Road signs in Czechoslovakia have their origins in the Austria-Hungary. The history of some elements of traffic signs dates back to the Middle Ages. The first attempts to introduce systematic orientation signs fall into the third quarter of the 19th century. In 1910, the first regulation was issued in Bohemia, without much success, which required the placement of warning signs in accordance with a concluded international treaty.
Systematic signs were carried out by the Autoclub of the Czechoslovak Republic on the basis of a contract with the ministry since 1928. The first warning road signs in Czechoslovakia were codified legislatively from November 1, 1935. In May 1938, traffic signs and signals covering the entire range of meanings were introduced.
From 1 November 1939, the colour design of warning traffic signs in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was changed to its current form. With further changes over the years, new types of signs were gradually added and some of their designs changed.
After the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, the federal decree from 1989 was still in force in the Czech and Slovak Republic for some time, but gradually both states developed their own legislation and the types and design of signs began to differ slightly.
(1935-1939)
1938 addition
(1939-1945) Road signs in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (during nazi occupation) Warning signs
Regulatory signs
Information signs
(1945-1951) Warning signs
Regulatory signs
Information signs
(1951-1961) Warning signs
Regulatory signs
Information signs
(1961-1967) Warning signs
Regulatory signs
Information signs
(1967-1975) Warning signs
Regulatory signs
Information signs
Additional signs
1971 addition
(1975-1989) Warning signs
Prohibitory signs
Mandatory signs
Information signs
Additional signs
Special signs
(1989-1992) After the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, this standard was used in the Czech Republic until 2001 and in Slovakia until 1994. Warning signs
Prohibitory signs
Mandatory signs
Information signs
Additional signs
1997 addition
References
See also Road signs in the Czech Republic Road signs in Slovakia