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. Signs beginning with 53 designating temporary traffic management may have a yellow background with black arrows and border for the purpose of highlighting the signs. Sign 537bk-1 indicates the end of a lane or an acceleration lane and they are placed 50 m before the end of the full width of a lane or an acceleration lane