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= Road signs in Faroe Islands = Most of the depictions on road signs, of people, animals and vehicle on roadsigns, are, realistic (as opposed to stylized) silhouettes.

Legal basis
The primary law is the Road Traffic Act of Faroe Islands. While the Road Traffic act has changed more frequently, the Executive Order on Road Signs has not changed since 1980, apart from 4 signs introduced in year 2006. Denmark signed the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals on November 8, 1968 and ratified it on November 3, 1986. A note to the ratification states "until further notice the [Convention] shall not apply to the Faroe Islands and Greenland".

Symbols
Different types of traffic.

A: Warning signs
Warning signs are found in chapter A in the Executive Order on Road Signs.

L: Route numbers
The signs have black numerals on a white background in a box with a solid black line. The sign can have a dashed or dotted line  This is not defined in the local code, on danish signs,  a number in a box with a dashed line, tells how to reach that route.

Y: Lane control lights
Lane control lights indicate which lanes to use, and are hung above the lanes. Lane change signal is not defined in faroese code.