MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1985
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THE EAST TSIM SHA TSUI AREA, WITH RELATIVELY FEW ENTRY AND EXIT POINTS, WAS A TRANSPORT ENTITY IDEAL FOR THE EXPERIMENT ON SIGNS, MR PANG SAID.
THE TRIALS WILL ALSO BRING SIGNS IN THE TRIAL AREAS
IN LINE WITH THE NEW ROAD TRAFFIC ORDINANCE. SIGNS WHICH ARE NO LONGER NECESSARY UNDER THE NEW ROAD TRAFFIC ORDINANCE, SUCH AS THE +NO WAITING+ AND THE ADVISORY +BOX JUNCTION+ SIGN PLATES WILL BE REMOVED.
THE ADVISORY +BOX JUNCTION+ SIGN PLATES ARE UNNECESSARY AS MOTORISTS ARE NOW FULLY AWARE OF THE MEANING OF THE YELLOW BOX JUNCTION MARKINGS.
REMOVAL OF THE +NO WAITING SIGNS, DID NOT MEAN THAT ONE COULD PARK ON A ROAD, HE SAID.
PARKING IS GENERALLY PROHIBITED ON ANY ROAD WITH STREET LIGHTING EXCEPT IN A DESIGNATED PLACE. HOWEVER, LOADING-UNLOADING
GOODS AND PICKING UP-SETTING DOWN OF PASSENGERS MAY BE GENERALLY ALLOWED ON A ROAD PROVIDING THERE ARE NO STOPPING RESTRICTIONS IN FORCE.
OTHER REDUNDANT SIGNS, SUCH AS THE USE OF ARROW PLATES ON CLEARWAYS, WILL BE REMOVED UNLESS REQUIRED FOR CLARITY.
YELLOW HATCHED MARKINGS, INDICATING PARKING IS PROHIBITED, WILL BE USED ACROSS ENTRANCES ON STREETS WHERE PARKING PLACES HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED, THIS REMOVES THE NEED FOR SIGNS TO BE ERELTED ON EITHER SIDE OF THE GAPS.
UNDER THE TRIAL PROGRAMMES, ONLY A MAJOR ROAD JUNCTION WILL BE MARKED WITH +GIVE WAY+ (BROKEN PARALLEL) LINES, THE TRIANGULAR SYMBOL ROAD MARKING AND THE +GIVE WAY+ (RED INVERTED TRIANGLE) SIGN. OTHER MINOR JUNCTIONS MAY SIMPLY BE MARKED WITH +GIVE WAY+ LINES, OR, IF THEY HAPPEN TO BE JUNCTIONS OF SOME TRAFFIC IMPORTANCE, WITH THE TRIANGULAR SYMBOL ROAD MARK ING AS WELL.
ANOTHER WAY TO REDUCE SOME OF THE STREET FURNITURE IS BY MULTIPLE SIGNING ON ONE POST, WHICH IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE NEW ROAD TRAFFIC ORDINANCE. WHERE APPROPRIATE, SIGNS NOW ERECTED ON SEPARATE POSTS AT THE SAME LOCATION WILL SHARE A COMMON POST, BUT CARE WILL BE TAKEN TO ENSURE THAT NOT TOO MANY SIGNS FACING THE SAME DIRECTION ARE MOUNTED ON THE SAME POLE. IN EAST TSIM SHA TSUI, LAMP POSTS WILL ALSO BE USED FOR FIXING SIGNS.
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THE SIGN SCHEME WILL REDUCE THE NUMBER OF SIGNS IN THE AREAS. AUSEWAY BAY. THE NUMBER OF SIGN PLATES WILL DROP FROM MORE HA 670 TO JUST OVER 280, WHILE IN EAST TSIM SHA TSUI, ONLY ABOUT 13 OUT OF SOME 350 SIGNS WILL BE RETAINED.
AS A CONSEQUENCE, MR PANG SAID, SIGNS WOULD BECOME MORE CONSPICIOUS.
/HE ADVISED