Aruba Traffic / Road Signs & Rules

Speed Restrictions

• Speed limit

• End of speed limit

• Recommended speed

• End of recommended speed

Priority

• Priority road

• End of priority road

• Crossroads with priority

• Road junction with priority over minor road from the right

• Give priority to traffic on the main road ahead

• Stop: Give priority to traffic on the main road ahead

Road closed warnings

• Road closed in both directions to vehicles, riders and persons in charge of animals or livestock

• No entry in this direction for vehicular traffic, horse riders and persons in charge of animals or livestock

• One-way road

• One-way road

• Access permitted

• No access for vehicles with more than two wheels

• No access for bicycles or for non-motor-powered invalid carriages

• No access for pedestrians

• No access for vehicles or combinations of vehicles with a length, including the load, greater than indicate

• No access for vehicles with a width, including the load, greater than indicated

• No access for vehicles with a height, including the load, greater than indicated

• No access for vehicles with an axle load greater than indicated

Signs giving positive instructions

• Roundabout – give way to vehicles on the immediate right

• Instruction to all drivers to keep to the right of the sign (or left if arrow is reversed)

• Instruction to drive ahead only

• Instruction to follow the direction ahead shown by the arrow

• Instruction to follow one of the directions ahead shown by the arrows

Parking and stopping

• No parking

• No stopping

• Parking area

• Taxi rank

• Parking permitted for the immediate loading and unloading of goods only

Other signs giving orders

• No overtaking

• End of no overtaking zone

• Give way to oncoming vehicles

• Priority over oncoming vehicles

• No U-turns

• No turn right

Traffic Regulations

• Main highway

• End of main highway

• Footpath

• End of footpath

• Route for pedal cycles only

Built-up area

• Built-up area

• End of built-up area

Warning signs

• Uneven road

• Dangerous crossing

• Roundabout

• Road workd ahead

• Road narrows on both sides

• Road narrows on the right side

• Slippery road

• School crossing

• Pedestrian crossing

• Traffic lights

• Danger. Details of the danger are shown on the plate beneath

Information signs

• Pedestrian crossing

• No through road for vehicles

• Advance warning of a no through road for vehicles

• Follow the direction to the destination
  2A - is the name of the road

• Bus Stop

Rules, Laws and Tips

• Arubans drive on the right-hand side of the road.
• You have the right and overtake on the left.
• Speed limit in built-up area is 40 km/h (= 25 Mph). Outside of town 60 km/h (= 37 Mph), except where otherwise posted.
• Drivers have priority of right.
• On T-junctions traffic on the dead-end road must give right of way to all traffic from left and right.
• Drivers of vehicles have priority over non-drivers of motorized vehicles.
• Parking is prohibited:
  • Pulled along by a yellow stripe on the side of the road.
  • On a bridge.
  • At the height of a refuge or a continuous line in the middle of the road when less than 3 mtrs (=10 ft) space between traffic island or stripe and the parked vehicle remains.
  • Within 5 mtrs (=16 ft)of the sign indicating a bus stop.
• Reduce your speed in rainy weather. Wet roads can be extremely slippery.
• Within the urban area, you stopped traffic at least 1 m in front of your account.
• Giving signals is allowed only if there is an immediate danger of a collision exists.