Lanes and directions of traffic

indicates the number of lanes for trackless vehicles on one side of the direction of traffic or on the entire road up to the nearest intersection or up to a place where an access road to an area adjacent to the road intersects a road and, at an intersection or place where an access road to an area adjacent to the road intersects a road, the direction of traffic to be followed in each lane. Signs beginning with 53 placed before an intersection or a place where an access road of an area adjacent to the road intersects a road apply to the entire intersection or place where an access road to an area adjacent to the road intersects a road, unless other signs beginning with 53 are placed there and require otherwise. The background of signs beginning with 53 placed outside built-up areas is blue with white arrows and border. Sign 533as indicates the directions of traffic in lanes appropriate to the direction of traffic if there is no separate lane for traffic flow entering from the side