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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1974.
FIVE MORE SYMBOLIC TRAFFIC SIGNS NEXT WEEK
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ANOTHER FIVE SYMBOLIC TRAFFIC SIGNS, INCLUDING ONE WHICH PROHIBITS THE OVERTAKING OF MOTOR VEHICLES, WILL BE INTRODUCED FAIRLY WIDELY NEXT WEEK.
THE 'NO OVERTAKING'' SIGN, CIRCULAR WITH RED BORDER AND DIAGONAL AND BLACK SYMBOL ON WHITE BACKGROUND, MAY BE USED WITH SUPPLEMENTARY PLATES.
THE OTHER FOUR SIGNS INDICATE EITHER A TRAFFIC MERGE AHEAD, ONE-WAY ROUTING OR THE DISTANCE TO A HAZARD.
OF THESE FOUR SIGNS, TWO CONCERN TRAFFIC MERGE. ONE IS THE ''TRAFFIC MERGES'' SIGN WHICH INDICATES TO MOTORISTS THAT ALTHOUGH THEY ARE PROCEEDING ALONG A MAJOR ROUTE, THEY ARE APPROACHING A POINT WHERE TRAFFIC WILL BE MERGING FROM RIGHT OR LEFT ONTO THEIR ROUTE.
THE OTHER IS THE MERGING INTO TRAFFIC SIGN WHICH INDICATES TO MOTORISTS THAT THEY ARE APPROACHING A MAJOR ROUTE AND WILL BE EXPECTED TO MERGE WITH MOVING TRAFFIC ON THE MAJOR ROUTE.
THE SYMBOL ON BOTH SIGNS MAY BE REVERSED TO INDICATE ON WHICH SIDE OF THE ROAD AHEAD THE MERGE WILL TAKE PLACE. BOTH SIGNS ARE TRIANGULAR IN SHAPE WITH RED BORDER AND BLACK SYMBOL ON WHITE BLACKGROUND, AND MAY BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH SUPPLEMENTARY PLATES.
THE ONE MILE SIGN IS FOR USE WITH OTHER SIGNS TO INDICATE THE DISTRANCE TO A HAZARD. THE NUMERALS MAY BE VARIED OR QUOTED IN IMPERIAL UNITS. THE ONE WAY** SIGN IS ALSO FOR USE WITH OTHER SIGNS. BOTH ARE RECTANGULAR IN SHAPE WITH BLACK BORDER, LETTERS AND CHARACTERS ON WHITE BLACKGROUND.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
COPIES OF A PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING THE FIVE SYMBOLIC TRAFFIC SIGNS ARE BOXED FOR COLLECTION THIS EVENING.
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