Technical gateway
Sign Design Resources
IHIE Sign Structures Guide (June 2008)
Fully revised for new EU/BS standards.
Download or send an A4 s.a.e with stamps worth £1.50.
Government Policy
- Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions
- Traffic Signs Manual
- Know your Road Signs
- General DfT Guidance
General Guidance
Principles of road signing in rural areas
Hampshire County Council has no legal duty to warn drivers of hazards on the road (House of Lords decision), but extensive use of safety signage on a voluntary basis can raise a legitimate expectation that all hazards will be marked, and the leave the highway authority exposed legally if a hazard is not marked or a safety sign is missing.
Click here for more information
Rural Roads at Risk
See downloads on right hand side for a research report with a significant section on signing in the Lake District.
Including Landscape in Road Design (CA217)
A discussion note based on three casestudies of mitigation.
Assessing the effect of road schemes on historic landscapes
Part of DMRB Volume II. Please click here to find out more
CPRE/RAC Foundation decluttering campaign
Reclaiming our Rural Highways
Available on CD from www.dorsetaonb.org.uk/.
Other Resources
Traffic Signs Regulations Software
(TSR) is a brand new search utility for road signs and markings. TSR includes all Primary Statutory Instruments No. 3113 Traffic Signals Regulations and General Directions (TSRGD) 2002.
Buchanan Computing traffic signing systems,
including SignLoad, companion software to the IHIE Sign Structures Guide.
Chapter 8 Software
Fun Signs
- www.signspotting.com for 4 sign photos per month and Sign of the Year.
- www.lonelyplanet.com for sign spotting book.
Parking: Minimising signs and lines
Implementing restricted zones in
- Glasgow (A paper by Tony Hughes - 2008)
- Bury St Edmunds (An extract from Manual for Historic Streets from EHTF)
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