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- Information signs
Information
about the road ahead
These signs indicate the loss of the right-hand lane on a
dual carriageway road or one-way street. The signs may be reversed to indicate
the loss of the left-hand lane. The number of ahead lanes is varied as appropriate.
The signs are often used at the end of a climbing lane and may include a distance
(as shown for the motorway sign)
Signs for lay-bys and parking areas
Boundary signs
Signs indicating county, town or village boundaries may include acrest or logo,
a message of welcome, a phrase about a localgeographical or historical feature,
or the names of twin towns.They may be any shape or colour. The town and village
signs mayalso include tourist attraction symbols and road safety messages.A speed
limit sign may be placed in combination with a boundarysign at a village gateway
(see page 76). Other signs may showthe name of a river, inland waterway, bridge
or tunnel.
Hospital signs
| Hospitals
with accident and emergency departments, or minor injury units, are indicated
by red signs. The words "not 24 hrs" are omitted when facilities are available
at all times |
Blue
signs indicate hospitals without accident and emergency facilities |
The route to a hospital may be indicated on direction signs
by the“H” symbol on a red or blue patch, denoting whether accidentand emergency
facilities are available or not
Signs for pedestrians
Signs
for vehicle checks
Temporary signs are
put out when vehicles are to be stopped foran excise licence check or vehicle
inspection. These signs mayapply to specific types of vehicle such as goods vehicles
orbuses, and they may indicate which lanes to use.
Police signs
| These
temporary signs are put out by the police to warn of potential danger or an accident
ahead and the need to proceed with caution |
These
temporary signs are put out by the police to warn of potential danger or an accident
ahead and the need to proceed with caution |
| Parking
area reserved for police vehicles (the sign might say "Police vehicles only")
or additionally, when varied to "Authorised vehicles only", vehicles such as those
of the Highways Agency's Traffic Officers |
Area
where, from time to time, police carry out checks on the speed of vehicles |
Signs for traffic
surveys
These temporary signs are used when traffic surveys are taking place.Vehicles
may be directed to stop at the census point
Other information
signs
| Where
a road is physically closed part-way along its length to prevent its useby through
traffic, this sign may be erected at the closure point. Vehicles should not be
parked in a manner that would obstruct any gateway or opening that allows access
for emergency vehicles |
A temporary sign
may be provided for up to three months following a permanent change to the road
layout ahead. The sign may be varied to indicate the nature of the change, such
as a new roundabout, or that the operation of traffic signals has been changed |
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