WEDNESDAY, AUG. 28, 1974.
MORE SYMBOLIC TRAFFIC SIGNS TO BE SET UP
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ANOTHER FIVE SYMBOLIC TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE INTRODUCED. FAIRLY WIDELY IN CENTRAL AND TSIM SHA TSUI DISTRICTS EARLY NEXT MONTH.
THE SIGNS ARE FOR +TURN LEFT/RIGHT+, +KEEP LEFT/RIGHT+, +TURN LEFT/RIGHT AHEAD+, +ADVANCE WARNING OF WITH-THE-FLOW BUS-LANE+ SIGNS, AND THE ADVANCE DIRECTION SIGN FOR SIDE ROADS+.
THEIR INSTALLATION IS YET ANOTHER OF A SERIES DESIGNED TO ADEQUATELY INFORM MOTORISTS OF THE FEATURES OF THE NEW- STYLE SIGNS.
THE +TURN LEFT/RIGHT+ SIGN INDICATES THAT VEHICLES ARE OBLIGED TO TURN EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT AS SHOWN BY THE ARROW IN THE SIGN. IT MAY BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH TRAFFIC BOLLARDS OR SIGNALS, OR MAY BE FURTHER QUALIFIED WHEN USED WITH SUPPLEMENTARY PLATES, OR MAY ALSO BE USED AS A TEMPORARY SIGN TO INDICATE DIVERSIONS. THIS SIGN IS CIRCULAR IN SHAPE, WITH WHITE BORDER AND SYMBOL AND BLUE BACKGROUND.
THE +KEEP LEFT/RIGHT+ SIGN, SIMILAR IN SHAPE AND COLOUR, INDICATES THAT PASSAGE MUST BE TO EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT OF SOME PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY OBSTRUCTION, AS INDICATED BY THE DIRECTION OF THE ARROW.
IT MAY BE USED AS PART OF TRAFFIC BOLLARDS ON ISLANDS OR REFUGES AND MAY BE FURTHER QUALIFIED WHEN USED WITH SUPPLEMENTARY PLATES.
THE +TURN LEFT/RIGHT AHEAD+ SIGN INDICATES THAT VEHICLES ARE OBLIGED TO TURN IN THE DIRECTION SHOWN BY THE ARROW AT THE JUNCTION AHEAD. IT MAY BE FURTHER QUALIFIED WHEN USED WITH SUPPLEMENTARY PLATES. THE SIGN HAS THE SIMILAR SHAPE AND COLOURS AS THE PREVIOUS TWO.
THE +ADVANCE WARNING OF WITH-THE-FLOW BUS-LANE+ SIGN WILL BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A SUPPLEMENTARY PLATE TO INDICATE THE DISTANCE TO THE START OF THE BUS LANE.
FOR PART-TIME OPERATION OF THE BUS LANE, A TIME PLATE WILL BE ADDED. THE NUMBER OF FORWARD ARROWS OR NUMBER OF ONCOMING LANES INDICATED MAY BE ALTERED TO SUIT THE NUMBER OF LANES AVAILABLE. THE SIGN IS RECTANGULAR WITH WHITE BACKGROUND AND BLACK BORDER, ARROWS, SYMBOL, LETTERS AND CHARACTERS.
THE +ADVANCE DIRECTION SIGN FOR SIDE ROADS+ IS SIMILAR TO THE +ADVANCE WARNING OF WITH-THE-FLOW BUS-LANE+ EXCEPT THAT IT GIVES ADVANCE WARNING IN RESPECT OF SIDE ROADS.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
A SET OF PICTURES SHOWING THE FIVE SIGNS ARE BOXED FOR COLLECTION.
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