Know your traffic signs : official edition.

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This is the eighteenth in a series reporting the findings of the annual behavioural research seminar in road safety. The seminar, organised by the Road Safety Division of the Department for Transport, provides a forum for the discussion of current research as well as the exchange of ideas in this area of behavioural research. Traffic signs play a vital role in directing, informing and controlling road users’ behaviour in an effort to make the roads as safe as possible for everyone. This makes knowledge of traffic signs essential. Not just for new drivers or riders needing to pass their theory test, but for all road users, including experienced professional drivers. Having experience is all very well, but it’s not enough if your knowledge is out of date. Responsibility for the road network in the UK is split among: • the Highways Agency in England • the Welsh Assembly Government in Wales • the Scottish Executive in Scotland • and local or regional highway authorities. The central administrations above are responsible for the UK’s strategic road network. Strategic roads are the highways that link cities, areas of population, ports and airports. Most motorways and some “A” roads are strategic roads. Local or regional highway authorities are responsible for local roads, and this includes a few motorways, all other “A” roads and all other public roads. While responsibility for placing, erecting and maintaining traffic signs is split among these bodies, it is important that signs are consistent both in appearance and in the way they are used. To ensure that the UK has a uniform traffic signing system, signs must conform to the designs prescribed in the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions (although some signs may have been specially authorised by the Secretary of State). The Traffic Signs Manual, published by TSO, provides detailed guidance for those responsible for designing and installing traffic signs. For more information about traffic signs guidance, see http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roads/tss (Author/publisher)

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C 49689 [electronic version only]
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London, Department of Transport DfT, 2010, 144 p. - ISBN 978-0-11-552855-2 (First published 1975, Fifth edition 2007, Sixth impression 2010)

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