mefoll ‘Countdown‘ Markers at exit from Motorway - 1 bar Warning Danger Safety Notice Sign 8x12 Outdoor Street Sign

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Now that you're aware of what the number of bars indicates in these yards signs, it's now time to identify what these signs further mean based on their provided colours. Here they are: The result is that these signs here are giving a countdown to something, without saying what the something is in a situation that is not described in the highway code. My second issue is that this type of sign does not seem to be mentioned in the highway code. I've searched the "Know Your Traffic Signs" booklet from the DoT but can find only: The most common motorway speed limit is expressed through the national speed limit sign. As motorways are dual carriageways, this is 70mph: the maximum speed of anywhere in the UK.

Permitting the existing pedestrian and cycle zone signs (Diagrams 618.3B and 618.3C) to be identified by flashing lights. Current regulations require fixed time periods. Transitional and savings provisions Don't automatically assume that any sign that does not meet these specifications is illegal as some signs have been given special authorisation from the DFT as experiments. As well as letting you know about imminent service stations, there are also signs that list the next few services along a route. This means you can make a judgement as to whether to stop at the next one, or carry on a bit further. If you make long journeys regularly, you'll soon work out your favourite stopping points. There are even national lists rating motorway services in the UK. Driver location signs Most junction numbers in the UK increase or decrease consecutively. Don't take this as a hard and fast rule, though: some motorways skip junction numbers, often because there are (or were) plans to add in junctions at a later date. However, junction numbers aren't usually signed as you enter a motorway. This can be particularly confusing if you exit one motorway and switch straight onto another. After a junction, there will be a confirmatory direction sign on the side of the motorway. This is to remind you of where the road ultimately leads. Countdown markers on motorwaysPermitting this symbol to be used on tourist information signs, for relevant attractions (as it currently is in England and Wales). Countdown markers to speed limits * Are we nearly there yet? Sometimes, you just need a break from driving. When you’re bored, tired, hungry, or have passengers who are any/all of the above, you need to find the nearest service station. Thankfully, they’re well signposted on UK motorways, in the same distinctive blue as other motorway signs. This minor change to the regulations allows the next two laybys on a continuous route to be identified on the standard advance notification “P” parking sign. So for example rather than just identifying the next layby (“P” 1 mile), it will allow the next two to be identified (“P” 1 mile and 5 miles).

Having bashed my head against the wall trying to get Portsmouth City Council to understand how to use speed limit signs before, I wasn't going to bother. Instead one day I decided to tweet Hampshire Police, apologising for wasting their time with pedantry, but explaining that if I could spot the problem then a lawyer could too. Despite my informal choice of channel, the offending sign was gone two days later, with a reply thanking me. At the end of a section of motorway, the sign is the same as at the beginning, except that there will be a red line through it. This indicates that you're joining a different type of road. You might also come across a sign reading 'End of motorway regulation' as you come off the road into a service station. That means the facilities are situated beside a motorway, but motorway rules cease to apply there. Motorway direction signsOthers are placed on gantries—bridge-like structures—above the road. These ones often tell you if you need to be in a certain lane for a specific destination. For example, if a lane is going to merge into an exit road, there would be a sign to tell drivers that the left lane is only for traffic destined for the next junction. It would direct vehicles heading to other places to move into one of the right-hand lanes. Keeping an eye on direction signs helps avoid dangerous lane-switching near junctions, and reduces the build-up of traffic around certain routes. Motorway junction signs I have an extract from the Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 4, 2004, that provides advice to Engineers,it does not overrule anything found in the TSRGD but provides advice. The amendment to this existing sign within TSRGD is relatively minor. The sign, which directs road users to “local facilities” currently has a threshold of requiring destination to provide parking, public toilets, refreshments and fuel during normal shop opening hours at least. It was recognised that this threshold is often not met by rural Scottish communities, yet these communities have potential to provide valuable services to road users, and also the opportunity to benefit economically from visitors. My first question is why? Most uses of countdowns like this are on higher speed roads and warn of a rapidly approaching deceleration lane or other hazard. That is certainly not the case here. This is a 30mph single carriageway road in a residential area and there are several turnings off the road before the roundabout is reached. What is special about the roundabout as a hazard here? Of course, dangerous drivers might drive at high speed along this road and be caught out by the roundabout, but that could apply to any hazard such as a t-junction or pedestrian crossing. You don't normally see countdown markers for those.