Land Transport Rule
Traffic Control Devices Amendment 2007
Rule 54002/3
Note: This Rule should be read in conjunction with the consolidated version of Land Transport Rule: Traffic Control Devices 2004.
Contents
Section 2 Amendments relating to traffic control devices
Section 3 Amendments to schedules
Schedule 3 Other changes to signs
Objective of the Rule
Land Transport Rule: Traffic Control Devices Amendment 2007 amends Land Transport Rule: Traffic Control Devices 2004 (the Rule), which specifies the requirements for the design, construction, installation, operation and maintenance of traffic control devices, and sets out the functions and responsibilities of road controlling authorities in providing traffic control devices.
The objective of this amendment Rule is:
- to correct an error in the size specified for the crossing indicator sign known as a ‘belisha beacon disc’ and to ensure this dimension is consistent within the Rule;
- to incorporate, in the Rule, signs approved by the Director of Land Transport;
- to alter sign descriptions to accord with existing, established practice;
- to correct errors in the description of signs.
Extent of consultation
For the purposes of consultation, amendments proposed to Land Transport Rule: Traffic Control Devices 2004 and nine other Land Transport Rules were combined into a single draft Rule, Land Transport Rule: Omnibus Amendment 2007 (the Omnibus Amendment Rule).
On 3 August 2007, Land Transport New Zealand sent details of the proposed amendments by letter or email to about 2500 groups and individuals who had registered an interest in the Rules to be amended, seeking submissions. The draft Omnibus Amendment Rule was made available through the Land Transport NZ Help Desk and, together with Questions and Answers, was also available on the Land Transport NZ website. The availability of the draft for comment was publicised in the metropolitan daily newspapers in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin and in the New Zealand Gazette. Land Transport NZ received 35 submissions on the draft Omnibus Amendment Rule, of which seven commented on the proposed amendments in this Rule.
Following consultation, the provisions in the draft Omnibus Amendment Rule were split into 10 separate amendment Rules, including this amendment Rule. The submissions that were received were taken into account in drafting this amendment Rule before it was submitted to the Minister for Transport Safety for signing.
Part 1 Rule requirements
Section 1 Application
1.1 Title
1.1(1) This Rule is Land Transport Rule: Traffic Control Devices Amendment 2007.
1.1(2) This Rule amends Land Transport Rule: Traffic Control Devices 2004.
1.2 Date when Rule comes into force
This Rule comes into force on 17 January 2008.
Section 2 Amendments relating to traffic control devices
2.1 Poles, markings and other indicators of pedestrian crossings
Paragraph 8.2(10)(b) is amended by substituting “400 mm” for “300 mm”.
Section 3 Amendments to schedules
3.1 Amendments to Schedule 1, Signs
Schedule 1 is amended:
- (a) by inserting the following paragraph after the third paragraph1:
- “· The letter ‘f’ after a colour indicates that the colour may be fluorescent.”
- (b) by inserting the items in Schedule 1 in the appropriate places;
- (c) by substituting the items in Schedule 2 for items:
- (i) R2-10, R4-7, R4-7.1, R4-9, R4-9.1, R4-11, R5-6; and
- (ii) W10-6.1, W10-6.2, W10-6.3, W17-1.3;
- (d) in the manner indicated in Schedule 3.
1 Which begins “The letter ‘F’ ”
Part 2 Schedules
Schedule 1 New signs
[Ref. subclause 3.1(b)]
| “W17-1.4 | School bus – ‘symbolic children’ | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Drivers must slow to 20 km/h if a bus has stopped to pick up or drop off children – clause 5.6 of Land Transport (Road User) Rule 2004. | |||
| Shape and size | rectangle 570 x 500 mm | ||
| Background | yellow-green (RF) | ||
| Border | black 20 mm | ||
| Legend | Description | Colour | Size |
| ‘symbol of children as W16-4’ | black | 400 x 360 mm” | |
“A50 General Advisory Information
| A50-1 | General advisory | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gives advisory information specific to the site not covered by any other sign in the A-series. | |||
| Shape and size | rectangle at least 600 x 600 mm and sufficient to comfortably accommodate the legend | ||
| Background | white (R) | ||
| Border | black 25 mm | ||
| Legend | Description | Colour | Size |
| ‘[such words as are necessary to convey the advice to road users]’ | black | 100/14” | |
Schedule 2 Substituted signs
[Ref. subclause 3.1(c)]
| “R2-10 | Ramp signal – one vehicle per green each lane or line of traffic | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Only one vehicle per lane or line of traffic may proceed when the associated signal displays a green disc. | |||
| Shape and size | rectangle 1000 x 530 mm installed on traffic signal pole where ramp signals operate periodically (subclause 6.4(20)) | ||
| Background | white (R) | ||
| Border | red (R) 25 mm | ||
| Legend | Description | Colour | Size |
| ‘ONE VEHICLE’ | black | 100/15.5” | |
| ‘PER GREEN’ | |||
| ‘EACH LANE’ | |||
| “R4-7 | Bus lane | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Adjacent lane is a bus lane available to buses, cycles, mopeds and motorcycles. | |||
| Shape and size | rectangle at least 600 x 600 mm | ||
| Background | white (R) | ||
| Border | red (R) 15 mm | ||
| Legend | Description | Colour | Size |
| ‘symbol of bus (side on)’ above |
black | 465 x 160 mm | |
| ‘LANE’ | 120/17” | ||
| “R4-7.1 | Bus only | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Adjacent lane is available only to buses. | |||
| Shape and size | rectangle at least 600 x 600 mm | ||
| Background | white (R) | ||
| Border | red (R) 15 mm | ||
| Legend | Description | Colour | Size |
| ‘symbol of bus (side on)’ above |
black | 465 x 160 mm | |
| ‘ONLY’ | 120/17” | ||
| “R4-9 | Cycle lane | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Adjacent lane is available to cycles. | |||
| Shape and size | rectangle at least 600 x 600 mm | ||
| Background | white (R) | ||
| Border | red (R) 15 mm | ||
| Legend | Description | Colour | Size |
| ‘symbol of cycle’ above |
black | 305 x 200 mm | |
| ‘LANE’ | 120/17” | ||
| “R4-9.1 | Cycle only | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Adjacent lane is available only to cycles. | |||
| Shape and size | rectangle at least 600 x 600 mm | ||
| Background | white (R) | ||
| Border | red (R) 15 mm | ||
| Legend | Description | Colour | Size |
| ‘symbol of cycle’ above |
black | 305 x 200 mm | |
| ‘ONLY’ | 120/17” | ||
| “R4-11 | Shared path | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Adjacent path is available to pedestrians and cycles. | |||
| Shape and size | rectangle at least 400 x 600 mm | ||
| Background | white (R) | ||
| Border | red (R) 13 mm | ||
| Legend | Description | Colour | Size |
| ‘symbol of pedestrian ’ above |
black | 145 x 260 mm | |
| ‘symbol of cycle’ | 230 x 150 mm” | ||
| “R5-6 | All cycles must exit | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cycles must use the route indicated to proceed beyond the sign. | |||
| Shape and size | rectangle at least 600 x 600 mm | ||
| Background | white (R) | ||
| Border | red (R) 15 mm | ||
| Legend | Description | Colour | Size |
| ‘arrow pointing in direction to follow’ above |
black | shaft 40 mm | |
| ‘symbol of cycle’ | 305 x 200 mm” | ||
| “W10-6.1 | Ramp signal on – variable | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Advises drivers that signals that operate periodically on the ramp they are about to enter, or the ramp they are travelling on, are operating. See 6.4(17). | |||
| Shape and size | rectangle 1675 x 950 mm | ||
| Background | black (unlit) | ||
| Border | black 60 mm | ||
| Legend | Description | Colour | Size |
| ‘RAMP’ | yellow (lit) or white (lit) | effective 175/25” | |
| ‘SIGNAL’ | |||
| ‘ON’ | |||
| “W10-6.2 | Ramp signal off – variable | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Advises drivers that signals that operate periodically on the ramp they are about to enter, or the ramp they are traveling on, are not operating. See subclause 6.4(17). May operate as an alternative to W10-6.1 or W10-6.3. | |||
| Shape and size | rectangle 1675 x 950 mm | ||
| Background | black (unlit) | ||
| Border | black 60 mm | ||
| Legend | Description | Colour | Size |
| ‘RAMP’ | yellow (lit) or white (lit) | effective 175/25” | |
| ‘SIGNAL’ | |||
| ‘OFF’ | |||
| “W10-6.3 | Prepare to stop – variable | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Advises drivers that signals that operate periodically on the ramp they are travelling on are operating and they may be required to stop for the signals or a queue that has formed. May operate as an alternative to a W10-6.2 display. | |||
| Shape and size | rectangle 1675 x 950 mm | ||
| Background | black (unlit) | ||
| Border | black 60 mm | ||
| Legend | Description | Colour | Size |
| ‘PREPARE’ | yellow (lit) or white (lit) | effective 175/25” | |
| ‘TO STOP’ | |||
| “W17-1.3 | School bus – ‘symbolic children’ plus flashing lights | ||
|---|---|---|---|
When the lights are flashing, the sign advises drivers that, for the purpose of allowing children to board or alight,
the school bus is about to stop, is stopped, or has stopped and is moving away and:
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| Shape and size | rectangle 570 x 500 mm | ||
| Background | black | ||
| Border | none | ||
| Legend | Description | Colour | Size |
| ‘symbol of children as W16-4’ with |
yellow-green (RF) | 450 x 400 mm | |
| ‘lights in the top left and top right of the sign that flash alternately at a rate of 1 Hertz’ | yellow (lit) or if forward facing, white (lit) |
effective diameter 90mm” | |
Schedule 3 Other changes to signs
[Ref. subclause 3.1(d)]
| Item | Field | Amendment | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R2-6 (Stop on red signal) |
Border | substitute “15 mm” for “25 mm” | ||||||||||||
| R2-7.1 (Single lane supplementary Give way) |
Border | substitute “11 mm” for “15 mm” | ||||||||||||
| R 2.8 | Legend | substitute the following for the legend fields:
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| R2-9 (Turning traffic give way to pedestrians) |
Border | substitute “red (R) 11 mm” for “red (R)” | ||||||||||||
| R3-4 (No entry) |
Background | substitute “red (R)” for “white (R)” | ||||||||||||
| Border | delete “red (R) 50 mm (urban), 75 mm (rural)” | |||||||||||||
| R3-6 (Road closed) |
Border | substitute “60 mm” for “75 mm” | ||||||||||||
| R5-1 (No cycling) |
Legend | substitute “30 mm” for “40 mm”; substitute “45 mm” for “60 mm” |
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| R5-2 (No pedestrians) |
Legend | substitute “30 mm” for “40 mm”; substitute “45 mm” for “60 mm” |
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| R5-3 | Legend | substitute the following for the legend fields:
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| W1-2 (Road works 1 or 2) |
Background | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (R)” | ||||||||||||
| W3-5 (Traffic signals ahead) |
Background | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (RF)” | ||||||||||||
| W3-6 (Manual traffic control) |
Background | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (RF)” | ||||||||||||
| W3-6.1 (Supplementary – please stop on request) |
Background | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (RF)” | ||||||||||||
| W3-7 (Site access distance ahead) |
Background | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (R)” | ||||||||||||
| W3-8 (Site access) |
Background | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (R)” | ||||||||||||
| W3-9 (Uneven surface) |
Background | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (RF)” | ||||||||||||
| W4-1.1 (Lane closed – two-lane, one-way road) |
Legend | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (RF)” | ||||||||||||
| W4-1.2 (Lane closed – three-lane, one-way road) |
Legend | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (RF)” | ||||||||||||
| W4-1.3 (Lane closed – four-lane, one-way road) |
Legend | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (RF)” | ||||||||||||
| W4-1.4 (Lane closed – centre lane, three-lane, one-way road) |
Legend | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (RF)” | ||||||||||||
| W4-2.1 (Lane shift – two-lane, one-way road) |
Legend | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (RF)” | ||||||||||||
| W4-2.2 (Lane shift – three-lane, one-way road) |
Legend | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (RF)” | ||||||||||||
| W4-3 (Merging traffic – main road) |
Legend | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (RF)” | ||||||||||||
| W4-4 (Merging traffic – side road) |
Legend | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (RF)” | ||||||||||||
| W4-5 (Advance exit) |
Legend | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (RF)” | ||||||||||||
| W4-6 (Exit direction) |
Background | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (RF)” | ||||||||||||
| W4-7 (One lane – one side narrowing) |
Background | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (RF)” | ||||||||||||
| W4-7.1 (One lane – supplementary sign) |
Background | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (RF)” | ||||||||||||
| W4-8 (One lane – both sides narrowing) |
Background | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (RF)” | ||||||||||||
| W4-10 (Distance ahead supplementary) |
Background | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (RF)” | ||||||||||||
| W5-1 (Road closed ahead) |
Background | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (RF)” | ||||||||||||
| W5-2 (Detour ahead follow “symbol”) |
Background | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (RF)” | ||||||||||||
| W5-2.21 (Detour direction indicators – 90° right (left) turn) |
Background | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (RF)” | ||||||||||||
| W5-2.22 (Detour direction indicators – right (left) veer) |
Background | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (RF)” | ||||||||||||
| W5-2.23 (Detour direction indicators – straight ahead) |
Background | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (RF)” | ||||||||||||
| W5-3 (Emergency State Highway detour route sign) |
Background | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (RF)” | ||||||||||||
| W5-3.1 (Emergency detour route direction indicator signs) |
Background | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (RF)” | ||||||||||||
| W5-4 (Detour ends) |
Background | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (RF)” | ||||||||||||
| W5-5 (Crossing closed please use alternative crossing) |
Background | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (R)” | ||||||||||||
| W5-6 (Footpath closed please use other side) |
Background | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (R)” | ||||||||||||
| W5-7.11 (Pedestrian direction indicators – 90° left (right) turn) |
Background | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (R)” | ||||||||||||
| W5-7.12 (Pedestrian direction indicators – left (right) veer) |
Background | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (R)” | ||||||||||||
| W5-7.13 (Pedestrian direction indicators – straight ahead) |
Background | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (R)” | ||||||||||||
| W5-8.11 (Cycle direction indicators – 90° left (right) turn) |
Background | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (R)” | ||||||||||||
| W5-8.12 (Cycle direction indicators – left (right) veer) |
Background | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (R)” | ||||||||||||
| W5-8.13 (Cycle direction indicators – straight ahead) |
Background | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (R)” | ||||||||||||
| W6-1 (Accident) |
Background | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (RF)” | ||||||||||||
| W6-2 (Fire) |
Background | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (RF)” | ||||||||||||
| W6-3 (Emergency) |
Background | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (RF)” | ||||||||||||
| W7-1 (Vehicle mounted sign – pilot car follow me) |
Background | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (RF)” | ||||||||||||
| W7-5 (Cement splashes wash car today) |
Background | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (R)” | ||||||||||||
| W7-5.1 (Lime splashes wash car today) |
Background | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (R)” | ||||||||||||
| W7-6 (Dry your brakes) |
Background | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (R)” | ||||||||||||
| W7-7 (Thank you) |
Background | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (R)” | ||||||||||||
| W7-8 (General temporary warning) |
Background | substitute “orange (Rf)” for “orange (RF)” | ||||||||||||
| W15-7 (Look for trains supplementary) |
Background | substitute “yellow (R)” for “white” |
Land Transport Rule - Traffic Control Devices Amendment 2007 - Rule 54002/3
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