1 - AS 1742.2-1994 MANUAL OF UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES - TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES FOR GENERAL USE
4 - PREFACE
6 - CONTENTS
8 - SECTION 1 SCOPE AND INTRODUCTION
8 - 1.1 SCOPE
8 - 1.2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
9 - 1.3 DEFINITIONS
9 - 1.3.1 Annual average daily traffic (AADT)
9 - 1.3.2 May
9 - 1.3.3 Shall
9 - 1.3.4 Should
9 - 1.3.5 Traffic control device
9 - 1.3.6 85th percentile speed (V85 km/h)
9 - 1.4 SPECIFICATION OF SIGNS, MARKINGS AND DELINEATORS
9 - 1.5 RESPONSIBILITY AND AUTHORITY FOR INSTALLATION
10 - 1.6 GENERAL PRINCIPLES
10 - 1.6.1 Basic principles for all traffic control devices
10 - 1.6.2 Specific principles for signs
12 - SECTION 2 TREATMENTS AT INTERSECTIONS
12 - 2.1 SCOPE OF SECTION
12 - 2.2 DEVICES USED
12 - 2.3 PURPOSE
12 - 2.4 APPLICATION OF DEVICES
13 - 2.5 CONTROL BY GIVE WAY AND STOP SIGNS
13 - 2.5.1 General
13 - 2.5.2 Application
15 - 2.5.3 Requirements for installation of STOP signs
16 - 2.5.4 Signs
17 - 2.6 ROUNDABOUT CONTROL
17 - 2.6.1 Function and installation
17 - 2.6.2 Signs
18 - 2.7 CONTROL BY TRAFFIC SIGNALS
18 - 2.7.1 General
18 - 2.7.2 Pavement markings at traffic signals
19 - 2.7.3 Lane drop beyond signalized intersection
20 - 2.7.4 Signs
21 - 2.8 REGULATION OF MOVEMENTS AT INTERSECTIONS
21 - 2.8.1 General
21 - 2.8.2 Turn prohibition signs
23 - 2.8.3 Left (right) lane must turn left (right) (R2-9)
23 - 2.8.4 One way (R2-2)
23 - 2.8.5 No entry (R2-4)
24 - 2.8.6 All traffic turn (left or right) (R2-14)
24 - 2.8.7 Keep left and keep right (R2-3)
24 - 2.8.8 Time of operation module (R9-1)
24 - 2.8.9 Buses excepted (R9-2), Bicycles excepted (R9-3), Authorized vehicles excepted (R9-4)
25 - 2.8.10 Pedestrians prohibited (R6-15)
25 - 2.9 INTERSECTION WARNING SIGNS
25 - 2.9.1 General
25 - 2.9.2 Intersection and junction series
28 - 2.9.3 Advance warning of traffic control devices series
29 - 2.9.4 Island (W4-5)
29 - 2.9.5 Merge and no-merge signs
30 - 2.9.6 Modified intersection warning signs
30 - 2.10 GUIDE SIGNS
30 - 2.10.1 General
30 - 2.10.2 Application principles
31 - 2.10.3 Advance direction signs (G1)
38 - 2.10.4 Lane designation direction signs
41 - 2.10.5 Intersection direction signs (G2-1 to G2-5)
44 - 2.10.6 Finger boards (G3-3), Road name boards (G3-4), Rural road name signs (G3-5)
45 - 2.10.7 Reassurance direction signs (G4-1)
47 - 2.11 ROUTE MARKERS-G8
47 - 2.11.1 General
48 - 2.11.2 National route markers and supplementary plates (G8-1-1, and G8-2-1 to G8-2-6)
48 - 2.11.3 National highways route markers and supplementary plates (G8-1-2, and G8-4-1 to G8-4-6
49 - 2.11.4 State route markers and supplementary plates (G8-8, and G8-3-1 to G8-3-6)
49 - 2.11.5 Tourist drive route markers (G8-9)
49 - 2.11.6 End signs (G8-16)
49 - 2.11.7 Location of freestanding route markers
50 - 2.11.8 Use of route markers on direction signs
51 - 2.11.9 Marking of alternative routes
51 - 2.12 PAVEMENT MARKINGS AT INTERSECTIONS
52 - 2.13 HAZARD MARKERS AND OTHER DEVICES
52 - 2.13.1 Hazard markers
52 - 2.13.2 Sight boards
52 - 2.13.3 Kerb markings
52 - 2.13.4 Pavement bars and markings
52 - 2.14 TYPICAL ARRANGEMENT DIAGRAMS FOR INTERSECTIONS
71 - SECTION 3 TREATMENT BETWEEN INTERSECTIONS
71 - 3.1 SCOPE OF SECTION
71 - 3.2 PAVEMENT MARKINGS AND DELINEATION
71 - 3.2.1 General
71 - 3.2.2 General treatment
72 - 3.2.3 No-overtaking zones--barrier lines
72 - 3.2.4 Guide posts and snow poles
75 - 3.2.5 Delineators
76 - 3.3 PAVEMENT BARS
76 - 3.3.1 General
76 - 3.3.2 Design and installation
76 - 3.3.3 Uses
78 - 3.4 TREATMENT OF SUBSTANDARD HORIZONTAL CURVES
78 - 3.4.1 General
78 - 3.4.2 Guide posts with delineators
78 - 3.4.3 Pavement markings and raised retroreflective pavement markers
79 - 3.4.4 Warning signs, advisory speed signs and chevron alignment markers
79 - 3.4.5 Sight benching
79 - 3.4.6 Horizontal curves which are not substandard
80 - 3.4.7 Advisory speeds
82 - 3.4.8 Signs
88 - 3.4.9 Chevron alignment markers (D4-6)
88 - 3.5 TREATMENT OF SUBSTANDARD VERTICAL CURVES
88 - 3.5.1 General
88 - 3.5.2 Substandard stopping sight distance
89 - 3.5.3 Dips and humps
89 - 3.5.4 Signs
90 - 3.6 TREATMENT OF APPROACHES TO STRUCTURES AND OBSTRUCTIONS
90 - 3.6.1 General
90 - 3.6.2 Bridges
94 - 3.6.3 Subways and underpasses
94 - 3.6.4 Gates, grids and culverts
100 - 3.6.5 Obstructions within the carriageway
100 - 3.6.6 Signs for approaches to structures and obstructions
106 - 3.6.7 Hazard markers
108 - 3.7 CHANGES IN PAVEMENT WIDTH
108 - 3.7.1 General
108 - 3.7.2 Narrowing of a single carriageway
108 - 3.7.3 Transition of divided road to undivided road
113 - 3.7.4 Signs for approaches to changes in pavement width
114 - 3.8 CLIMBING AND OVERTAKING LANES, AND TURNOUTS
114 - 3.8.1 General
114 - 3.8.2 Signs for climbing and overtaking lanes
119 - 3.9 STEEP GRADES AND SAFETY RAMPS
119 - 3.9.1 General
120 - 3.9.2 Signs for steep descents
126 - 3.9.3 Signs for steep upgrades
126 - 3.9.4 Signs for safety ramps
128 - 3.10 WATER CROSSINGS
128 - 3.10.1 General
128 - 3.10.2 Ferries and opening bridges
128 - 3.10.3 Fords
129 - 3.10.4 Floodways
129 - 3.10.5 Low level bridges
129 - 3.10.6 Signs for water crossings
132 - 3.11 PHYSICAL OBSTRUCTIONS AND HAZARDS
132 - 3.11.1 Road block barriers
133 - 3.11.2 Hazard warning signs
137 - 3.11.3 Warning signs for temporary or part time hazards
139 - 3.11.4 Miscellaneous installations
141 - 3.11.5 Safety devices
141 - 3.12 GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURE SIGNS (G6)
141 - 3.12.1 Purpose
141 - 3.12.2 Location
141 - 3.12.3 Shape and colour
141 - 3.12.4 Lettering
141 - 3.12.5 Types of signs
142 - 3.12.6 Town name (G6-1)
142 - 3.12.7 Stream name (G6-2)
142 - 3.12.8 State border (G6-3 and G6-4)
143 - 3.12.9 Local government boundary (G6-5)
143 - 3.12.10 Feature (G6-6)
143 - 3.13 KILOMETRE POSTS
143 - 3.13.1 General
143 - 3.13.2 Kilometre plate (G10-3)
143 - 3.13.3 Location and Spacing
144 - 3.14 VARIABLE USE LANE SIGNS
144 - 3.15 MISCELLANEOUS SIGNS
144 - 3.15.1 Two-way (R2-11)
145 - 3.15.2 One way (Repeater) (R2-17)
146 - SECTION 4 PAVEMENT MARKINGS AND DEVICES
146 - 4.1 SCOPE OF SECTION
146 - 4.2 GENERAL PRINCIPLES
146 - 4.2.1 Purpose
146 - 4.2.2 Removal of markings
146 - 4.2.3 Limitations
146 - 4.2.4 Types of markings
147 - 4.2.5 Reflectorization
147 - 4.2.6 Materials
147 - 4.2.7 Colours
147 - 4.2.8 Size of markings
147 - 4.2.9 Profile line marking
147 - 4.3 LONGITUDINAL LINES
147 - 4.3.1 General
148 - 4.3.2 Separation lines
149 - 4.3.3 Barrier lines
152 - 4.3.4 Lane lines
152 - 4.3.5 Edge lines
153 - 4.3.6 Continuity lines
153 - 4.3.7 Turn lines
153 - 4.3.8 Transition lines
153 - 4.3.9 Outline markings
153 - 4.3.10 Longitudinal lines at intersections
154 - 4.4 TRANSVERSE LINES
154 - 4.4.1 General
154 - 4.4.2 Stop lines
154 - 4.4.3 Holding lines
155 - 4.4.4 Pavement markings at STOP and GIVE WAY signs
155 - 4.4.5 Pedestrian crosswalk lines
155 - 4.5 OTHER MARKINGS
155 - 4.5.1 Diagonal and chevron markings
158 - 4.5.2 Messages on pavements
164 - 4.5.3 Kerb markings
164 - 4.6 RAISED PAVEMENT MARKERS
164 - 4.6.1 General
166 - 4.6.2 Non-retroreflective raised pavement markers (NRPMs)
166 - 4.6.3 Retroreflective raised pavement markers (RRPMs)
166 - 4.6.4 Symbols
167 - 4.6.5 Application of raised pavement markers
176 - APPENDIX A - SIGN SIZE SELECTION
176 - A1 SCOPE
176 - A2 SIZE OF SIGNS
176 - A3 GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR SIZE SELECTION
177 - APPENDIX B - ILLUMINATION AND REFLECTORIZATION OF SIGNS
177 - B1 SCOPE
177 - B2 GENERAL
177 - B3 MEANS OF ILLUMINATION
177 - B4 MEANS OF REFLECTORIZATION
178 - APPENDIX C - INSTALLATION AND LOCATION OF SIGNS
178 - C1 SCOPE
178 - C2 SIGN LOCATION
178 - C2.1 General
178 - C2.2 Longitudinal placement
178 - C2.3 Lateral placement and height
179 - C2.4 Overhead signs
179 - C3 SIGN ORIENTATION
180 - C4 SIGNPOST SELECTION
180 - C4.1 General
180 - C4.2 Small size posts
181 - C4.3 Large non-frangible posts
181 - C4.4 Large frangible posts
185 - APPENDIX D - OVERHEAD LANE CONTROL SIGNALS
186 - APPENDIX E - EXAMPLES OF THE USE OF FLASHING LIGHTS WITH WARNING SIGNS
187 - APPENDIX F - SPECIAL PURPOSE INTERSECTION WARNING SIGNS
187 - F1 GENERAL
187 - F2 SIDE ROAD JUNCTION ON A CURVE
187 - F3 SUCCESSIVE SIDE ROAD JUNCTIONS
188 - F4 T-JUNCTION BEYOND A CURVE
189 - APPENDIX G - MODIFIED INTERSECTION WARNING SIGNS
190 - APPENDIX H - DETERMINATION OF LETTER SIZES FOR SIGNS
190 - H1 SCOPE
190 - H2 PROCEDURE
191 - APPENDIX I - DETERMINATION OF ADVISORY SPEEDS ON HORIZONTAL CURVES
191 - I1 SCOPE
191 - I2 PRINCIPLE
191 - I3 BALL BANK INDICATOR METHOD
191 - I3.1 Equipment
192 - I3.2 Procedure
192 - I4 RGDAS METHOD
192 - I5 ADVISORY SPEED ADJUSTMENT
192 - I6 REPORT
194 - APPENDIX J - DETERMINATION OF ADVISORY SPEEDS ON VERTICAL CURVES
194 - J1 SCOPE
194 - J2 PRINCIPLE
194 - J3 METHOD
196 - SUBJECT INDEX
199 - INDEX OF SIGNS