Traffic Signs Manual/Chapter 4/2013

by Department of Transport (UK)

 

Warning Signs

2013

Traffic
Signs
Manual

Chapter 4

Warning Signs

 

Department for Transport

Department for Regional Development
(Northern Ireland)

Scottish Executive

Welsh Assembly Government

 

 

London: TSO

Traffic Signs Manual 2013

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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First published 1980
Fourth edition 2013

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Traffic Signs Manual

Chapter 4

CONTENTS

1.	INTRODUCTION	4
2.	JUNCTIONS	10
3.	DEVIATION OF ROUTE	14
4.	ROAD NARROWS	19
5.	TWO-WAY TRAFFIC AND DUAL CARRIAGEWAY ROADS	22
6.	HILLS	27
7.	BRIDGES AND OTHER STRUCTURES	29
8.	TRAFFIC SIGNALS	41
9.	PEDESTRIANS	43
10.	ANIMALS AND FARM TRAFFIC	46
11.	WATER	50
12.	ROAD SURFACE	52
13.	ROAD HUMPS	54
14.	LOW-FLYING AIRCRAFT	56
15.	FALLING OR FALLEN ROCKS	57
16.	HAZARD MARKERS	58
17.	OTHER DANGER	59
18.	DISTANCE PLATES	60
19.	MISCELLANEOUS HAZARDS	61
20.	SLOW-MOVING VEHICLES	62
21.	LEVEL CROSSINGS	64
22.	CYCLING	71
23.	REFUGE BEACON	72
APPENDIX A: Sizes of warning signs and siting details		73
APPENDIX B: Sizes of supplementary plates		76
APPENDIX C: Variation of numerals		79
APPENDIX D: Schedule of diagram numbers		82
INDEX		85

Warning Signs explains the use of the warning signs prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations. It enables the correct sign to be used, and advises on the appropriate size and siting to ensure adequate warning of the hazard.

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This document no longer necessarily represents current practice, as it relates to an earlier version of the regulations (TSGRD 2002 as amended at publication date) rather than the current TSRGD 2016 regulations. It should not be used for actual design or operational use without consulting a more recent edition.

This version was transcribed in May 2015-May 2016 from a 2013 impression.