5 Malaysian Road Sign Meanings You Probably Weren't Aware Of

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These are very common and you can find them everywhere in Malaysia.

The blue road signs are toll-free federal, state, and municipal roads. The names are usually in white-coloured letters.

Federal roads are roads that are declared under the Federal Roads Ordinance 1959 and usually consists of major road networks that connect the states, and the roadway leading to the entry and exit point from the country.

On the other hand, state roads are the primary roads used in intra-state travel between district administrative centres, and municipal roads are roads that are within a certain the local council.

Meanwhile, the green signboards represent toll-paying expressways or highways and also have white-coloured letters.

These numbers and alphabets point out the type of roads:
– The alphabet 'E', which indicates it's an expressway.
– Federal roads only use numbers.
– State roads use both alphabets and numbers, except for the alphabet 'E'.

The yellow-coloured lettering indicates it's a road and the white-coloured lettering represents a town or an area.

Even the lettering colours have different meanings against different background colours:

i) Green lettering on white background: Government tourist attraction.

ii) Orange lettering on green background: Government buildings.

iii) White lettering on brown background: Recreational areas of historical and cultural significance.

iv) Black lettering on white background: Town or other settlements.

The destination name at the top is the furthest and at the bottom is the nearest.