S.I. No. 67/1961:

TRAFFIC SIGNS (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1961.

TRAFFIC SIGNS (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1961.

The Minister for Local Government in exercise of the powers vested in him by section 69 of the Local Government Act, 1946 (No. 24 of 1946) as amended by section 36 of the Local Government Act, 1955 (No. 9 of 1955) hereby makes the following Regulations :--

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Traffic Signs (Amendment) Regulations, 1961.

2. The Traffic Signs Regulations, 1956 ( S.I. No. 284 of 1956 ) shall be amended as follows :--

(a) for sub-article (1) of article 5 there shall be substituted the following sub-article :--

" (1) The regulatory sign to indicate that a road ahead is a major road, the traffic on which has the right of way over traffic approaching from the road on which the sign is provided, shall consist of a red inverted equilateral triangle with rounded corners, the space inside the triangle being coloured white on which shall be shown in black letters the words ' Yield Right of Way ' or ' Géill Slí " ;

(b) In Part I of the Schedule paragraph (h) and sign 10 shall be deleted ;

(c) in Part II of the Schedule for paragraph (j) and sign 116 and paragraph (s) and sign 125 there shall be substituted paragraph (j) and signs 116 and 116A and paragraph (s) and sign 125 in Part I of the Schedule to these Regulations;

(d) in Part III of the Schedule--

(i) for Section A there shall be substituted Section A in Part II of the Schedule to these Regulations ;

(ii) there shall be inserted in Section D the additional paragraph (f) and sign 214 in Part II of the Schedule to these Regulations ;

(e) in Part IV of the Schedule--

(i) for " the following provisions apply to signs 1 to 10 inclusive " there shall be substituted " the following provisions apply to signs 1 to 9 inclusive " ;

(ii) "to accommodate a long place name " shall be deleted from paragraph 9;

(iii) paragraph 13 shall be deleted ;

(iv) the following additional paragraphs shall be inserted :--

" 4a--in the case of signs 1 and 2 the height of the lettering of place names in English may be increased to 3 inches, 4 inches or 5 inches and the height of the lettering of place names in Irish may be increased to 2 inches or 3 inches ; where the larger lettering is used the height of the panel may be increased where necessary.

8a--in the case of signs 3 and 4 the height of the panel may be increased to 11 inches ; the height of the lettering of place names in English may be increased to 4 inches or 5 inches and the height of the lettering of place names in Irish may be increased to 3 inches.

11a--in the case of sign 6 the length of the sign may be increased where necessary ; the height of the lettering of place names in English may be increased to 4 inches or 5 inches and the height of the lettering of place names in Irish may be increased to 3 inches.

13--in the case of signs 1 to 6 where such a sign is supplied by another body to a road authority a symbol indicative of the body supplying the sign may be shown on the sign."

(f) in Part V of the Schedule the following additional paragraph shall be inserted :--

" 6--Sign 116A shall be used where the junction is a junction otherwise sign 116 shall be used."

(g) in Part VI of the Schedule--

(i) for " the following provisions apply to signs 204 to 213 inclusive " there shall be substituted " the following provisions apply to signs 204 to 214 inclusive " ;

(ii) in paragraph 1 " 214 " shall be substituted for " 213 " ;

(iii) the following additional paragraphs shall be inserted:

" 5--in the case of signs 212 and 213 an arrow may be displayed on the face of the sign on either or both sides of the symbol to indicate the direction in which parking is permitted or prohibited.

6--in the case of sign 214 either or both of the arrows may be omitted where necessary."

(h) in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) of Part VII of the Schedule " 201A " shall be inserted after " sign 201 " and " Letters to be reduced in size by one-fifth " shall be inserted in the particulars of the reduced dimensions of signs 201 and 201A.

SCHEDULE

PART I--WARNING SIGNS

(j) To indicate that there is ahead a Major Road Ahead sign (No. 201 or 201A) or a " Stop " sign (No. 202).

(s) to indicate that there is ahead a school, a childrens' playground or other place frequented by large numbers of children.

SCHEDULE

PART II--REGULATORY SIGNS

SECTION A. MAJOR ROAD AHEAD SIGN

Dimensions permissible for a Major Road Ahead sign of reduced size shall be as set out in Part VII of the Schedule to the Traffic Signs Regulations, 1956 as amended by paragraph (h) of article 2 of these Regulations.

SECTION D. OTHER REGULATORY SIGNS

(f) To indicate a stand for street service vehicles.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government this twenty-eighth day of March One Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixty-one.

NEIL T. BLANEY,

Minister for Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The regulations provide for the making of the following amendments to the signs prescribed and illustrated in the Traffic Signs Regulations, 1956 ( S.I. No. 284 of 1956 ) :

(a) The Major Road Ahead Sign (No. 201) shall henceforth have a white centre in all cases, on which the words " Yield Right of Way " or " Géill Slí " shall appear so as to make the meaning of the sign clearer to road users.

(b) The rectangular " taxi " sign (No. 10) which was formerly an informative sign will now become a regulatory sign and will be circular in shape.

(c) Sign 116 may now be used to indicate that there is a Major Road Ahead Sign (No. 201 or 201A) or a Stop Sign (No. 202) ahead. An alternative to Sign 116--No. 116A may be used to indicate that the Major Road Ahead Sign or the Stop Sign, of which it gives warning, is located at a " T " junction.

(d) In the case of Sign 125, used to indicate that there is ahead a school, a children's playground or other place frequented by large numbers of children, the symbol appearing on the sign as illustrated in the Traffic Signs Regulations, 1956, will now be reversed so as to show children moving on to the road.

(e) Certain increases in the sizes of letters used to indicate place names in English and in Irish on informative signs are now permitted, together with corresponding increases in sizes of signs and the panels used thereon.

(f) Arrows may be used on Signs Nos. 212 and 213 to indicate the direction or directions in which parking is permitted or prohibited.