THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1975.
MORE SYMBOLIC TRAFFIC SIGNS BEING PUT UP
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ANOTHER THREE SYMBOLIC TRAFFIC SIGNS, TWO OF WHICH GIVE PRIORITY TO TRAFFIC FROM ONE DIRECTION TO USE ONE SIDE OF A ROAD SECTION WHERE THERE IS EXCAVATION OR OBSTRUCTION ON THE OTHER SIDE, WILL BE INTRODUCED FROM NEXT MONDAY (FEBRUARY 3).
THEY ARE THE SIGNS INDICATING PRIORITY TO BE GIVEN. PRIORITY GIVEN AND CYCLES ONLY+. A FOURTH ONE, THE +PEDESTRIAN PRIORITY ZONE+ SIGN, WILL BE INTRODUCED WHEN IT IS APPLICABLE.
THE TWO PRIORITY-GIVING SIGNS, OF DIFFERENT SHAPES AND COLOURS, WILL ALWAYS BE USED TOGETHER.
THE +PRIORITY TO BE GIVEN SIGN, CIRCULAR IN SHAPE, DENOTES THAT PRIORITY IS TO BE GIVEN TO VEHICLES APPROACHING FROM THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, WHILE THE RECTANGLE-SHAPED +PRIORITY GIVEN+ SIGN IS PLACED AT THE OPPOSITE END OF THE AFFECTED ROAD SECTION TO INFORM MOTORISTS THAT SUCH PRIORITY IS GIVEN TO THEM.
THIS CIRCULAR SIGN, WITH RED DORDER, A SMALL RED ARROW AND A BIG BLACK ARROW ON WHITE BACKGROUND, MAY ONLY BE USED WITH THE PRIOR PERMISSION OF THE AUTHORITY.
IT WILL BE USED ONLY WHEN VEHICLES AT THE OPPOSITE END OF THE AFFECTED ROAD SECTION ARE CLEARLY VISIBLE TO THE DRIVER OF A VEHICLE ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE ROAD AS THE EXCAVATION THE ROAD SPACE FOR TRAFFIC OVER THE AFFECTED ROAD SECTION IS LESS THAN 18 FEET WIDE- AND WHEN THE AFFECTED LENGTH OF ROAD IS LESS THAN 100 FEET.
THE +PRIORITY GIVEN+ SIGN HAS A WHITE BORDER, A SMALL RED ARROW WITH WHITE OUTLINE, AND A BIG WHITE ARROW, ON BLUE BACKGROUND.
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THE +CYCLES ONLY+ SIGN INDICATES THAT THE ROUTE IS TO BE USED SOLELY BY CYCLES, BUT WHERE SUCH A ROUTE IS PROVIDED ALONGSIDE A ROUTE FOR OTHER VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, THE CYCLES MUST USE THE FORMER ROUTE. THIS SIGN IS CIRCULAR IN SHAPE WITH WHITE BORDER AND A WHITE SYMBOL ON BLUE BACKGROUND.
THE +PEDESTRIAN PRIORITY ZONE+ SIGN DENOTES THE BEGINNING OF A ZONE IN WHICH VEHICLES ARE TO GIVE WAY TO PEDESTRIANS. CIRCULAR IN SHAPE WITH RED BORDER, AND BLACK AND RED SYMBOLS ON WHITE BACKGROUND, THE SIGN MAY BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A SUPPLEMENTARY PLATE TO INDICATE THE END OF THE ZONE.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
COPIES OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING THE FOUR SYMBOLIC TRAFFIC SIGNS ARE DISTRIBUTED IN THE GIS PRESS BOXES.
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