When do traffic control devices comply substantially with the Road Rules
316 When do traffic control devices comply substantially with the Road Rules
A traffic sign complies substantially with the Road Rules if – it is a reasonable likeness of a diagram in Schedule 2 or 3 of that kind of traffic sign; or for a traffic sign of a kind for which there is not a diagram in Schedule 2 or 3 – it complies substantially with a description of that kind of traffic sign in the Rules and, if the description includes a symbol for which there is a diagram in Schedule 4, the symbol on the sign is a reasonable likeness of the diagram.Traffic sign is defined in the dictionary. The diagrams of traffic signs in Schedules 2 and 3 are in alphabetical order.
A road marking complies substantially with the Road Rules if it complies substantially with a description of that kind of road marking in the Rules and, if the description includes a symbol for which there is a diagram in Schedule 4, the symbol in the road marking is a reasonable likeness of the diagram.Road marking is defined in the dictionary.
A traffic control device (except a traffic sign or a road marking) complies substantially with the Road Rules if the device complies substantially with a description of that kind of traffic control device in the Rules and, if the description includes a symbol for which there is a diagram in Schedule 4, the symbol on the device is a reasonable likeness of the diagram. A children's crossing may have a red and white post missing temporarily. The missing post does not prevent the crossing from meeting the description of such a crossing that is set out in rule 80(6). A freeway may have several freeway signs missing. The missing signs do not prevent the area from still being considered to be a freeway.
A traffic sign may be a reasonable likeness of a diagram of a kind of traffic sign mentioned in the Road Rules even though – the dimensions of the sign, or of anything on the sign, are different; or the sign has additional information on or with it; or the number on the sign is different; or the sign has a different number of panels; or the sign is combined on a single panel with one or more other traffic signs; or for a parking control sign – words, figures, symbols, or anything else, on the sign are differently arranged; or for a bus lane sign, emergency stopping lane only sign, one-way sign or parking control sign – the sign has an arrow pointing in a different direction; or for a separated footpath signor anend separated footpath sign – the pedestrian and bicycle symbols are reversed; or for a road access sign – information on or with the sign indicates (whether by different wording or in another way) that it applies to different or additional vehicles or persons; or there is a variation in shade or brightness between a colour on the sign and the equivalent colour in the diagram.
| Example of subrule (4)(b) | |
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| A speed-limit signnear a school may say that the sign has effect at certain times. This additional information does not prevent the sign being a reasonable likeness of the diagram of a speed-limit signin Schedule 2. | |
| Example of subrule (4)(c) | |
| The diagram of the area speed-limit signin Schedule 2 has the number ‘60’. A particular area speed-limit signmay have another number eg ‘50’. The different number on the sign does not prevent the sign being a reasonable likeness of the diagram. | |
| Examples of subrule (4)(d) | |
| 1. | A school zone signmay have the indicated speed-limit, the words ‘school zone’, and the times of operation, on a single panel or separate panels. |
| 2. | An end bicycle path signmay have the word ‘end’ on a separate panel or on the same panel as the rest of the sign. |
| Example of subrule (4)(e) | |
| A no parking signthat operates at certain times may be combined on a single panel with a permissive parking sign allowing pay parking at other times. | |
| Example of subrule (4)(f) | |
| A permissive parking signlimiting parking to 2 hours may have the time limit above, or below, the word ‘parking’. | |
| Example of subrule (4)(i) | |
| The diagram of the road access signin Schedule 2 says ‘no pedestrians bicycles animals beyond this point’. The replacement of the word ‘bicycles’ by the word ‘tractors’ on a particular sign does not prevent the sign being a reasonable likeness of the diagram. |
Bicycle symbol, parking control sign, pedestrian symboland with are defined in the dictionary.
A variable illuminated message sign may also be a reasonable likeness of a diagram of a kind of traffic sign in Schedule 2 or 3 even though the colour of the sign, or of anything else on the sign, is different.Variable illuminated message sign is defined in the dictionary.
| Example of standard sign and variable illuminated message sign |
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| Speed limit signs |
| Speed limit sign (Standard sign) |
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| Speed limit sign (Variable illuminated message sign) |
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A symbol on or in a traffic control device may be a reasonable likeness of a diagram of a kind of symbol mentioned in the Road Rules even though the dimensions of the symbol, or of anything on the symbol, are different.
In this rule – panel includes a board, plate and screen.
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