New Zealand Gazette – 1987 – No. 145

Page 4079

✨ Traffic Sign Specifications



27 AUGUST THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 4079

NAME OF SIGN
(Meaning of sign in brackets) SHAPE AND SIZE BACKGROUND COLOUR BORDER LEGEND COLOUR AND SIZE

  1. SLIPPERY ROAD (slippery road ahead) Diamond 600 mm square Yellow (r) Black 15 mm Symbol of a car skidding. Black

Supplementary Sign to be below “SLIPPERY ROAD” sign

(a) WHEN FROSTY (slippery when frosty) Rectangular 600 mm wide × 400 mm high Yellow (r) Black 15 mm “WHEN”
“FROSTY” Black–100/14
Black–100/15.5

(b) GREASY IF WET (slippery when wet) Rectangular 600 mm wide × 400 mm high Yellow (r) Black 15 mm “WHEN”
“WET” Black–100/15.5

  1. SLIPS AND FALLING DEBRIS (there may be debris ahead) Diamond 600 mm square Yellow (r) Black 15 mm Symbol of falling debris Black

  2. DIVERGE (the road diverges ahead) Diamond 600 mm square Yellow (r) Black 15 mm Two arrows pointing away from each other at an angle Black

  3. TWO WAY (the road becomes two way ahead) Diamond 600 mm square Yellow (r) Black 15 mm Two arrows pointing in opposite direction. Black

Supplementary sign to be below “TWO WAY” sign

(a) TWO WAY AHEAD (warning of two way ahead) Rectangular 600 mm wide × 250 mm high Yellow (r) Black 15 mm “____ km” Black

  1. PEDESTRIAN CROSSING (there is a pedestrian crossing ahead) Diamond 600 mm square Yellow (r) Black 15 mm Symbol of a pedestrian crossing Black

Supplementary Sign to be below “PEDESTRIAN CROSSING” sign

(a) SCHOOL CROSSING (there is a school crossing ahead) Rectangular 600 mm wide × 250 mm high Yellow (r) Black 15 mm “SCHOOL” Black–100/15.5

  1. MERGING TRAFFIC (there is traffic merging ahead) Diamond 600 mm square Yellow (r) Black 15 mm Symbol of roads merging Black

  2. SCHOOL BUS ROUTE (there is a school bus route ahead) Diamond 600 mm square Yellow (r) Black 15 mm Symbol of bus and children Black

  3. CURVES (there is a curve ahead) Diamond 600 mm square Yellow (r) Black 15 mm Arrow, commencing vertical and curved to approximately represent the road alignment and change(s) in direction Black

Supplementary Sign to be below “CURVES” sign

(a) WINDING ROAD (there is winding road ahead) Rectangular 600 mm wide × 250 mm high Yellow (r) Black 15 mm “NEXT ____ km” Black

  1. ADVISORY SPEED (speed in km/h at which cornering can be comfortably taken) Triangular 600 mm wide × 525 mm high Yellow (r) Black 15 mm “60”
    Numerals showing the comfortable cornering speed Black

  2. STEEP GRADE (there is a steep grade ahead) Diamond 600 mm square Yellow (r) Black 15 mm Symbol of car going down a steep grade Black

Supplementary Sign to be below “STEEP GRADE” sign

(a) NEXT km (steep grade for the next km) Rectangular 600 mm wide × 250 mm high Yellow (r) Black 15 mm “NEXT ____ km” Black

  1. SUDDEN DIP (there is a sudden dip ahead) Diamond 600 mm square Yellow (r) Black 15 mm Symbol of a dip Black

  2. HUMP (there is a speed hump) Diamond 600 mm square Yellow (r) Black 15 mm Symbol of a hump Black

  3. UNEVEN SURFACE (the road surface is uneven ahead) Diamond 600 mm square Yellow (r) Black 15 mm Symbol of two humps Black

  4. ROTARY JUNCTION (there is a rotary junction ahead) Diamond 600 mm square Yellow (r) Black 15 mm Three arrows arranged to form a circle approx. 200 mm in radius Black

  5. ROAD NARROWS (the road ahead narrows) Diamond 600 mm square Yellow (r) Black 15 mm Symbol of road narrowing Black



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