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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1974.

MORE SYMBOLIC TRAFFIC SIGNS TO GUIDE MOTORISTS

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ANOTHER FIVE SYMBOLIC TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE INTRODUCED FAIRLY WIDELY ON THE ROADS AS FROM NEXT WEEK.

ALL OF THEM ARE CIRCULAR IN SHAPE WITH TWO INDICATING WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS ON VEHICLES ENTERING A ROAD, TWO PROHIBIT ENTRY TO VEHICLES, AND ONE PROHIBITS ENTRY TO BUSES EXCEPT FRANCHISED BUSES.

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THE TWO WEIGHT RESTRICTION SIGNS BOTH HAVE A RED BORDER,

WHITE BACKGROUND AND BLACK LETTERS AND CHARACTERS. ONE IS THE

'WEIGHT LIMIT'' SIGN WHICH INDICATES THAT VEHICLES WITH A LADEN OR UNLADEN WEIGHT IN EXCESS OF A SPECIFIED WEIGHT ARE PROHIBITED FROM ENTERING-

THE OTHER IS THE ''AXLE WEIGHT LIMIT'' SIGN WHICH HAS A BLACK ''AXLE'' SYMBOL ON IT. IT INDICATES THAT VEHICLES WITH AN AXLE WEIGHT IN EXCESS OF A SPECIFIED WEIGHT ARE PROHIBITED FROM ENTERING A ROAD.

THE NUMERALS ON THESE SIGNS MAY BE ALTERED TO SUIT DIFFERENT RESTRICTION WEIGHTS, AND THE RESTRICTION CAN BE IN EITHER METRIC OR IMPERIAL WEIGHTS, THAT IS ''TONNES'' OR ''TONS

THERE ARE TWO VEHICLE PROHIBITION SIGNS: ONE WITH A RED BORDER AND DIAGONAL WITH A BLACK SYMBOL ON A WHITE BACKGROUND APPLIES TO ALL MOTOR VEHICLES. THE OTHER, WITH A RED BORDER AND WHITE BACKGROUND, APPLIES TO ALL VEHICLES BUT IS ALWAYS QUALIFIED BY SUPPLEMENTARY PLATES.

THE ''BUSES PROHIBITION'' SIGN, WHICH DOES NOT APPLY TO FRANCHISED. BUSES, HAS A RED BORDER AND DIAGONAL, A WHITE BACKGROUND AND A BLACK SYMBOL. A SUPPLEMENTARY PLATE MAY BE USED TO QUALIFY THE EXTENT OF THE PROHIBITION.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE FIVE SYMBOLIC TRAFFIC SIGNS ARE AVAILABLE :33 COLLECTION FROM THE GIS PRESS ROOM. 6TH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE.

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