Abstract
The growing concern for highway safety ie not limited to onecountry or one continent, but ia as wond wide aa the nati ofvehiclea. This paper diacusaes"lome of the aetivity takingplace throuqhout the wond today, the effectti of pxoliferatiorand the confuaion created Por the driver. Tl,e needa for uni-form atandarda are apecified and some cousiderationa forconatruction of international atandards are defined.