The name of every town or place to be indicated by the sign shall appear on an arm pointing in the direction along the road to be taken by traffic proceeding to such town or place, and for that purpose a sufficient number of arms shall be provided. ![]() ![]() (1) A direction sign shall consist of rectangular arms attached to a post. Where a road leads to a customs station at a frontier the approach to such station shall be indicated by means of a direction sign to be erected by the council charged with the maintenance of the road one quarter of a mile from such station.ĥ. Such direction sign shall also indicate whether traffic is permitted to cross the frontier on such road.Ĥ. Where a road crosses the frontier the approach to the frontier shall be indicated by a direction sign to be erected by the council charged with the maintenance of such road at a point one quarter of a mile from the frontier. (4) The direction sign erected under this Article at a point where a main road meets another road, not being a main road, shall indicate in addition to the matters specified above the more important towns or places to which such latter road leads.ģ. (3) The direction sign erected under this article at a point where two or more main roads meet shall indicate all the matters required by the last preceding paragraph to be indicated in respect of each such road. ( d ) Any other town or place to which the road leads in either direction which, by reason of its importance or peculiar interest, the council considers should be so indicated, and the distance thereto. ( c) The nearest town to which the road leads in each direction and the distance thereto ( b) The terminal points of the road and the distance thereto ( a) The route letter and number of the road (2) The direction signs erected under this Article shall indicate the following matters, that is to say :. ( c) At such other places as the council think advisable having regard to the distance between direction signs erected under paragraphs ( a) and ( b) and the needs of persons using the road. ( b) Within half a mile in each direction of any town on the road ( a) Where the road joins any other road (1) The council charged with the maintenance of any main road shall erect a direction sign on or adjoining to the road at the following places, that is to say :. Other expressions have the same meaning as in the Act, save that where no order of the Minister declaring any road in a county to be a main road is in force, the regulations shall apply to such county as if the expression " Main Road " included a road classified in any such classification of roads as a " Trunk " or " Link " Road.Ģ Direction signs to be erected at certain places.Ģ. The expression " the terminal points " of a road means the two extremities of any route comprising such road in any such classification of roads as aforesaid : The expression " The route letter and number " of a road means the route letter and number assigned to the route comprising such road by the Minister in any classification of roads made by him under subsection (2) of Section 17 of the Ministry of Transport Act, 1919 : ( b) guiding traffic on a road with a view to minimising the risk of accidents. ( a) warning persons using a road of dangerous portions thereof, or The expression " Warning Sign " means a sign erected for the purpose of either, ( a) the places to which a road leads and the distances thereto, or In these Regulations, save where the context otherwise requires the expression " Direction Sign," means a sign erected for the purpose of indicating either, (1) These regulations may be cited as the " Road Signs and Traffic Signals Regulations, 1926." (in these regulations referred to as " The Act ") and by subsection (2) of the said section, and in exercise of all other powers enabling me in this behalf do hereby make the following regulations, that is to say :-ġ. I, the Minister for Local Government and Public Health, in exercise of the powers vested in me by paragraphs ( b), ( c), ( d) and ( e) of subsection (1) of ROAD SIGNS AND TRAFFIC SIGNALS REGULATIONS, 1926 Symbols for Notice Plates of Warning Signs ( Article 11 (3) ) Special Warning Figures for Warning Signs ( Article 11 (1) ) Road Signs erected on land adjoining a road without owner's consent. Method of indicating matters on a Warning Sign.Įrection of Road Signs on Land adjoining a Roadġ4. ![]() Size, shape, colour and character of Warning Signs.ġ1. Warning Signs to indicate special restrictions on Motor Trafficġ0. Warning Signs to indicate dangerous portions of roads.ĩ. Method of indicating matters on Direction Signs.Ĩ. Direction Signs to be erected at certain places.Ħ. (REGULATIONS MADE BY THE MINISTER FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH UNDERĢ. ROAD SIGNS AND TRAFFIC SIGNALS REGULATIONS, 1926.
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