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1 9 780115 536038 ISBN Design of Traffic Signs20187 CHAPTERT raffic Signs Manual CHAPTER 7 201810426 DFT TSM CHAPTER 7 New Edition 1-324/04/2018 10:49 Traffic Signs ManualChapter 7 The Design of Traffic Signs Department for TransportDepartment for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland)Transport ScotlandWelsh Government London: TSOD esigners should consult the Department for Transport s website for confirmation of current publication for The Department for Transport under licence from the Controller of Her Majesty s Stationery Office Crown copyright 2019 All rights reservedCopyright in the typographical arrangement rests with the publication, excluding logos, may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium for non commercial research, private study or for internal circulation within an organisation.

2 This is subject to it being reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context. The copyright source of the material must be acknowledged and the title of the publication published 2019 First edition Crown Copyright 1997 ISBN 978 0 11 553603 8 Printed In the United Kingdom for TSO (The Stationery Office)J003524429 c2 02/19 Traffic Signs ManualContents of Chapters 1 8 CHAPTER 1 IntroductionCHAPTER 2 Informatory Signs * CHAPTER 3 Regulatory Signs CHAPTER 4 Warning SignsCHAPTER 5 Road Markings CHAPTER 6 Traffic ControlCHAPTER 7 The Design of Traffic Signs CHAPTER 8 Traffic Safety Measures and Signs for Road Works and Temporary Situations * To be published at a later date3 CONTENTS1 INTRODUCTION Overview Definitions References Format Using TSRGD Schedule 12 Working drawings 82 DESIGN RULES COMMON TO ALL RECTANGULAR Signs Alphabets Tiles.

3 X heights and stroke widths Words and horizontal spacing Abbreviations Basic sign design Rounding of sign sizes 153 directional INFORMATORY Signs GENERAL PRINCIPLES Types of directional Signs Basic principles of colour coding Design of panels and patches Warning and regulatory symbol sizes Vertical positioning of symbols and patches alongside tiles More than one route number on the same line Destination blocks Two or more destinations with symbols to the left of the legend Distances Indication of alternative routes Junction and place name panels Brown tourist and leisure facility signing Use of brown panels indicating tourist destinations or leisure facilities Boundary Signs 364 STACK TYPE ADVANCE DIRECTION Signs General design considerations Design of a simple stack type sign Complex stack type sign design Triangular warning symbols on stack type Signs Regulatory Signs on stack type Signs Regulatory and warning symbols associated with the same destination 475 MAP TYPE ADVANCE DIRECTION Signs General design considerations Width of route arms Vertical and horizontal route arms Inclined

4 Route arms Design of route symbol stubs Unrelated blocks 514 Design of a map type advance direction sign Major minor priority junctions on dual carriageway roads Design of map type Signs for grade separated junctions on all purpose roads Map type Signs for normal roundabouts Map type Signs for roundabouts with priority left turn lanes Map type Signs for roundabouts at grade separated junctions Map type Signs for mini roundabouts Map type Signs for irregularly shaped roundabouts and gyratory systems Symbols (other than triangular warning and regulatory roundel symbols) on map type Signs Triangular warning symbols on map type Signs (horizontal and vertical arms) Regulatory symbols on map type Signs (horizontal and vertical arms) Warning and regulatory symbols on map type Signs (inclined route arms)

5 Regulatory and warning symbols associated with the same destination No through road symbol on map type Signs By passed community symbol 816 DEDICATED LANE ADVANCE DIRECTION Signs General design rules Warning and regulatory symbols on dedicated lane advance direction Signs Shared lane advance direction Signs Lane gain advance direction Signs Tiger tail Signs Y arrow Signs 927 DIRECTION Signs Flag type direction Signs Warning and regulatory symbols on flag type Signs Rectangular direction Signs Traditional fingerposts 978 ROUTE CONFIRMATORY Signs ON ALL PURPOSE ROADS Route confirmatory Signs indicating a single route Route confirmatory Signs indicating two routes 1009 GANTRY MOUNTED Signs ON ALL PURPOSE ROADS General 10410 MOTORWAY SIGNING Motorway panels and junction numbers Direction Signs indicating routes with motorway status General design rules for Signs on motorways Route confirmatory Signs on motorways Parking places 12611 directional INFORMATORY Signs MISCELLANEOUS Cancelled route numbers Diversion route symbols Alterations to existing Signs General design considerations

6 Working drawings for directional informatory Signs 1395 12 REGULATORY Signs Introduction Time of day Day of the week Time of year Combining times, days and dates Supplementary legends Model layouts for waiting, stopping and loading prohibition time plates Model layouts for limited waiting time plates 14513 SERVICE AREA Signs Motorway service area Signs Non motorway service areas Truckstops 15014 MISCELLANEOUS DESIGN DETAILS General Distances Adding arrows beneath destinations Lane gain Signs Stack type Signs with supplementary messages at reduced x height U turn arrow on a stack type sign Size and spacing of symbols Journey times on cycle route Signs Use of backing boards 15715 GAELIC ON Signs IN SCOTLAND General Trunk road bilingual signing

7 Policy Statutory provisions Gaelic forms and spelling Design requirements 16216 BILINGUAL Signs IN WALES Order of languages directional Signs Other Signs and plates Letter height Authorisation of bilingual Signs Working drawings 164 APPENDIX A EXPRESSIONS OF DISTANCE 165 APPENDIX B TSRGD 2016 SCHEDULE 12 ( directional Signs ) STRUCTURE EXPLAINED 166 APPENDIX C LIST OF REGIONAL DESTINATIONS 169 APPENDIX D DETERMINATION OF X HEIGHT 170 APPENDIX E directional Signs TABLE OF X HEIGHTS AND SITING DISTANCES 172 APPENDIX F EXAMPLES OF COMPLETE directional Signs 174 APPENDIX G USING TSRGD SCHEDULE 12 ( directional Signs ) 187 INDEX 1896 1 The Traffic Signs Manual (the Manual ) offers advice to traffic authorities and their contractors, designers and managing agents in the United Kingdom, on the use of traffic Signs and road markings on the highway network.

8 Mandatory requirements are set out in the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 (as amended) (TSRGD). In Northern Ireland the relevant legislation is the Traffic Signs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 (as amended). Whilst the Manual can assist with complying with the mandatory requirements, it cannot provide a definitive legal interpretation, nor can it override them. This remains the prerogative of the courts or parking adjudicators in relation to the appearance and use of specific traffic Signs , road markings etc. at specific The advice is given to assist authorities in the discharge of their duties under section 122 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and Part 2 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 in England and under Part 1 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984.

9 Subject to compliance with the Directions, which are mandatory (see and ), it is for traffic authorities to determine what signing is necessary to meet those The Manual applies to the United Kingdom. References to the national authority should therefore be interpreted as referring to the Secretary of State for Transport, the Department for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland), the Scottish Government or the Welsh Government as appropriate. Any reference to the Department is a reference to the Department for Transport or the appropriate national authority for Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales as described This CHAPTER of the Manual describes how sign faces are designed.

10 It does not cover the methods by which Signs are constructed and mounted. It deals with those Signs which are designed for a specific requirement or location such as the directional informatory Signs in Schedule 12 to the Regulations and Signs relating to the control of on street waiting, loading and parking in Schedules 4 and Section 2 of this CHAPTER sets out the basic design rules applicable to all rectangular Signs . Sections 3 to 11 deal with directional informatory Signs , section 12 certain regulatory Signs (mainly time plates), section 13 Signs for service areas and sections 14 to 16 other sign design matters.