S.I. No. 637/2006 - Road Traffic (Signs) Regulations 2006

1. The dimensions shown for sign RUS 060 and sign RUS 061 are in millimetres.

2. The standard dimension for the diameter of the signs is shown as 600mm and an alternative dimension that may be used is shown in brackets.

3. Two plates of sign RUS 060 may be exhibited, mounted back-to-back as a double-sided panel board, when it is intended to control two streams of traffic.

4. Whenever a manual controlled traffic shuttle system is being operated at a location where roadworks are being carried out so as to permit a single stream of traffic pass in one direction at a time, sign RUS 060 and sign RUS 061 may be mounted back-to-back on a single panel board and rotated to exhibit either sign, as appropriate, facing the stream of traffic that it is intended to control.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

15 December 2006.

Martin Cullen

_____________________

Minister for Transport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations (operative from 15 December 2006) prescribe a variable message speed limit traffic sign that may be used in a road tunnel to indicate the speed limit that applies, a variable message traffic lane control sign for use in a tunnel to indicate the operation of road traffic lane control regulations, a sign to indicate that use of the traffic lane on the right hand side of a two-lane carriageway in a tunnel by specified vehicles is prohibited, a sign to indicate that entry to a public road is prohibited to specified vehicles (by reference to total number of axles) and signs consisting of a STOP disc and a Go or Téigh disc to indicate, at a place on a public road where roadworks are being carried out, that a manual stop/go traffic control system is being operated.

1

O.J. No. L167, 30.4.2004, p.39

5. The 4 lanterns, when lit, emit an amber light and the top and bottom lights flash alternately when the red cross aspect or the downward pointing right inclined arrow aspect or downward pointing inclined left green arrow aspect is displayed.

SCHEDULE 2

Regulatory Signs - Upright

Part 1

Regulation 5

Sign No. RUS 046

Prohibitions and restrictions on prohibited vehicles by reference to total number of axles

Notes

6. (1) Traffic sign RUS 047 (“sign RUS 047”) shall, when provided at the entrance to a road tunnel with a two-lane carriageway -

(a) indicate that a driver of a prohibited vehicle shall not drive the vehicle in the traffic lane on the right hand side of the carriageway in the tunnel, and

(b) consist of a white rectangular sign with a black border, displaying, in black, a vertical broken line to depict two traffic lanes on a carriageway with an arrow pointing straight ahead in each such lane to indicate the direction of traffic flow, and, displayed in the traffic lane on the right, a white disc with a red border containing an oblique red bar and, in black, a symbol depicting a vehicle axle and the letter “x” associated with a figure signifying that the total number of axles being specified on the sign is one axle multiplied by the figure displayed.

(2) The dimensions and design of, and the figures, letters and symbols to be used on, sign RUS 047 are set out in Part 2 of Schedule 2.

Manual control of traffic where road works are being carried out (stop and go signs)

7. (1) Traffic sign number RUS 060 (“sign RUS 060”) shall, when exhibited facing the stream of traffic that it is intended to control at a place on a public road where roadworks are being carried out -

(a) indicate that traffic must stop in advance of the sign and remain stopped so long as the sign is exhibited, and

(b) consist of a red disc with a white border and showing, in white letters, the word “STOP”.

(2) Traffic sign number RUS 061 (“sign RUS 061”) shall, when exhibited facing the stream of traffic that it is intended to control at a place on a public road where roadworks are being carried out -

(a) indicate that traffic may proceed or commence to proceed, and

(b) consist of a green disc with a white border and showing, in white letters, the word “GO” or “Téigh”.

(3) (a) Sign RUS 060 or RUS 061 may be exhibited, by being hand-held or by a mechanical device that is manually controlled, by an authorised person at intervals determined by the person or where traffic flow demand requires.

(b) Where the control of the passage of traffic at a place on a public road where roadworks are being carried out requires that -

(i) two streams of traffic stop, and remain stopped, sign RUS 060 may be mounted back-to-back with a second sign RUS 060 as a single panel and exhibited, facing the streams of traffic that it is intended to control, or

(ii) a shuttle system be operated to only permit a single stream of traffic to proceed, in one direction at a time, two signs may be mounted back-to-back as a single panel and exhibited so as to display sign RUS 060 on one side and sign RUS 061 on the reverse and be rotated, as required, to exhibit sign RUS 060 or sign RUS 061, in either direction, facing the stream of traffic that it is intended to control.

(4) In this Regulation -

“authorised person” means a person authorised by or behalf of a road authority or -

(a) a person who is authorised by a direction given to the person by the local authority concerned under section 101D,

(b) a person acting with the consent of the road authority concerned under

section 13

of the

Roads Act 1993

(No. 14 of 1993), or

(c) a person acting in accordance with a traffic management plan that has been approved by the road authority concerned,

to carry out works on the public road.

“roadworks” means roadworks (within the meaning of section 101D) and includes emergency roadworks (within the meaning of that section);

“section 101D” means section 101D (inserted by

section 9

of the

Dublin Transport Authority (Dissolution) Act 1987

(No. 34 of 1987)) of the

Road Traffic Act 1961

(No. 24 of 1961).

(5) The dimensions and design of, and the letters to be used on, sign RUS 060 and sign RUS 061 are set out in Part 3 of Schedule 2.

Amendment of First Schedule to

S.I. No. 181 of 1997

8. The First Schedule (Mandatory Traffic Signs) to the Road Traffic (Signs) Regulations 1997 (

S.I. No. 181 of 1997

) is amended by substituting for the dimensions shown the following

“(1500)

(1200)

(900)

(750)

(600)

(300)

(270)”.

SCHEDULE 1

Regulatory signs - variable message

Part 1

Regulation 3

Sign No. RVMS 100

Road Tunnel Speed Limit Sign

Notes

S.I. No. 637 of 2006

Road Traffic (Signs) Regulations 2006

I, Martin Cullen, Minister for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 95 (as amended by

section 37

of the

Road Traffic Act 1994

(No. 7 of 1994)) of the

Road Traffic Act 1961

(No. 24 of 1961) and the National Roads and Road Traffic (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2002 (

S.I. No. 298 of 2002

) (as adapted by the Public Enterprise (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2002 (

S.I. No. 305 of 2002

)) and

section 2

of the

Road Traffic Act 2006

(No. 23 of 2006) to give further effect to Directive No. 2004/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004

1

, hereby make the following regulations

Part 1

Preliminary and General

Citation and Collective Citation