Traffic Signs Manual/Chapter 5/2009

by Department of Transport , Department for Regional Development (Northern Ireland), Scottish Executive, Welsh Assembly Government

 

Road Markings

2003

Traffic
Signs
Manual

Chapter 5
Road Markings

 

Department for Transport

Department for Regional Development
(Northern Ireland)

Scottish Executive

Welsh Assembly Government

 

 

London: TSO

Traffic Signs Manual 2003

Contents of Chapters 1-8

CHAPTER 1	Introduction, Miscellaneous Matters and General Index *
CHAPTER 2	Directional Informatory Signs on Motorways and All-Purpose Roads *
CHAPTER 3	Regulatory Signs
CHAPTER 4	Warning Signs
CHAPTER 5	Road Markings
CHAPTER 6	Illumination of Traffic Signs *
CHAPTER 7	The Design of Traffic Signs
CHAPTER 8	Traffic Safety Measures and Signs for Road Works and Temporary Situations

* To be published

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Sixth impression 2009

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Traffic Signs Manual

Chapter 5

CONTENTS

1.	INTRODUCTION	5
2.	LEGAL	7
3.	STOP AND GIVE WAY MARKINGS	8
4.	LONGITUDINAL LINES	13
5.	DOUBLE WHITE LINES	30
6.	ROAD STUDS	42
7.	MAJOR / MINOR JUNCTIONS	44
8.	ROUNDABOUTS	52
9.	SIGNAL CONTROLLED JUNCTIONS	62
10.	GRADE SEPARATED JUNCTIONS	66
11.	YELLOW BAR MARKINGS	73
12.	YELLOW BOX JUNCTION MARKINGS	76
13.	ARROWS AND LANE DESTINATIONS	80
14.	TRAFFIC ISLANDS	86
15.	PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS	88
16.	CYCLE MARKINGS	95
17.	BUS MARKINGS	102
18.	TRAM MARKINGS	108
19.	RAILWAY LEVEL CROSSINGS	113
20.	WAITING RESTRICTIONS	116
21.	TRAFFIC CALMING	125
22.	WORDED AND DIAGRAMMATIC MARKINGS	131
23.	MATERIALS AND MAINTENANCE	142
APPENDIX A: Northern Ireland variations		146
APPENDIX B: Index of diagrams		148
INDEX		151

Road Markings is the official definitive guidance on the correct use of the various road markings prescribed in the Traffic Signs Regulations.

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This document no longer necessarily represents current practice, as it relates to an earlier version of the regulations (TSGRD 2002 as amended at publication date) rather than the current TSRGD 2016 regulations. It should not be used for actual design or operational use without consulting a more recent edition.

This version was transcribed in May 2015, from a 2009 impression.