AS 1742.2-1994

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

Specifies requirements for traffic control devices for general use on roads other than freeways, and sets out the way they are applied at intersections, between intersections, and at a number of specific situations including sub-standard horizontal and vertical curves, approaches to structures and obstructions, changes in pavement width, climbing and overtaking lanes, steep grades and water crossings. Guidance is also given in appendices on the design and installation of signs.

This Standard describes requirements for traffic control devices for general use on roads other than freeways, and sets out the way they are applied at intersections, between intersections, and at a number of specific situations including substandard horizontal and vertical curves, approaches to structures and obstructions, changes inpavement width, climbing and overtaking lanes, steep grades and water crossings. Guidance is also given in appendices on the design and installation of signs.

First published as part of AS CA14-1935.
AS CA14-1935 revised and redesignated AS CE1-1946.
Second edition 1960.
AS CE1-1960 revised and redesignated AS 1742.1-1975.
AS 1742.2 first published 1978.
AS 1742.1-1975, AS 1742.2-1978 revised, amalgamated and designated in part as AS 1742.2-1986.
Second edition 1994.