Tag:hazard=slippery

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hazard = slippery
Description
An area or stretch of roadway which is slippery, or slippery under certain conditions, presenting a hazard to motorists. Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: hazards
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may be used on nodesmay be used on waysmay be used on areas (and multipolygon relations)should not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
Useful combination
See also

hazard=ice

Status: approvedPage for proposal

A slippery hazard is:

  • An area or stretch of roadway which is slippery, or slippery under certain conditions, presenting a hazard to motorists
  • An area or pathway which represents a slip-and-fall hazard to pedestrians.

Signage examples

The tables below show what slippery road hazard signage looks like in various countries. Note that some countries use the same sign symbology for hazard=ice, but with an additional plate to indicate ice and/or snow.

Triangular signage

Austria Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Brunei China Croatia Czech
Republic
Denmark Estonia
Finland France Germany Greece Hong
Kong
Hungary Iceland India Israel Italy
Jordan Latvia Luxembourg Macau Mauritius Moldova Morocco Nepal Netherlands North
Macedonia
Norway Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia
South
Africa
South
Korea
Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Uganda Ukraine United
Kingdom
Vietnam

Square signage (■ R=45°)

Argentina Australia Brazil Cambodia Canada Chile Colombia Ecuador Indonesia Ireland
Jamaica Japan Mexico New
Zealand
Panama Peru Thailand United
States

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