Monday, May 28, 1973
EXPERIMENTAL TRAFFIC DIRECTION INDICATORS
New traffic indicator ballards are being installed in urban
areas in Hong Kong as an experiment to improve and update local traffic
signs to international standards.
They are known as Morrison bollards in which the traffic direction
sign is indicated by a white arrow on a blue background. The sign is
set in a yellow and white coloured plastic container fastened to the kerb.
At night they are completely illuminated and provide motorista
with a more easily identifiable sign than the existing ones which have
red flashing lights on top and the directions written in English and
Chinese.
A spokesman for the Public Works Department said today the new
design fits in with the concept in international traffic codes that
the traffic direction should be conveyed by symbols and not words.
As the bollards are made entirely of plastic, they are more
economical and durable.
The spokesman added that if the response to the experiment
were favourable, the existing bollards would be replaced by the new ones.
The Morrison bollards have been imported from the United Kingdom,
but the workshops of the Public Works Department have modified the design
to produce plastic bollards of a slightly different shape.
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