Jersey R & O 5114
Road Traffic (Jersey) Law, 1956.
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TRAFFIC SIGNS (JERSEY) ORDER, 1968.
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THE DEFENCE COMMITTEE, in pursuance of
Articles 35 and 42 of the Road Traffic (Jersey) Law, 1956, as
amended, hereby orders as follows: -
PART 1
PRELIMINARY
INTERPRETATION
1.-(1) In this Order –
“an approved organisation” means the Royal Automobile
Club or the Automobile Association;
“hours of darkness” means the time between half-an-hour
after sunset and half-an-hour before sunrise;
“the Law” means the Road Traffic (Jersey) Law, 1956, as amended;
“non-primary route” means a route which is not a
primary route;
“primary” route means a route formed by roads which
have been designated by the Committee as roads important for the proper and
effective circulation of traffic;
“traffic controller” has the same meaning as in
paragraph (4) of Article 36 of the Law.
(2) Any
reference in this Order to a diagram number is, except where otherwise
expressly provided, a reference to that diagram number in the First or the
Second Schedule and any reference to any sign includes any variation thereof
permitted by this Order.
(3) Any
reference in this Order to a numbered Schedule is, except where otherwise
expressly provided, a reference to the Schedule bearing that number in this
Order.
PART II
TRAFFIC SIGNS IN THE FIRST SCHEDULE
SIGNS TO BE OF THE SIZES, COLOURS AND TYPES SHOWN IN THE FIRST
SCHEDULE
2. Subject
to the provisions of this Order, a traffic sign for conveying –
(a) to vehicular traffic on
roads a warning of the description specified in or under a diagram set out in
Part I of the First Schedule shall be of the size, colour and type shown in the
diagram relating to that warning;
(b) to vehicular traffic on
roads a requirement, prohibition or restriction specified in or under a diagram
set out in Part II of the First Schedule shall be of the size, colour and type
shown in the diagram relating to that requirement, prohibition or restriction;
(c) to traffic on roads
information of a directional nature of the description specified in or under a
diagram set out in Part III of the First Schedule shall be of the size, colour
and type shown in the diagram relating to that information;
(d) to traffic on roads
information of the description specified in or under a diagram set out in Part
IV of the First Schedule shall be of the size, colour and type shown in the
diagram relating to that information.
PERMITTED VARIANTS
3.-(1) Where the circumstances so require, the
indications given by the signs shown in the First Schedule shall or may be
varied as follows –
(a) any indication given by
such a sign may be varied in the respect (if any) in which it is shown below
the diagram relating to that sign that the indication may be varied;
(b) in the signs shown in
diagrams Nos. 570, 571, 572, 626 and 630 the numerals shall be varied to accord
with the circumstances;
(c) in the signs shown in
diagrams Nos. 639, 640, 641 and 807 the legend shall be varied to accord with
the prohibition or restriction imposed in relation to vehicular traffic;
(d) in the signs shown in
diagrams Nos. 515, 568, 569, 606 (through 180 degrees above horizontal), 639,
640, 644 and 810 the direction of any arrow or chevron shown therein shall be
varied to accord with the circumstances, and in the signs in diagrams Nos. 639
and 640 the arrows may be omitted and in the sign in diagram No. 641 an arrow
pointing in the appropriate direction left or right may be included;
(e) in the signs shown in
diagrams Nos. 570 to 572 any distance shown therein may be expressed in yards
or miles as is appropriate and in the sign shown in diagram No. 563 an
indication of distance may be expressed as is appropriate;
(f) in the signs
shown in diagrams Nos. 713, 724, 728, 732, 733, 735, 736, 740 and 742 the
direction in which they point may be reversed;
(g) in the signs shown in
diagrams Nos. 704, 705, 713, 715, 718, 720, 724, 727, 728, 730 to 733, 736,
737J, 740 and 742 the appropriate route numbers, place names, route symbols,
arrows and distances shall be varied having regard to the place where any such
sign is erected except that in the sign shown in diagram No. 724 the mileage
may be omitted.
(2) Where
overall dimensions are shown in the First Schedule for any such sign as is
mentioned in paragraph (1) of this Article and the sign is varied in accordance
with that paragraph, the overall dimensions may be varied insofar as is
necessary to give effect to that variation.
DIMENSIONS
4.-(1) Where as respects any diagram in the
First Schedule a dimension for the sign shown in the diagram is indicated in
one or more sets of brackets against a dimension not indicated in brackets, any
dimension indicated in a set of brackets may be treated as an alternative to
the dimension not so indicated.
(2) A
sign shown in a diagram in Part III of the First Schedule (other than in
diagram No. 717) shall be of such dimensions having regard to the character of
the road and the speed of the vehicular traffic generally using it as are
necessary to accommodate any place name, route symbol, route number, arrow, any
indication of distance, or any other indication which in accordance with this
Order may be shown therein and it is appropriate to show for the purpose for
which the sign is placed on a road.
PROPORTIONS AND FORM OF LETTERS AND NUMERALS
5. All
letters incorporated in the signs shown in the diagrams in the First Schedule
shall have the proportions and form shown in either Part I, Part II, Part V or
Part VI of the Fourth Schedule, all numerals incorporated in the signs shown in
the diagrams in the First Schedule shall have the proportions and form shown in
Part III or Part VII of the Fourth Schedule and all other characters
incorporated in the signs shown in the diagrams in the First Schedule shall
have the proportions and form shown in Part IV or Part VIII of the Fourth
Schedule.
ILLUMINATION OF SIGNS
6.-(1) The signs shown in diagrams Nos. 560 and
561 in Part I of the First Schedule and every sign shown in a diagram in Part
II of that Schedule shall be illuminated by the use of the reflecting material
in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs (4) and (5) of this Article :
Provided that this paragraph shall not apply to any sign which is
so illuminated by street lighting throughout the hours of darkness as to be
legible from a reasonable distance by drivers of approaching vehicles.
(2) Any
sign shown in a diagram in Parts I (other than diagrams Nos. 560 and 561), III
and IV of the First Schedule, and any sign shown in a diagram in Part II of the
First Schedule to which the proviso to paragraph (1) of this Article applies,
may be illuminated by the use of reflecting material in accordance with the
provisions of paragraphs (4) and (5) of this Article.
(3) Where
a sign shown in a diagram in the First Schedule (not being a sign consisting of
a plate) is illuminated by the use of reflecting material in accordance with
the provisions of this Article and a plate shown in a diagram in that Schedule
is used in conjunction with that sign, the said plate shall be illuminated by
the use of reflecting material in accordance with the provisions of paragraph
(4) of this Article.
(4) Subject
to the provisions of paragraph (5) of this Article, where reflecting material
is used on any sign shown in a diagram in the First Schedule it shall be of the
same colour as that of, and extend throughout, that part of the sign to which
it is applied :
Provided that no reflecting material shall be applied to any part
of a sign coloured black.
(5) Where
in accordance with paragraph (4) of this Article different colours of
reflecting material are used immediately adjacent to one another on the same
sign, a gap of not more than three-quarters of an inch in width but not less
than one quarter of an inch in width may be left between the different colours
of reflecting material.
PLACING AND FIXING, AND COLOUR OF THE BACKS, OF SIGNS SHOWN IN THE
FIRST SCHEDULE
7.-(1) Signs shown in diagrams Nos. 606 (except
when erected on the central island of a roundabout or when used in combination
with a plate of the type shown in diagram No. 608), 607, 609 (except when used
in combination with a plate of the type shown in diagram No. 608), 612 to 614,
616 to 622, 624, 626, 627,630, 632, 636, 637, 639 to 645, 801 (when used in
combination with a plate of the type shown in diagram No. 805 indicating
restriction on the use of a parking place) and 806 to 810 may be placed on or
near a road only to indicate the effect of any enactment which prohibits or
restricts the use of a road by vehicular traffic.
(2) The
sign shown in diagram No. 560 or 561 shall be so placed that the top of the
sign is not less than 2 feet 6 inches nor more than 4 feet 6 inches above the
surface of the carriageway in the immediate vicinity.
(3) Where
the sign shown in diagram No. 560 or 561 is mounted on a post specially
provided for the purpose, that part of the post which extends above ground
level shall be coloured black and white in alternate horizontal bands, each
band being not less than 9 inches nor more than 13 inches in depth.
(4) The
signs shown in diagrams Nos. 704, 705, 713, 715 and 717 may be placed only on
or near a primary route and the signs shown in diagrams Nos. 718, 720 and 724
(and 715 when the colour of the background is varied as shown beneath the
diagram) may be placed only on or near a non-primary route.
(5) Where
a sign shown in a diagram in the First Schedule is mounted on a post specially
provided for the purpose, that part of the post which extends above ground
level shall be coloured grey except –
(a) in a case where
different provision as to the colouring of the post is made by this Article ;
(b) in a case where the
post is constructed of concrete and, in such a case, it shall remain in its
natural colour ; or
(c) in a case where the
post is not likely to be readily visible to pedestrians and, in such a case,
the post shall be coloured grey but with one white band of 6 inches in depth,
the lower edge of the band being between 5 feet and 5 feet 6 inches above the
level of the surface of the ground in the immediate vicinity.
(6) The
back of any sign shown in a diagram in the First Schedule and any fitting
provided for the assembly of such a sign, including any container enclosing
apparatus for the illumination of the sign, shall be coloured –
(a) black, if the sign is
mounted on the same post as that on which light signals for the control of
vehicular traffic as prescribed by this Order are mounted ; and
(b) grey, in any other
case.
USE OF SIGNS
8.-(1) The sign shown in diagram No. 562 may be
used only in combination with a plate of the type shown in diagram No. 563.
(2) The
signs shown in diagrams Nos. 564, 565, 567, 568 and 569 may be used only in
connexion with the execution of works on or near a road or a temporary
obstruction thereon and any such sign so used and any other sign shown in a
diagram in the First Schedule used on or near a road in connexion as aforesaid
shall not be retained on or near a road after the completion of the works or
the removal of the obstruction, as the case may be.
(3) The
sign shown in diagram No. 602 may be used on a road only in conjunction with
the sign specified in paragraph (1) of Article 16 of this Order or with the
road marking shown in diagram No. 1003:
Provided that the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply
during the execution of works on a road in the vicinity of the place where the
sign shown in diagram No. 602 is erected if those works necessitate the
temporary removal of the sign or road marking in conjunction with which it is
used and shall not apply if the said sign is erected only temporarily in
connexion with the execution of works on a road.
(4) The
signs shown in diagrams Nos. 603 and 604 may be used only where one-way traffic
working is necessary owing to a temporary closure to vehicular traffic of a
width of the carriageway of a road.
(5) The
signs shown in diagrams Nos. 615 and 811 may be used only in conjunction with
one another.
(6) The
sign shown in diagram No. 617 may be used only in combination with a plate of
the type shown in diagram No. 618J.
(7) The
signs shown in diagrams Nos. 833 to 836 may be used only to regulate the
movement of vehicular traffic into and out of premises with more than one
access to a road.
(8) A
plate of the type shown in diagram No. 511, 518, 546, 563, 570, 571, 572,
602AJ, 607, 608, 618J, 620, 627, 643, 644, 645, 805 or 806 may be used only in
combination with the signs which are specified beneath the diagram showing the
plate.
PART III
TRAFFIC SIGNS IN THE SECOND
SCHEDULE
ROAD MARKINGS TO BE OF THE SIZES AND TYPES SHOWN IN THE SECOND
SCHEDULE
9.-(1) Subject to the provisions of this Order,
a traffic sign consisting of a line or mark on a road (in this Order referred
to as a “road marking”) for conveying a warning, a requirement or
information of the description specified under a diagram (other than diagrams
Nos. 1003 and 1013) set out in the Second Schedule shall be of the size and
type shown in the diagram relating to that warning, requirement or information.
(2) In
diagrams Nos. 1001, 1004, 1010, 1022J, 1024 and 1038 the dimension indicated in
brackets against dimensions not so indicated may be treated as an alternative
to the last mentioned dimensions.
ROAD MARKING SHOWN IN DIAGRAM NO. 1003
10.-(1) For the purposes of this Article –
(a) “minor
road” means a road at a road junction at which there is a roundabout, on
which road are placed the transverse lines shown in diagram No. 1003 and the
signs shown in diagrams Nos. 602 and 602AJ ;
(b) “major
road” means the road at a road junction into which road emerges vehicular
traffic from a minor road.
(2) A
road marking for conveying to vehicular traffic the requirement specified in
paragraph (3) of this Article shall be of the size and type shown in diagram
No. 1003.
(3) The
requirement conveyed by the transverse lines shown in diagram No. 1003 shall be
taken as according preference to vehicular traffic using or about to use a
major road and as requiring any person driving a vehicle on a minor road,
before passing such one of the said transverse lines on the minor road as is nearest
to the major road, to ensure that the vehicle may enter the major road in such
a manner or at such time as is not likely to cause danger to the driver of any
other vehicle on the major road or about to enter the major road from another
minor road to the right, or to necessitate the driver of any such other vehicle
to change its speed or course in order to avoid an accident with the
first-mentioned vehicle.
ROAD MARKING SHOWN IN DIAGRAM NO. 1013
11.-(1) A road marking for conveying the
requirements specified in paragraph (2) of this Article and the warning
specified in paragraph (5) of this Article shall be of the size and type shown
in diagram No. 1013.
(2) The
requirements conveyed by the road marking shown in diagram No. 1013 shall be
taken –
(a) subject to the
provisions of paragraph (3) of this Article, as prohibiting vehicles from
stopping on any length of road along which the marking has been placed at any
point between the two ends of the marking ; and
(b) subject to the
provisions of paragraph (4) of this Article, as requiring every vehicle
proceeding on any length of road, along which the marking has been so placed
that, as viewed in the direction of travel of the vehicle, the continuous line
is on the left of a dotted line or a continuous line, to be driven as to keep
the first mentioned continuous line on the right hand or off-side of the
vehicle.
(3) Nothing
in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (2)
of this Article shall apply –
(a) so as to prevent a
vehicle stopping on any length of road so long as may be necessary –
(i) to
enable a person to board or to alight from the vehicle ;
(ii) to
enable goods to be loaded on to or unloaded from the vehicle ; or
(iii) to
enable the vehicle, if it cannot be used for such purpose without stopping on
that length of road, to be used in connexion with any building operation or
demolition, the removal of any obstruction to traffic, the maintenance,
improvement or reconstruction of that length of road, or the laying, erection,
alteration or repair in or near to that length of road of any sewer or of any
main, pipe or apparatus for the supply of gas, water, electricity, or of any
telegraphic line ;
(b) to a vehicle used for
fire service, ambulance or police purposes ;
(c) to a pedal cycle not
having a side car attached thereto, whether additional means of propulsion by
mechanical power are attached to the bicycle or not ;
(d) to a vehicle stopping
owing to the driver being prevented from proceeding by circumstances beyond his
control or to such stopping being necessary in order to avoid an accident; or
(e) to anything done with
the permission of a police officer.
(4) Nothing
in sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (2)
of this Article shall apply so as to prevent a vehicle crossing or straddling
the continuous line first mentioned in that sub-paragraph for the purpose of
obtaining access to any other road joining the length of road along which the
line is placed or to land or premises situated on or adjacent to the said
length of road or if it is necessary to do so –
(a) in order to pass a
stationary vehicle, or owing to circumstances beyond the control of the driver
or to avoid an accident ; or
(b) for the purpose of
complying with any direction of a police officer.
(5) The
warning conveyed by the road marking shown in diagram No. 1013 shall be that no
vehicle while travelling next to a dotted line placed on the left, as viewed in
the direction of travel of the vehicle, of a continuous line should cross or
straddle the first mentioned line unless it is seen by the driver of the
vehicle to be safe to do so.
COLOUR OF ROAD MARKINGS
12.-(1) Save as provided by paragraph (2) of
this Article, the road markings shown in the Second Schedule shall be white.
(2) The
road markings shown in diagrams Nos. 1016J, 1017, 1018J and 1023 shall be
yellow.
USE OF REFLECTING MATERIAL AND STUDS WITH REFLECTORS ON ROAD
MARKINGS
13.-(1) Any road marking shown in a diagram in
the Second Schedule may be illuminated with reflecting material and studs
incorporating reflectors may be fitted to any such marking.
(2) Reflectors
incorporated in studs shall be red or white.
HEIGHT OF ROAD MARKINGS
14.-(1) The road markings shown in the Second
Schedule shall not project above the surface of the carriageway in the
immediate vicinity more than one quarter of an inch.
(2) Studs
incorporating reflectors fitted to any road marking may project above the
surface of the carriageway in the immediate vicinity by not more than 1 inch at
their highest points.
PLACING AND USE OF ROAD MARKINGS
15.-(1) Road markings shown in diagrams Nos.
1016J, 1017, 1018J, 1022J, 1029, 1036 and 1037 may be placed on a road only to
indicate the effect of any enactment which prohibits or restricts the use of a
road by vehicular traffic.
(2) The
road marking shown in diagram No. 1001 may be placed on a road only in
conjunction with the light signals prescribed by Article 22 of this Order or
where traffic may be controlled by a traffic controller.
(3) The
road marking shown in diagram No. 1016J may be placed on a side of a road only
to indicate that stopping by vehicular traffic on that side is prohibited along
the length of the marking constituting such sign.
(4) The
road marking shown in diagram No. 1017 may be placed on a side of a road only
to indicate that waiting by vehicular traffic on that side is prohibited along
the length of the line constituting such sign.
(5) The
road marking shown in diagram No. 1022J may be placed on a road only in
conjunction with a sign of the type shown in diagram No. 606, 609, 612, 613,
616 or 617.
(6) The
road marking shown in diagram No. 1023 may be placed on a road only in
conjunction with the sign specified in paragraph (1) of Article 16 of this
Order.
PART IV
MISCELLANEOUS TRAFFIC SIGNS
YELLOW LINE
16.-(1) For the purposes of this Article, the Committee
may determine, in relation to any junction of roads, which of those roads are
to be treated as major roads and which as minor roads, and save as provided by
paragraph (4) of this Article, may cause to be placed on the carriageway of
every minor road in close proximity to such a junction a traffic sign,
consisting of a transverse line, yellow in colour, measuring not less than
eight inches and not more than ten inches in width, and not less than five feet
in length.
(2) Lines
placed on the carriageway of a road in pursuance of paragraph (1) of this
Article may be illuminated with reflecting material and may be fitted with
studs, incorporating red reflecting lenses, such studs being of a type approved
by the Committee and so placed as not to project above the surface of the
carriageway in the immediate vicinity more than five-eighths of an inch at
their highest point nor more than one quarter of an inch at their edges.
(3) Where
any minor road is a main road, the Committee may cause to be erected on the
road a sign of the type shown in diagram No. 602, which sign shall be erected
at a distance of not less than ten yards nor more than twenty-five yards from
the junction so as to be clearly visible to vehicular traffic approaching the
junction.
(4) The
provisions of paragraphs (1) and (3) of this Article shall not apply in
relation to –
(a) any junction of roads
at which light signals prescribed by Article 22 of this Order have been
installed ; or
(b) any junction of roads
at which there is a roundabout and at which signs of the type shown in diagrams
Nos. 602 and 602AJ and a road marking of the type shown in diagram No. 1003
have been erected ;
and no such line or sign as is mentioned in the said paragraphs (1)
and (3) shall be placed at such a junction.
SIGNIFICANCE OF YELLOW LINE
17. The
significance of a traffic sign placed in pursuance of paragraph (1) of Article
16 of this Order shall be taken as according preference to vehicular traffic
using a major road and as requiring any person driving a vehicle on a minor
road to proceed slowly when approaching such sign and, before passing the sign,
to ensure that the vehicle may safely enter the major road :
Provided that such a sign shall have no significance at any place
where vehicular traffic is for the time being subject to control by a traffic
controller.
CERTAIN TEMPORARY SIGNS
18.-(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of
Article 2 of this Order and subject to the following provisions of this Order,
signs placed temporarily on or near a road –
(a) for conveying to
traffic –
(i) information
as respects deviations of, or alternative, traffic routes ;
(ii) information
as respects the route which may conveniently be followed on the occasion of a
sports meeting, exhibition or other public gathering, in each case attracting a
considerable volume of traffic ; or
(iii) a
warning of works being executed on or near a road or any obstruction on a road
; or
(b) pending the erection of
any permanent sign prescribed by this Order for conveying to traffic the
indication which such a permanent sign indicates ;
shall be of such size, colour and type as is specified in the
following provisions of this Article.
(2) Every
such sign as aforesaid (hereinafter referred to as a “temporary
sign”) shall be of a shape which –
(a) is rectangular ; or
(b) is rectangular, but
with the corners rounded ; or
(c) is rectangular, but
with one end pointed.
(3) Every
temporary sign shall be of such size as is necessary to accommodate the
wording, numerals and arrows or chevrons appropriate to the purpose for which
it is placed as aforesaid and any arms, badge, device, words or letters
incorporated in the sign in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (6) of
this Article.
(4) Every
letter and numeral incorporated in a temporary sign, other than any letter
incorporated in a sign in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (6) of
this Article, shall be not less than 1½ inches nor more than 10 inches
in height, and every arrow so incorporated shall be not less than 10 inches nor
more than 36 inches in length except that where an arrow is incorporated in the
index part of a sign with a pointed end such arrow shall be not less than 4
inches nor more than 8 inches in length.
(5) Every
letter, numeral, arrow or chevron incorporated in a temporary sign shall be
–
(a) black in colour on a
background of white, silver or yellow ; or
(b) white or silver in
colour on a background of red or blue.
(6) There
may be incorporated in or attached to a temporary sign the arms, badge or other
device of a highway authority or an approved organization or words or letters
indicating the highway authority or that the sign is a police sign.
(7) No
sign shall by virtue of this Article convey to traffic any warning,
requirement, restriction or prohibition of a description which can be so
conveyed either by a sign shown in Part I or Part II of the First Schedule or
by a sign so shown used in combination with or in conjunction with another sign
shown in such a diagram.
FLASHING BEACONS
19.-(1) Beacons showing an intermittent red or
amber light for conveying the warning that drivers of vehicles should take
special care may be used in combination with or in conjunction with any of the
signs specified in Article 18 of this Order or with any of the signs shown in
diagrams Nos. 562 to 565 and 567 to 569, subject to the following conditions
–
(a) the dimensions of the
lenses shall be not less than 5 inches nor more than 8 inches measured in a
straight line in any direction ;
(b) the height of the
centre of the lenses from the surface of the carriageway in the immediate
vicinity shall be not less than 4 feet nor more than 8 feet ;
(c) the number of flashes
shall be not less than 50 nor more than 100 per minute ; and
(d) the structure, if any,
on which the beacons are supported shall be coloured black and white in
alternate sloping bands.
(2) Beacons
showing an intermittent blue light for conveying the warning that drivers of
vehicles should take special care may be used in combination with or in
conjunction with either of the signs shown in diagrams Nos. 634 and 635 subject
to the same conditions specified in paragraph (1) of this Article.
FLAGS
20. Flags
of an area of not less than 2 feet square and coloured red for conveying the
warning that it would be dangerous for drivers to cause their vehicles to
proceed may be used in an emergency at or in the vicinity of works being
executed on or near a road :
Provided that during the hours of darkness flags shall not be used
as aforesaid unless they are so illuminated by lighting as to be clearly
visible to approaching traffic.
CONES
21. A
device constructed of rubber or flexible plastic material and being of a cone
shape for conveying the warning that drivers of vehicles should follow a
certain route round an obstruction or road works in a road may be placed
temporarily on the carriageway thereof subject to the following conditions
–
(a) the height of the
device shall be not more than 2 feet 6 inches nor less than 1 foot 6 inches ;
(b) the lowermost part of
the device (excluding the base) to a height of 2 inches and the uppermost part
of the device to a depth of not less than one quarter nor more than one third
of the height thereof shall be coloured red, and the remainder of the device
shall be coloured white ;
(c) that part of the device
coloured white shall be illuminated with white reflecting material and that
part of the device coloured red may be illuminated with red reflecting
material.
LIGHT SIGNALS
22.-(1) Light signals may be used for the
control of vehicular traffic subject to the following provisions –
(a) three lights shall be
used facing the stream of traffic which the signal is intended to control, one
red, one amber and one green ;
(b) the lamps showing the
coloured lights aforesaid shall be arranged vertically, the lamp showing a red
light being the uppermost and that showing a green light the lowermost ;
(c) each lamp shall be
separately illuminated and the effective diameter of the lens thereof shall be
not less than 8 inches nor than 8¼ inches ;
(d) the height of the centre
of the green lens from the surface of the carriageway in the immediate vicinity
shall be 7 feet 6 inches, provided that, where desirable owing to road
gradients, this height may be increased to not more than 10 feet ;
(e) the centres of the
lenses shall be not more than 14 inches apart ;
(f) the head of a
signal enclosing the lamps shall be coloured black and the post, if any, on
which it is supported shall be coloured black and white in alternate horizontal
bands ;
(g) the word
“STOP” in black lettering shall be placed on the lens of the lamp
showing a red light and no other lettering shall be used on the lenses or in
connexion with a light signal ;
(h) the sequence of the
signal lights shown for the purpose of controlling vehicular traffic shall be
as follows –
(i) red
;
(ii) green
;
(iii) amber
;
(2) Subject
to the provisions of paragraph (4) of this Article, a lens of the size and
colour shown in diagram No. 1 in the Third Schedule which, when illuminated,
shows a green arrow –
(a) may be substituted for
the lens showing the green light in the light signals referred to in paragraph
(1) of this Article in any of the methods shown in diagrams Nos. 4 to 8 in the
said Third Schedule ; or
(b) may be affixed to the
light signals referred to in the said paragraph (1), or to those signals as
altered in accordance with sub-paragraph (a)
of this paragraph, in any of the methods shown in diagrams Nos. 2, 3, 6, 7 and
8 in the said Third Schedule.
(3) Subject
to the provisions of paragraph (4) of this Article, the direction in which any
arrow shown in any of the diagrams Nos. 4 to 8 in the Third Schedule points may
be varied so as to be –
(a) a direction which lies
straight upright ; or
(b) a direction which lies
between the direction shown in the diagram showing the arrow and the said
upright direction.
(4) A
lens of the size and colour shown in diagram No. 1 in the Third Schedule may
only be fitted to the light signals referred to in paragraph (1) of this
Article in any of the methods shown in diagrams Nos. 4 to 8 in the said Third
Schedule where vehicular traffic controlled by the signals is restricted by
virtue of any enactment to proceeding in the direction indicated by the arrow
shown in such lens or the directions indicated by the arrows where two such lenses
are fitted.
PORTABLE LIGHT SIGNALS
23.-(1) Portable light signals may be used for
the control of vehicular traffic –
(a) where, owing to road
works being in progress or for some other reason, the width of the carriageway
is temporarily restricted so that it will carry only one line of traffic ; or
(b) during the progress of
temporary schemes of traffic control, if the signals are in the control of the
police.
(2) Such
light signals shall comply either with the provisions of sub-paragraphs (a), (b),
(c), (e), (g) and (h) of paragraph (1) of Article 22 of
this Order and sub-paragraphs (d) and
(f) of paragraph (3) of this Article
or with all of the provisions of the said paragraph (3).
(3)(a) Two
lights shall be used facing the stream of traffic which the signal is intended
to control, one red and the other green ;
(b) the lamps showing the
coloured lights aforesaid shall be arranged vertically, the lamp showing a red
light being uppermost ;
(c) each lamp shall be
separately illuminated and the effective diameter of the lens thereof shall be
not less than 8 inches nor more than 8¼ inches ;
(d) the height of the
centre of the green lens from the surface of the carriageway in the immediate
vicinity shall be not less than 5 feet nor more than 11 feet 6 inches ;
(e) the centres of the
lenses shall not be more than 28 inches apart ;
(f) the head of the
signal enclosing the lamps shall be coloured black and the post or legs on
which it is supported shall be coloured black and white in alternate horizontal
bands ;
(g) the word
“STOP” in black lettering shall be placed on the lens of the lamp
showing a red light and, where the signals are in the control of the police,
appropriate words indicating that the signals are police signals may be used ;
and
(h) the red and green
lights shall not be shown together and one shall follow the other without any
appreciable interval of time.
SIGNIFICANCE OF LIGHT SIGNALS
24.-(1) The significance of the light signals
prescribed by Article 22 or Article 23 of this Order shall be as follows
–
(a) the red signal shall be
taken as prohibiting vehicular traffic from proceeding beyond the stop line on
the carriageway provided in conjunction with the signals or, if that line is
not for the time being visible or there is no stop line, beyond the signals;
(b) the green signal shall
be taken to indicate that vehicular traffic may proceed;
(c) any green arrow during
such time as it is illuminated shall be taken to indicate that vehicular
traffic may pass the signals and proceed only in the direction indicated by the
arrow notwithstanding any other indication given by the signals;
(d) the amber signal (when
provided) shall be taken as prohibiting vehicular traffic from proceeding
beyond the stop line or, if that line is not for the time being visible or
there is no stop line, beyond the signals, except in the case of any vehicle
which, when the signal first appears, is so close to the stop line or signals
that it cannot safely be stopped before passing the line or signals.
(2) Vehicular
traffic passing any light signals in accordance with the foregoing provisions
of this Article shall proceed with due regard to the safety of other users of
the road and subject to the direction of any traffic controller.
(3) In
this Article, “stop line” means the sign shown in diagram No. 1001.
LIGHT SIGNALS FOR PEDESTRIANS
25.-(1) Light signals indicating to pedestrians
the period during which it is desirable that they should cross the carriageway
may be used in conjunction with the light signals prescribed in Article 22 of
this Order and, if so used, shall consist of –
(a) a lamp facing across
the carriageway which, when lit, illuminates the words “CROSS” or
“CROSS NOW” in white or green letters on a black background; or
(b) two lamps arranged
vertically with their centres not more than 28 inches apart and facing across
the carriageway, the upper lamp of which, when lit, shows a red light or
illuminates the word “WAIT” in red letters and the lower lamp of
which, when lit, illuminates the words “CROSS” or “CROSS NOW”
in white or green letters on a black background.
(2) The
head of the signal enclosing the lamps shall be coloured black and the post, if
any, on which it is supported shall be coloured black and white in alternate
horizontal bands.
PART V
GENERAL
VARIATIONS IN DIMENSIONS SHOWN IN DIAGRAMS
26.-(1) Any variation in a dimension (other than
as to the height of a letter) specified in any of the diagrams in the First
Schedule or the Third Schedule shall be treated as permitted by this Order if
the variation –
(a) in the case of a
dimension so specified as 12 inches or as over 12 inches, does not exceed
2½% of that dimension;
(b) in the case of a
dimension so specified as 2 inches or as over 2 inches but as under 12 inches,
does not exceed 5% of that dimension; or
(c) in the case of a
dimension so specified as under 2 inches, does not exceed 10% of that
dimension.
(2) Any
variation in a dimension as to the height of a letter specified in any of the
diagrams in the First Schedule shall be treated as permitted by this Order if
the variation –
(a) in the case of a
dimension so specified as 4 inches or as over 4 inches, does not exceed 2½%
of that dimension; or
(b) in the case of a
dimension so specified as under 4 inches, does not exceed 5% of that dimension.
(3) Any
variation in a dimension specified in any of the diagrams in the Second
Schedule shall be treated as permitted by this Order if the variation –
(a) in the case of a
dimension so specified as 10 feet or as over 10 feet, does not exceed 5% of
that dimension;
(b) in the case of a
dimension so specified as 1 foot or as over 1 foot but under 10 feet, does not
exceed 10% of that dimension; or
(c) in the case of a
dimension so specified as under 1 foot, where the actual dimension exceeds the
dimension so specified, does not exceed 20% of the dimension so specified, and
where the actual dimension is less than the dimension so specified, does not
exceed 10% of the dimension so specified.
REVOCATION
27. Subject
to the provisions of Article 28 of this Order, the enactments mentioned in the
Fifth Schedule are hereby revoked.
SAVING
28. Any
traffic sign, which immediately before the coming into force of this Order is
situated on or near any road, shall, if it is a sign prescribed by any
enactment revoked by this Order which sign then complies with the provisions
relating thereto prescribed by that enactment and for so long as it continues
to comply with those provisions as though they had not been revoked, be treated
as if prescribed by this Order.
CITATION AND COMMENCEMENT
29. This
Order may be cited as the Traffic Signs (Jersey) Order, 1968, and shall come
into force on the fifteenth day of July, 1968.
By Order of the Defence Committee,
A.D. LE BROCQ,
Greffier of the States.
24th June, 1968.
FIRST SCHEDULE
PART I
Warning
signs
Part II
Regulatory
signs
Part III
Directional
informatory signs
Part IV
Other
informatory signs
SECOND SCHEDULE
MARKINGS ON THE ROAD
THIRD SCHEDULE
INCORPORATION OF ARROW IN LIGHT SIGNALS FOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC
(See Article 22)
FOURTH SCHEDULE
PROPORTION AND FORM OF LETTERS, NUMERALS AND OTHER CHARACTERS
(See Article 5)
Part I
Transport
Medium capital alphabet for use on signs with a red, blue or green background
Part ii
Transport
Medium lower-case alphabet for use on signs with a red, blue or green
background
Part iii
Transport
Medium numerals for use on signs with a red, blue or green background
part iv
Transport
Medium other characters for use on signs with a red, blue or green background
part v
Transport
Heavy capital alphabet for use on signs with a white or yellow background
part vI
Transport
Heavy lower-case alphabet for use on signs with a white or yellow background
part vII
Transport
Heavy numerals for use on signs with a white or yellow background
part vIII
Transport
Heavy other characters for use on signs with a white or yellow background
FIFTH SCHEDULE
ENACTMENTS REVOKED BY ARTICLE 27
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Traffic Signs (Size, colour and type) (Jersey) Order, 1960.
Traffic Signs (Size, colour and type) (Amendment) (Jersey) Order,
1961.
Traffic Signs (Size, colour and type) (Amendment No. 2) (Jersey)
Order, 1962.
Traffic Signs (Size, colour and type) (Amendment No. 3) (Jersey)
Order, 1962.
Traffic Signs (Size, colour and type) (Amendment No. 4) (Jersey)
Order, 1964.
Traffic Signs (Size, colour and type) (Amendment No. 5) (Jersey)
Order, 1965.
Traffic Signs (Size, colour and type) (Amendment No. 6) (Jersey) Order,
1965.
Traffic Signs (Carriageway Markings) (Jersey) Order, 1960.
Traffic Signs (Carriageway Markings) (Amendment) (Jersey) Order,
1965.