Private licence plates
Type: Private
Shape: Short
Background: Yellow
Text: Black
White signposts
Shape: Rectangle
Material: Metal
Color: White
Yellow taxis
Cars: Four-door hatchbacks or sedans
Color: Pale yellow color
Additional licence plate: License number on the side doors and on the roof
Markings: Black numbers near above or under fuel tank. Usually in this format: x.xxxxx like 3.111111
Taxi roof sign: Extremely small white with black text
Taxi side doors licence plate with city name
Format: Standart licence plate number with city name (Bogota here) under it
KM marker
Shape: Cylindrical/rounded top post
Material: Concrete
Color: White with black text and painted black bottom
Text: Two digits on top between two black horizontal lines, four digits below.
Pro tip: In the lower 4-digit number, the first two digits (e.g., “65” or “90”) indicate the highway number, and the last two digits show the specific section (e.g., '13')
Green km markers with pr
Shape: Rectangular sign with rounded corners
Material: Metal
Color: Green with white text and white border. White with black text is also possible
Text: "Pr" at top, two digits stacked vertically in middle (4 and 8), four digits in white box at bottom (9009)
Buses side licence plate with department name
Format: Standart licence plate number with department name (Caldas here) under it
Road signs with cross
Cross-shaped rear reinforcement on the back of the sign (horizontal bar + vertical pole)
Octagonal poles
Shape: Octagonal
Material: Concrete
Holes: Small circle holes on the top
Generation 4 grey/silver car
Camera: Generation 4
Car: The rear of the car is visibly blurred
Color: Grey/silver
Round concrete poles
Shape: Cylinder (round)
Material: Concrete
Holes: Small circle holes near the top
Chevron
Background: Yellow
Arrows: Bold black
Additional details: Almost always on white metal poles. Sometimes with black numbers
Generation 4 white car
Camera: Generation 4
Car: The rear of the car is visibly blurred
Color: White
Yellow attachment on utility poles with transformers
Shape: Horizontal plastic rectangle
Attachment: Attached around the pole under transformers
Color: Yellow
Text: Black digits
Utility Poles Marking
Color: Black-and-yellow or black-and-orange stripes on octagonal poles
Similar markings can be found in Ecuador or Peru but they dont use octagonal poles shape
Commercial cars reflector/stickers
Red-and-white striped reflectors/stickers attached to commercial vehicles
Generation 3 black car with antenna
Camera: Generation 3
Color: Black with red blur around antenna
Antenna: Short black antenna
Speed limit sign
Shape: Circle
Color: White background with thick red border
Text: Thick or thin black numbers
Generation 3 with antenna and not visible car
Camera: Generation 3
Antenna: Short black straight backside
Pare (Stop) sign
Shape: Octagonal
Color: Red background, with or without white border
Text: White 'PARE' text
Hazard sign
Shape: Thin rectangle on a metal pole
Color: Black-and-yellow diagonal stripes
Bollard
Shape: Cylinder with flat top
Color: Yellow
Material: Plastic
Reflector: Grey wide stripes
Commercial licence plates
Type: Commercial and buses
Shape: Long or short
Background: White
Text: Black
Green licence plates
Type: Commercial - trailers, semi-trailers, and heavy container trucks
Shape: Short
Background: Green
Text: Black
Woden fences
Fences in rural areas use wooden poles
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