxes became very popular on toll roads. Most of them are solar powered and connect the caller directly to an operator for the appropriate emergency service.

They were placed one mile apart on many of these roads.

Now that so many people have cell phones, many call boxes are being removed. This is unfortunate since some places do not have cell signals.

Traffic Light

By: Richard Hinkle

Design is 21 rows, 22 cells.

Note: Full size picture is the last full page of this document.

Begin design:

Row 1: space 7 times, IN [35], dot 4, C [14] four times, A [1], EN [26].

Row 2: space 6 times, ING [346], hyphen [36] eight times, U [136].

Row 3: space 6 times, L [123], space 8 times, dots 456.

Row 4: SH [146], C [14] five times, L [123], space 2 times, IN [35], dot 4, A [1], EN [26], space 2 times, dots 456, C [14] five times, M [134].

Row 5: space 1 time, CH [16], space 4 times, L [123], space 1 time, ST [34], space 4 times, CH [16], space 1 time, dots 456, space 4 times, ST [34].

Row 6: space 2 times, dot 4, EN [26], space 2 times, L [123], space 1 time, CH [16], space 4 times, ST [34], space 1 time, dots 456, space 2 times, IN [35], A [1].

Row 7: space 4 times, dot 4, colon [25], L [123], space 2 times, E [15], dot 6, dot 3, I [24], space 2 times, dots 456, colon [25], A [1].

Row 8: space 6 times, L [123], space 8 times, dots 456.

Row 9: space 6 times, L [123], space 8 times, dots 456.

Row 10: SH [146], C [14] five times, L [123], space 2 times, IN [35], dot 4, A [1], EN [26], space 2 times, dots 456, C [14] five times, M [134].

Row 11: space 1 time, CH [16], space 4 times, L [123], space 1 time, ST [34], space 4 times, CH [16], space 1 time, dots 456, space 4 times, ST [34].

Row 12: space 2 times, dot 4, EN [26], space 2 times, L [123], space 1 time, CH [16], space 4 times, ST [34], space 1 time, dots 456, space 2 times, IN [35], A [1].

Row 13: space 4 times, dot 4, colon [25], L [123], space 2 times, E [15], dot 6, dot 3, I [24], space 2 times, dots 456, colon [25], A [1].

Row 14: space 6 times, L [123], space 8 times, dots 456.

Row 15: space 6 times, L [123], space 8 times, dots 456.

Row 16: SH [146], C [14] five times, L [123], space 2 times, IN [35], dot 4, A [1], EN [26], space 2 times, dots 456, C [14] five times, M [134].

Row 17: space 1 time, CH [16], space 4 times, L [123], space 1 time, ST [34], space 4 times, CH [16], space 1 time, dots 456, space 4 times, ST [34].

Row 18: space 2 times, dot 4, EN [26], space 2 times, L [123], space 1 time, CH [16], space 4 times, ST [34], space 1 time, dots 456, space 2 times, IN [35], A [1].

Row 19: space 4 times, dot 4, colon [25], L [123], space 2 times, E [15], dot 6, dot 3, I [24], space 2 times, dots 456, colon [25], A [1].

Row 20: space 6 times, L [123], space 8 times, dots 456.

Row 21: space 6 times, C [14] ten times.

End design.

Drawing Notes:

Our street light is an older style 3 way intersection light. To the left and right you have the light covers extending outward to help reduce the glare from the sun so you can see the lights during the day.

Today’s more modern lights often use arrows or other symbols and shapes on the lights to help show the intent of the light and to help color blind individuals.

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