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(b) Used as an ambulance and being at the time used on
urgent ambulance service; or
(c) Conveying a Police Officer (whether in uniform or not)
or Traffic Inspector on urgent public business or
engaged in the execution of his duty;
and in every such case that such person took all reasonable
care under the circumstances to prevent the occurrence of
any accident, mishap, collision, damage, or any injury to, or
interference with any person, animal, property, or object
on any road or other place by reason of such act or omission.
REGULATION 16.—TRAFFIC SIGNS.
(1) Traffic signs shall be of the following classes:—
Class A: Signs denoting the proximity of a level railway
crossing.
Class B: Signs indicating a condition requiring extra
caution not due to the nature or condition of the
road but due to the existence of other circumstances
(railway crossings excepted), such as proximity to a
school or hospital, or the presence of a closely populated
area requiring special watchfulness or caution on the
part of the driver of a motor-vehicle.
Class C: Signs indicating the nature or condition of the
road, such as a sharp bend or turning, steep hill, side
road, or cross-road, narrow bridge, or loose gravel, re-
quiring slow speed and extra caution on the part of
the driver of a motor-vehicle.
Class D: Signs denoting any speed-limits for motor-
vehicle traffic fixed by a local authority under
Regulation 15 hereof.
Class E: Compulsory stop signs.
Class F: Signs conveying any other information relating
tо motor-vehicle traffic not covered by the foregoing
classes:
Provided that information as to destinations, routes,
names of localities, or distances, or remarks of courtesy
shall not be deemed information relating to motor-
vehicle traffic, and shall not be displayed on traffic
signs:
Provided also that traffic domes or letters or other
indicators placed upon roads by controlling authorities
for the direction of traffic shall not be deemed traffic
signs for the purpose of this regulation.
(2) Signs of Class A shall be in the form of diagram No. 1
in the Second Schedule hereto—that is to say, in the form of
a St. Andrew’s Cross of the dimensions as shown in the said
Second Schedule, coloured white, and bearing in black letters
the words “Railway Crossing.”
(3) Signs of class B shall be in the form of diagram No. 2 in
the Second Schedule hereto—that is to say, in the form of а
square with sides set vertically, having sides approximately
2 ft. long, coloured lemon-yellow, and bearing in black letters
the word “school” or the word “hospital” or such other
word or words as may be required to inform a motor-vehicle
driver of the need for caution; and when indicating a populous
area the words “Caution. Populous Area.”
(4) Signs of Class C shall be in the form of diagram No. 3
in the said Second Schedule—that is to say, in the form of
a square with one diagonal set vertically, having sides
approximately 2 ft. long, coloured lemon-yellow, and bearing
in black letters such appropriate words or approved symbols
as the local authority thinks fit:
Provided that no symbol or modification thereof shall be
used in a traffic sign except such symbols as may from time
to time, by notice in the Gazette, be approved by the Minister
for that purpose.
(5) Signs of Class D shall be in the form of diagram No. 4
and diagram No. 5 respectively in the said Second Schedule—
that is to say, in the same form and of the same colour and
dimensions as diagram No. 3, but bearing in black characters
the respective words set out in diagrams No. 4 and No. 5, and
figures denoting the maximum number of miles per hour
fixed as the local speed-limits.
(6) Signs of Class E shall be in the form of diagram No. 6
in the said Second Schedule—that is to say, in the form of a
regular octagon each side of which is approximately 10 in.
long, and two sides of which are horizontal, which is coloured
lemon-yellow, and which bears the words “Compulsory Stop”
in black letters, and the black lines (each of a width of
approximately 4 in.) indicated in the said diagram No. 6.
(7) Signs of Class F shall be in the form of diagram No. 7
in the said Second Schedule—that is to say, in the form of a
rectangle 24 in. in length, and 15 in. in height (or in the same
proportions but of any greater dimensions required to carry
the notice), coloured white and bearing characters in black.
(8) All characters shall be in capital letters and figures of
the style known as bold-faced sans-serif, and shall be plain
and legible and uniform in size and of a minimum height of
3 in., save that the letters in signs of Class A, the approved
symbols in signs of Class C, and the figures denoting the
maximum number of miles per hour in signs of Class D shall
be of a height of approximately 10 in.; and save that in signs
C
of Class E the letters of the word “Compulsory” shall be
of a height of approximately 1½ in., and the letters of the
word “Stop” shall be of a height of approximately 6 in.
(9) All supports of traffic signs if used solely as such shall
be coloured white.
(10) Every local authority shall upon every road crossed
by a railway or tramway, whether public or private, which
crosses a road after crossing land that is not a road, and on
each side of such crossing, erect a traffic sign of Class A,
and where it is intended to indicate the proximity of a railway
crossing, on a road not itself crossed by a railway or tramway,
the sign of Class A shall be used in conjunction with a sign of
Class C, the latter being affixed below the former sign, and
worded “Caution, Railway Crossing on Side Road.”
(11) Every local authority shall, in connection with every
entrance leading from a road to a school for children (whether
public or private, including premises in use as Sunday-
schools), or to a public hospital, or with any other place
which in the opinion of the local authority requires watchful-
ness or caution on the part of a motor-driver, erect such one
or more traffic signs of Class B as it shall deem necessary.
(12) Every local authority shall erect a traffic sign of
Class C at such places as are in its opinion dangerous for
motor-traffic, and require slow speed owing to the state,
nature, or condition of the road; and to signify the proximity
of a one-way bridge not under control of a Traffic Officer two
signs may be erected, one sign reading “One-way Bridge,” and
the other sign reading “One-way Bridge, Please give Way”:
Provided that it shall not be necessary in the case of a
railway crossing to erect any traffic sign other than the traffic
signs of Class A required by clause (10) hereof.
(13) Every local authority shall erect and maintain traffic
signs of Class D at each end of every road or portion of a
road affected by any speed-limit, and, save in boroughs or
town districts, or closely populated areas, at every inter-
section of such road or portion of a road by another road.
In boroughs and town districts, and closely populated areas
signs of Class D shall be erected and maintained so that the
driver of a motor-vehicle turning from another road into a
road affected by such speed-limit may have reasonable
opportunity of being aware of the existence of such speed-
limit. For the purposes of this clause “road” does not
include a road which is not fit or reasonably suitable for
motor traffic in general.
(14) With the prior consent in writing of the Minister,
every local authority may erect a traffic sign of Class E at
any place at which, in its opinion, it is desirable that every
driver of a motor-vehicle should stop his vehicle.
(15) With the application for the consent of the Minister
to the erection of a traffic sign of Class E the local authority
shall send to the Minister a sketch plan or map of the road or
locality affected showing the position of the traffic signs, and
shall also supply the reasons for the erection of the signs.
(16) Save with the prior written permission of the Minister
no local authority shall erect or maintain any traffic sign
relating (whether exclusively or not) to the traffic of motor-
vehicles otherwise than in accordance with the requirements
of this regulation:
Provided that in case of temporary danger such as slips,
wash-outs, blasting operations, or when workmen are engaged
on a road, warning of the existence of the danger may be
given as a temporary measure by the use of a bright red
rectangular cloth or board having a surface of not less than
4 square feet in area and stretched between two supports so
as to be displayed at right angles to the direction of the road,
and in other respects as nearly as may be in accordance with
the requirements of this regulation.
(17) Every local authority that has erected or hereafter
erects a traffic sign shall at all times while the same remains
in position maintain the same in good repair, undefaced, and
undamaged, and with the colours thereof and the characters
thereon in bright, clear, and legible condition.
(18) Every local authority erecting a traffic sign shall
erect the same at such a site, at such a height above the level
of the road, and generally in such a position and manner that
it shall—
(a) Not be a source of danger to pedestrian or other traffic;
(b) Where practicable be clearly and readily visible for at
least 200 ft. before reaching it to the driver of a
motor-vehicle approaching it;
(c) Where practicable, be illuminated by the headlights of
approaching motor-vehicles;
(d) Where practicable, appear on the left-hand side of the
road to a person approaching the locality to which it
is intended to refer, save that a traffic sign in the form
of diagram No. 5 may be placed on the reverse of
traffic sign in the form of diagram No. 4 notwith-
standing that it may thereby appear on the right-
hand side;
(e) Give persons approaching it sufficient time for its
warning or information to have the full value, and
where practicable be placed approximately 150 ft.
before the place to which it is intended to refer;