AS 1742.6-2004

1 - AS 1742.6-2004 MANUAL OF UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES - TOURIST AND SERVICES SIGNS
4 - PREFACE
5 - CONTENTS
7 - FOREWORD
8 - SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL
8 - 1.1 SCOPE
8 - 1.2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
8 - 1.3 DEFINITIONS
8 - 1.3.1 Commercial service
8 - 1.3.2 Community facility
9 - 1.3.3 Expressway type road
9 - 1.3.4 Major tourist attraction
9 - 1.3.5 Rest area
9 - 1.3.6 Roadside stopping place
9 - 1.3.7 Service centre
9 - 1.3.8 Themed tourist way (by-way)
9 - 1.3.9 Tourist drive
9 - 1.3.10 Tourist establishment
9 - 1.3.11 Tourist feature
9 - 1.3.12 Tourist information facility
9 - 1.3.13 Tourist region
10 - 1.3.14 Traffic control device
10 - 1.3.15 Visitor information centre
10 - 1.4 SPECIFICATION OF SIGNS AND DEVICES
10 - 1.5 RESPONSIBILITY AND AUTHORITY FOR INSTALLATION
10 - 1.6 GENERAL PRINCIPLES
10 - 1.7 USE OF ADVANCE SIGNS
11 - 1.8 WARRANTS AND GUIDELINES
11 - 1.9 NUMBERING OF SIGNS
11 - 1.10 SYMBOLS
12 - 1.11 COLOUR
12 - 1.12 LETTER CASE FOR WORD LEGENDS
12 - 1.13 ILLUMINATION, REFLECTORIZATION, INSTALLATION AND LOCATION OF SIGNS
12 - 1.14 GATEWAY SIGNS
13 - 1.15 PICTORIAL IMAGES
14 - SECTION 2 TOURIST INFORMATION FACILITIES
14 - 2.1 GENERAL
14 - 2.2 VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRES-URBAN AREAS
14 - 2.2.1 Visitor information centre on through route-Advance and position signing
14 - 2.2.2 Visitor information centre on side street-Turnoff and trailblazer signing
18 - 2.2.3 Inclusion on gateway signs
18 - 2.3 VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRES-RURAL AREAS
19 - 2.4 TOURIST INFORMATION FACILITIES
22 - SECTION 3 SIGNS FOR TOURIST FEATURES, ESTABLISHMENTS AND ATTRACTIONS
22 - 3.1 SCOPE OF SECTION
22 - 3.2 SIGN TYPES AND APPLICATION
23 - 3.3 SYMBOLS AND LOGOS FOR TOURIST SIGNS
23 - 3.3.1 Standard symbols
23 - 3.3.2 Themed logos
24 - 3.4 ADVANCE TOURIST SIGNS-NON-EXPRESSWAY
24 - 3.5 POSITION TOURIST SIGNS-NON-EXPRESSWAY
25 - 3.6 REASSURANCE TOURIST SIGNS
26 - 3.7 TOURIST FEATURES
26 - 3.7.1 General
26 - 3.7.2 Features visited by tourists
27 - 3.7.3 Geographical features viewed by the tourist
30 - 3.8 TOURIST ESTABLISHMENTS
30 - 3.8.1 General
31 - 3.8.2 Guidelines for signing
31 - 3.8.3 Signs
35 - 3.9 MAJOR TOURIST ATTRACTIONS
35 - 3.9.1 General
35 - 3.9.2 Modified standard direction signing
36 - 3.9.3 Special tourist information sign, G11-9
36 - 3.10 TOURIST REGIONS
37 - 3.11 SIGNING TO TOURIST ATTRACTIONS FROM EXPRESSWAY TYPE ROADS
38 - SECTION 4 TOURIST WAYS AND DRIVES
38 - 4.1 GENERAL
38 - 4.2 THEMED TOURIST WAYS
38 - 4.2.1 General
38 - 4.2.2 Themed tourist ways of national significance
39 - 4.2.3 Themed tourist ways of state significance
42 - 4.3 TOURIST DRIVES
42 - 4.3.1 General
42 - 4.3.2 Route numbering
42 - 4.3.3 Guidelines
42 - 4.3.4 Signs
45 - 4.3.5 Tourist drive route markers-Design
46 - 4.3.6 Tourist drive route markers-Use
47 - 4.3.7 Tourist drive information signs
49 - 4.4 MINOR ROUTES AND DRIVES
49 - 4.5 COMBINED DIRECTION/TOURIST DRIVE SIGNS
52 - SECTION 5 SIGNING FOR SERVICES
52 - 5.1 SCOPE OF SECTION
52 - 5.2 SIGN TYPES AND APPLICATION-NON-EXPRESSWAY ROADS
52 - 5.2.1 General
52 - 5.2.2 Advance signs
54 - 5.2.3 Position signs
56 - 5.2.4 Next service and 'no service' signs
57 - 5.3 ROADSIDE STOPPING PLACES-NON-EXPRESSWAY
57 - 5.3.1 Rest areas
58 - 5.3.2 Signing
59 - 5.3.3 Truck parking areas
63 - 5.4 COMMERCIAL SERVICES-NON-EXPRESSWAY
63 - 5.4.1 General
64 - 5.4.2 Services adjacent to road
65 - 5.4.3 Services along a side road
67 - 5.4.4 Services in bypassed towns and town centres
68 - 5.5 COMMUNITY FACILITIES-NON-EXPRESSWAY
68 - 5.5.1 General
68 - 5.5.2 Symbolic signs
69 - 5.5.3 Signs with word legends
69 - 5.6 COMBINING SERVICE SIGNS WITH DIRECTION AND TOURIST SIGNS
69 - 5.6.1 Advance signs
70 - 5.6.2 Position sign
70 - 5.7 SIGNING TO SERVICES FROM EXPRESSWAY TYPE ROADS
70 - 5.7.1 General
71 - 5.7.2 Expressway rest areas and service centres
76 - 5.7.3 Signing to services off the expressway
78 - 5.8 SIGNS FOR ROADSIDE HELP PHONES
78 - 5.8.1 Major arterial and expressway type roads
79 - 5.8.2 Rural and remote areas
81 - APPENDIX A - SYMBOLS FOR USE ON TOURIST SIGNS
82 - APPENDIX B - SYMBOLS FOR USE ON SERVICES SIGNS
83 - APPENDIX C - ILLUMINATION AND REFLECTORIZATION OF SIGNS
83 - C1 SCOPE
83 - C2 GENERAL
83 - C3 MEANS OF ILLUMINATION
83 - C4 MEANS OF REFLECTORIZATION
84 - APPENDIX D - INSTALLATION AND LOCATION OF SIGNS
84 - D1 SCOPE
84 - D2 UNIFORMITY OF LOCATION
84 - D2.1 General
84 - D2.2 Longitudinal placement
85 - D2.3 Lateral placement and height
86 - D3 INSTALLATION/ORIENTATION
87 - APPENDIX E - DESIGN AND USE OF GATEWAY SIGNS
87 - E1 GENERAL
87 - E2 MESSAGE CONTENT
87 - E3 GRAPHICAL CONTENT
88 - E4 OVERALL SIGN SIZE AND LOCATION
89 - APPENDIX F - GUIDELINES FOR THE DESIGN OF LOGOS
89 - F1 GENERAL
89 - F2 RECOGNITION
89 - F3 LEGIBILITY
89 - F4 COLOUR
89 - F5 CLARITY OF MEANING

Specifies requirements for traffic control devices for tourist and service facilities and establishments, and features of tourist interest on all roads including expressway type roads. It includes the signposting of tourist information facilities and tourist drives and ways.

This Standard specifies requirements for traffic control devices for tourist and service facilities and establishments on all roads including expressway type roads and for the marking of tourist drives.

First published as part of as 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 and AS 1742.2-1978 revised, amalgamated and redesignated in part as AS 1742.6-1990.
Second edition 2004.