
Street view car with left-side antenna
Car: White pickup truck
Visibility: Blurred
Antenna: Left antenna and a few rusty clips on the roof bar visible

Pedestrian crossing sign
Color: Blue background with white triangle
Zebra: Dashed dark line without zebra crossing
Person: Black figure wearing a traditional thobe

Country symbol on highway roads
In Qatar orange highway shield shaped like the country, with white route number inside.

Qatar Flag
Qatar’s flag is maroon with a broad white band on the hoist side, separated by a serrated edge of nine white triangles

Private license plates
Type: Private
Shape: Long or short
Background: White
Text: Black
Additional details: Red strip on the left

Bollard
Shape: Cylindrical with a rounded / domed (hemispherical) top
Color: black-and-white stripes
Material: Plastic
Reflector: Both sides yellow rectangle on top

Street Signs
Color: Dark blue with white text
Text: In Arabic and English information about the street name, a street number, and a zone number (Z. No.) in the right corner

Bins
Shape: Rectangular, wheeled containers with flip lids
Color: Grey, green, blue or black
Text: Display a round emblem in Arabic and English that reads “Keep Your City Clean.” Sometimes with a person inside a circle
vs UAE: They usually use darker shades of green and black

White-on-red chevron
Background: Red
Arrows: Bold or thin white
Additional details: Usually with white border

Arabic + english
Road signs and public text usually appear in both Arabic and English

Sign Directions
Road direction signs use a consistent color system:
- blue signs for highways and major routes,
- brown signs for tourist destinations, and
- white signs for local or city guidance.
Text is always bilingual—Arabic and English

Top of utility poles
Shape: Cylinder
Material: Concrete
Top: A cross-bar with three insulators. The middle insulator is a bit higher. Two diagonal braces supporting the bar

Western Arabic and Eastern Arabic numerals
Road signs often show numbers in two scripts:
- Western Arabic numerals (0–9, as used internationally) and
- Eastern Arabic numerals (١–٢–٣, commonly used in the Arab world).
Both appear together on speed limits, distances, and other traffic signs, making the signage bilingual in numbering.

White-on-blue chevron
Background: Blue
Arrows: Bold or thin white

Commercial black plates
Type: Commercial
Shape: Short
Background: Black
Text: White
Additional details: White blur is wide on the bottom, narrow on the top of the license plate

Pipeline marker
They are small upright posts with a black top plate showing a warning symbol, often used to mark underground utilities such as gas, oil, or water pipelines

Pre-World-Cup banners along roadsides
Lotf of footage taken before the 2022 FIFA World Cup shows many roadside banners and signs promoting the tournament

Red Hydrant
Fire hydrants are painted bright red and often installed above ground on sandy or paved roadsides.
They are usually surrounded by protective bollards—white or yellow posts—to prevent vehicle damage

Transformers
Utility transformers are often mounted on tall concrete poles rather than placed in ground cabinets.
They appear as large metal boxes fixed between two or more poles, with visible wiring and insulators on top

Speed Bump Marking
Speed bumps with white/yellow chevron markings across the road.

Reflector attachments on poles
Rare reflector attachments on poles use yellow and red reflective strips

Transformer island
Transformer islands are usually bare concrete platforms in the middle of sandy roadside areas, sometimes containing utility boxes, markers, or bollards.
The islands are not landscaped and just functional concrete or asphalt structures separating lanes, protecting signage, or covering underground service access

Poles Attachements
Poles have painted ID numbers/letters
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