道路交通条例修订 - 道路交通标志

SIGN TYPE
Speed limit		0 - 60	61 - 80	81 -100	101 -120
Diameter	General	600	900	1 200	1 200
	Overhead	900	1 200	1 200	1 600
	Parking and stopping	450	900	1 200	1 200

Provided that -

(aa) a stop sign shall be the same size as a circular sign except for a sign used by a scholar patrol which may be a minimum of 450 millimetres in diameter;

(bb) a sign for pedestrians and cyclists may be a minimum of 300 millimetres in diameter; and

(cc) a keep left sign used on the vertical face of a bollard may be a minimum of 300 millimetres in diameter;

(ii) for triangular regulatory and warning signs as shown in the table below:

Speed limit	0 - 60	61 - 80	81 - 100	101 -120
Side length	900	1 200	1 200	1 500

(iii) for rectangular regulatory signs as shown in the table below:

SIGN TYPE
Speed limit		0 - 60	61 - 80	81 -100	101 -120
Height x width	General	600 x 450	900 x 675	1 200 x 900	1 200 x 900
	Overhead	900 x 675	1 200 x 900	1 200 x 900	600 x 1 200
	Parking and stopping	445 x 338	900 x 675	1 200 x 900	1 200 x 900
	Bus and minibus stop	450 x 225	600 x 300	800 x 400	900 x 450

Provided that a one way roadway sign shall be of a minimum height of 450 millimetres and a minimum width of 600 millimetres.

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2. The following Chapter is hereby substituted for Chapter XII.

"CHAPTER XII
ROAD TRAFFIC SIGNS"

Definitions

152. For the purposes of this Chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates -

"abnormal vehicle" means any vehicle which is operated under a written exemption granted in terms of section 170 of the Ordinance;

"agricultural vehicle" means a vehicle designed or adapted solely for agricultural activities and includes a tractor but does not include a goods vehicle;

"authorised vehicle" means any motor vehicle identified by means of -

(a) a registration plate;

(b) an authorised symbol or name on the vehicle; or

(c) an authorised disc affixed to the inside of the windscreen of the vehicle,

and the identification of which is thereby compatible with that displayed on the appropriate road traffic sign by a competent authority;

"construction vehicle" means any vehicle used in connection with construction and maintenance of roads and buildings;

"delivery vehicle" means a goods vehicle, motor cycle, motor tricycle or motor quadrucycle in the process of being loaded or unloaded;

"high occupancy vehicle" means a motor vehicle in which the number of occupants equals or exceeds the number indicated on an appropriate road traffic sign;

"junction" means that portion of an intersection contained within the prolongation of the lateral limits of the intersecting roadways and such junctions shall include any portion of the roadway between such lateral limits, and any stop or yield line marking which is painted at such intersection;

"midibus" means a bus which is designed or adapted solely for the conveyance of not more than 35 persons, excluding the driver;

"rickshaw" means a vehicle with two wheels designed to be pulled by a person;

"selective restriction sign" means a regulatory sign which comprises of a two part message which is such that the lower message modifies or qualifies the significance of the upper message;

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"South African Road Traffic Signs Manual" means the South African Road Traffic Signs Manual which shall be available for inspection during office hours at the offices of the Under Secretary for Transport, Ministry of Works, Transport and Communication, Windhoek;

"taxi" means a motor car, motor tricycle or motor quadrucycle which is designed or adapted for the conveyance of up to nine persons, including the driver, and is operating for reward;

"tour bus" means a minibus, midibus or a bus which is operated by or leased to a tour operator and which is solely or principally used to convey tourists;

"traffic circle" means a junction which contains a traffic or painted island around which a road user shall travel in a clockwise direction;

"variable message sign" means a road traffic sign which is capable of varying its message by manual or remote control to display a different message to the message last displayed and the road traffic sign may be light reflecting or light emitting;

"zig-zag-zone" means that section of a roadway delineated by a zig-zag-zone marking line marking RM11.

Purpose, classification and types of road traffic signs

153. (1) A road traffic sign shall have one of the following purposes:

(a) Regulatory, that is a road traffic sign which directs a road user to take or not to take specific action.

(b) Warning, that is a road traffic sign calling attention to conditions on a public road which are dangerous or potentially dangerous to road users.

(c) Guidance or information, that is a road traffic sign indicating a destination, direction, distance, amenity, facility, place of interest, tourist attraction or location, or any combination of these, or a road traffic sign which imparts general information or advice to road users.

(2) Road traffic signs shall be divided as follows:

(a) Class I: Road signs -

(i) regulatory signs -

(aa) control signs;

(bb) command signs;

(cc) prohibition signs;

(dd) reservation signs;

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(ee) comprehensive signs;

(ff) exclusive secondary signs;

(gg) derestriction signs;

(ii) warning signs -

(aa) advance warning signs -

(aaa) road layout signs;

(bbb) direction of movement signs;

(ccc) symbolic signs;

(bb) hazard marker warning signs;

(iii) guidance signs -

(aa) location signs;

(bb) route marker signs;

(cc) direction signs;

(dd) freeway direction signs;

(ee) tourism signs;

(ff) diagrammatic signs;

(iv) information signs;

(b) Class II: Road markings -

(i) regulatory markings -

(aa) transverse regulatory markings;

(bb) longitudinal regulatory markings;

(ii) warning markings;

(iii) guidance markings;

(c) Class III: Road signals -

(i) regulatory signals -

(aa) traffic signals -

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Dimensions and colours for manufacture of road traffic signs

(aaa) vehicular light signals;

(bbb) pedestrian light signals;

(bb) red flashing signal;

(cc) overhead lane direction control signals;

(dd) other regulatory signals;

(ii) warning signals -

(aa) warning flashing signals;

(bb) warning flag signals.

(3) A regulatory, warning, guidance or information road traffic sign for which a temporary sign number is allocated may be used in the temporary sign colours as prescribed by regulation 154(5)(b): Provided that this provision shall not apply to any control regulatory sign, location guidance sign or tourism guidance sign.

(4) (a) When no specific symbol is available for the regulatory or warning message required, a word message may be used on the background of a regulatory or warning sign of standard shape, size and colour, and the letters used shall be black semi-matt on a white or yellow background and white on a blue background.

(b) The lettering shall substantially conform to one of the standard letter styles detailed in the South African Road Traffic Signs Manual and shall be of a maximum size permitted by the space available and the message to be displayed, but shall not be less than 70 millimetres in height.

154. (1) (a) The minimum external dimensions in millimetres of regulatory and warning signs are given in relation to the speed limit in kilometres per hour pertaining to the section of public road on which the signs are erected: Provided that a tolerance not exceeding five per cent below such minimum dimension shall be permissible.

(b) The minimum dimensions and speed referred to in subregulation (1) shall, subject to paragraph (c), be -

(i) for circular regulatory signs as shown in the table below:

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SIGN TYPE
Speed limit		0 - 60	61 - 80	81 -100	101 -120
Diameter	General	600	900	1 200	1 200
	Overhead	900	1 200	1 200	1 600
	Parking and stopping	450	900	1 200	1 200

Provided that -

(aa) a stop sign shall be the same size as a circular sign except for a sign used by a scholar patrol which may be a minimum of 450 millimetres in diameter;

(bb) a sign for pedestrians and cyclists may be a minimum of 300 millimetres in diameter; and

(cc) a keep left sign used on the vertical face of a bollard may be a minimum of 300 millimetres in diameter;

(ii) for triangular regulatory and warning signs as shown in the table below:

Speed limit	0 - 60	61 - 80	81 - 100	101 -120
Side length	900	1 200	1 200	1 500

(iii) for rectangular regulatory signs as shown in the table below:

SIGN TYPE
Speed limit		0 - 60	61 - 80	81 -100	101 -120
Height x width	General	600 x 450	900 x 675	1 200 x 900	1 200 x 900
	Overhead	900 x 675	1 200 x 900	1 200 x 900	600 x 1 200
	Parking and stopping	445 x 338	900 x 675	1 200 x 900	1 200 x 900
	Bus and minibus stop	450 x 225	600 x 300	800 x 400	900 x 450

Provided that a one way roadway sign shall be of a minimum height of 450 millimetres and a minimum width of 600 millimetres.

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