Traffic Signs Manual/Chapter 3/2008

by Department of Transport , Department for Regional Development (Northern Ireland), Scottish Executive, Welsh Assembly Government

 

Regulatory Signs

2008

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Traffic
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Chapter 3

Regulatory Signs

 

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Traffic Signs Manual 2008

Contents of Chapters 1-8

CHAPTER 1	Introduction
CHAPTER 2	Directional Informatory Signs on Motorways and All-Purpose Roads *
CHAPTER 3	Regulatory Signs
CHAPTER 4	Warning Signs
CHAPTER 5	Road Markings
CHAPTER 6	Illumination of Traffic Signs *
CHAPTER 7	The Design of Traffic Signs
CHAPTER 8	Traffic Safety Measures and Signs for Road Works and Temporary Situations

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Traffic Signs Manual

Chapter 3

CONTENTS

1.	INTRODUCTION	5
2.	LEGAL	9
3.	STOP AND GIVE WAY SIGNS	11
4.	COMPULSORY AND PROHIBITED MOVEMENTS	16
5.	PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC	30
6.	PROHIBITION OF WAITING AND LOADING	42
7.	ON-STREET PARKING AND LOADING	54
8.	VERGE OR FOOTWAY PARKING	70
9.	CLEARWAY AND NO STOPPING SIGNS	76
10.	RED ROUTES	83
11.	PEDESTRIAN ZONES	88
12.	CONTROLLED PARKING ZONES	96
13.	RESTRICTED PARKING ZONES	102
14.	SPEED LIMITS	105
15.	BUS LANES AND GATES	130
16.	TRAM SIGNS	142
17.	CYCLE FACILITIES	146
18.	LANE CONTROL SIGNALS AND SIGNS FOR TIDAL FLOW	156
APPENDIX A: Sizes of signs		160
APPENDIX B: Variation of numerals as prescribed by Schedule 16 to the Regulations		167
APPENDIX C: Schedule 19 (Part I) to the Regulations: Significance of bus stop and bus stand clearway markings		168
APPENDIX D: Northern Ireland variations		169
APPENDIX E: Index of diagram numbers		173
INDEX		176

Regulatory Signs explains the correct use of regulatory signs prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations. These include prohibited turns, waiting and loading restrictions and bus and cycle lanes. There is also a comprehensive section dealing with the signing of speed limits.

 

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This version was transcribed in May 2015, from a 2008 impression.