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A non-primary road sign near Bristol shows Guildford Rules patches.Road signs in the United Kingdom and in its associated Crown dependencies and overseas territories conform broadly to European design norms, with a number of exceptions: direction signs omit European route numbers, and road signs generally use the imperial system of units (miles and yards), unlike the rest of Europe (kilometres ...
Initially created in the early 1980s as a university project by Simon Morgan, SignPlot 3 has undergone several updates. [4] [3] The program is designed to automate almost all the layout and spacing rules of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions, [5] Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 7, [6] and drawings issued by the Welsh Assembly Government for bilingual signing.
The Traffic Signs Manual [4] is a companion guide to the TSRGD which provides guidance to highway engineers about how and where to use traffic signs, including the size of sign to use (which depends on the speed of vehicles passing the sign). It was first issued in 1965 in a loose-leaf binder and was continuously updated. [5]
Road Traffic Act 1988 s 30, creates an offence for being incapable of having proper control, not necessarily being a bit drunk. A person who, when riding a cycle on a road or other public place, is unfit to ride through drink or drugs (that is to say, is under the influence of drink or a drug to such an extent as to be incapable of having ...
A driver location sign marking location 2.8 km (1.7 mi) on the westbound "B" carriageway of the M27. Driver location signs are signs placed every 500 metres (550 yd) along each side of English motorways, and some other major English roads, to provide information that will allow motorists to know their precise location.
Irish rural speed limit sign on a local road Sometimes similar signs have minor differences in meanings, following the local traffic codes. The United Kingdom's "pass either side" sign indicates that drivers may pass on either side of an obstacle, such as a traffic island , to reach the same destination.
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Attribution: Traffic signs are Crown copyright. You may reproduce traffic signs free of charge and without having to seek permission, but you must reproduce them accurately and not in a misleading context (e.g. not on roadside billboards where they could mislead drivers).