# Traffic Signs Manual/Chapter 3/2008/INDEX

| Advance warning signs | 1.10, 1.12 |
| "Ahead only" signs | 4.9, 4.12 |
| Alternative route signs | 5.2, 5.4 |
| Ambulances | 6.17, 9.15, 9.31 |
| Backing boards | 9.1-9.24 |
| Bollards | 4.19, 4.28, 4.43, 15.21 |
| plain-faced | 4.13, 4.25, 4.27, 17.31 |
| Boundary signs | 14.51, 14.60 |
| Bridges |
| height restrictions | 5.42, 5.43 |
| priority signs | 4.31 |
| weight restrictions | 5.31-5.33 |
| Buses (other facilities) | 15.4, 15.29-15.32 |
| see also the following: |
| bus stand markings | 9.20, Appendix C |
| bus stop clearways | 9.18-9.24, 10.8, 15.7, Appendix C |
| bus stop markings | 9.18-9.23, 10.8, Appendix C |
| in controlled parking zones | 12.1, 12.15-12.18, 12.23 |
| length restrictions | 5.37-5.41 |
| parking signs | 7.5, Table 7-1, Table 7-2, 7.48 |
| in pedestrian zones1 | 1.2, Table 11-1 |
| prohibition signs | 5.3, 5.13, 5.14 |
| waiting restrictions | 6.18-6.20, 9.20, 12.1, 12.15-12.18 |
| weight restrictions | 5.31 |
| width restrictions | 5.34, 5.39 |
| Bus lanes | 15.1-15.3, 15.5-15.28 |
| see also the following: |
| contra-flow bus lanes | 4.42 |
| illumination of signs | 2.6 |
| one-way streets | 4.42 |
| tramways | 16.9 |
| Camera signs | 14.39-14.46, 14.50 |
| Caravans |
| parking signs | 7.5, Table 7-1 |
| Clearways | 9.1-9.24 |
| see also the following: |
| bus stop clearways | 10.8, 15.7, Appendix C |
| red route clearways | 10.9 |
| Compulsory turns | 4.2-4.5, 4.8, 4.12, 4.16, 4.17 ​ |
| Controlled parking zones (CPZs) | Section 12 |
| see also the following: |
| disc zones | Table 7-4 |
| parking places | 7.2, 7.6, Table 7-4 |
| voucher parking | 7.24-7.26, Table 7-4 |
| Culs-de-sac | 5.10, 7.15, 7.42, 12.10, 14.9, 14.30 |
| Cycle by-passes | 17.31 |
| Cycle lanes | 17.1-17.28 |
| Cycle tracks | 17.32-17.37 |
| see also the following: |
| mounting signs | 1.21, 14.62 |
| Cycles (other provisions) |
| in bus lanes | 15.1, 15.2, 15.15, 15.20, 15.21, 15.24, 15.26 |
| bus-only streets | 15.29 |
| by-passes | 17.31 |
| false one-way streets | 17.29, 17.30 |
| in one-way streets | 4.42 |
| parking signs | 7.7 |
| in pedestrian zones | 11.5 |
| prohibition signs | 5.5, 5.26 |
| "Cyclists dismount" signs | 5.8, 17.37 |
| Directional signs | 1.12, 5.2, 5.3, 15.30, 16.8 |
| Disabled badge holders |
| all vehicles prohibited | 5.7 |
| in controlled parking zones | 12.5, 12.6 |
| parking | 7.16-7.20, 7.27, 7.30, Table 7-4, 7.44, 7.51, 10.3, 10.9 |
| pedestrian zones | 11.2, Table 11-1, 11.16 |
| waiting restrictions | 6.3 |
| Distance plates | 4.31, 4.50, 4.53, 4.54, 5.3, 9.6, 9.7 |
| "Dual carriageway" plates | 3.6, 3.13, 4.3, 4.24 |
| Emergency lay-bys | 9.12-9.14, Table 9-1 |
| End of restriction signs |
| bus lanes | 9.6, 9.9 |
| clearways | 15.13 |
| controlled parking zones | 12.12, 12.18 |
| cycle lanes | 17.11 |
| cycle tracks | 17.36, 17.37 |
| goods vehicles prohibitions | 5.19 |
| lane control systems | 18.10 |
| pedestrian zones | 11.13 |
| restricted parking zones | 13.7 |
| 20 mph zones | 14.32 ​ |
| "End" plates | 1.27, 1.28, 4.31, 4.51, 9.6 |
| Entrance markings | 9.15, 9.16 |
| Exception plates | 4.14, 4.15 |
| buses | 4.14, 4.42, 5.14, 5.39, 15.21, 15.24, 15.29 |
| cycles | 4.14, 4.42, 17.21 |
| "except for access" | 5.7, 5.10, 5.12, 5.14, 5.17, 5.23-5.25, 5.39, Table 11-1 |
| "except for loading" | 5.7, 5.12, 5.17, 5.39 |
| height restrictions | 5.43 |
| length restrictions | 5.39, 5.40 |
| width restrictions | 5.39, 5.40 |
| Fluorescence | 1.32, 14.52 |
| Footways |
| mounting signs | 1.21, 7.49 |
| parking | Section 8 |
| shared with cycles | 17.33-17.37 |
| waiting restrictions | 6.10, 6.11, 6.37, 8.1, 8.4, 8.9 |
| "GIVE WAY" signs | 3.4, 3.12-3.14 |
| see also the following: |
| advance warning signs | 1.10, 3.5 |
| dual carriageways | 3.6 |
| junctions | 3.4 |
| mounting | 1.26 |
| railway level crossings | 3.1, 3.19 |
| regulations | 3.2 |
| road markings | 3.15, 3.16, 4.33 |
| roundabouts | 3.17, 4.23 |
| shape | 1.7 |
| siting | 3.16, 3.17 |
| size | 3.14, Table 3-3 |
| tramway crossings | 3.1, 3.19, 3.20, 16.2 |
| "Give way to oncoming vehicles" plates | 4.29, 4.31, Appendix B |
| Goods vehicles |
| alternative route signs | 5.2, 5.4 |
| controlled parking zones | 12.1,12.15-12.18 |
| "except for loading by" | 5.12 |
| loading bays | 7.27-7.29, Table 7-4 |
| parking signs | 7.5, Table 7-1 |
| in pedestrian zones | Table 11-1 |
| waiting restrictions | 6.18-6.20,12.15-12.18 |
| weight restrictions | 5.3, 5.15-5.19, 5.31-5.33, 12.16 |
| Height limit restrictions | 5.2-5.4, 5.42, 5.43, Appendix B |
| High—occupancy vehicle lanes | 15.1 |
| Horses, prohibition signs | 5.22, 5.23 ​ |
| "Ice" plates | 4.52, 5.18, 5.20, 5.41 |
| Illumination | 1.30, 2.5-2.7, 4.36, 14.52, 14.54-14.58 |
| "Keep left" signs | 4.24, 4.25, 4.28, 16.7, 17.20, 17.26, 17.30 |
| "Keep right" signs | 4.26, 4.28, 16.7, 17.31 |
| Lane control signals and signs | Section 18 |
| Large or slow vehicles |
| road markings for parking places | 7.10, Table 7-3, Table 7-4 |
| signs for level crossings | 3.18 |
| Legal issues |
| application of regulations | 1.1, 2.1 |
| illumination of signs | 2.5-2.7 |
| traffic regulation orders | 2.2-2.4, 3.2 |
| Length limit restrictions | 5.2-5.4, 5.34, 5.37-5.41, Appendix B |
| Loading bays | 6.25, 7.27-7.30, Table 7-4, 7.32, 7.53, 13.3 |
| Loading restrictions | 6.1-6.8, Table 6-2, 6.28, 6.31-6.36, 7.30, Table 7-4, 7.32 |
| see also the following: |
| bus stop clearways | 9.21, 9.22 |
| bus lanes | 15.6 |
| controlled parking zones | 12.3, 12.7, 12.22 |
| cycle lanes, mandatory | 17.4 |
| goods vehicles | 5.19 |
| pedestrian zones | 11.2, 11.16, 11.18, 11.19 |
| red routes | 10.2, 10.3, 10.6, 10.7 |
| restricted parking zones | 13.2-13.5, 13.8 |
| road markings | 6.36, 7.32 |
| taxi ranks | 6.13, 6.14, 9.27 |
| urban clearways | 9.9, 9.11 |
| London | 6.11, 8.1 |
| Long, low vehicles | 3.18 |
| Lorry route signs | 5.2 |
| Motor cycles |
| in bus lanes | 15.1 |
| parking signs | 7.5, 7.6, Table 7-1, 7.8, Table 7-2 |
| Motorways |
| red cross signals | 18.1 |
| sign visibility | 1.17 |
| speed limit signs | Table 14-1, Table 14-4, 14.27-14.29 |
| Mounting signs (general) | 1.21-1.33 |
| see also individual sections ​ |
| "No entry" signs | 4.3, 4.7, 4.8, 4.10, 4.39-4.47 |
| see also the following: |
| bus gates | 15.29, 15.31 |
| contra-flow bus lanes | 15.21, 15.22 |
| contra-flow cycle lanes | 17.19, 17.27 |
| size of signs | 15.22, 17.19, Appendix A |
| "No left turn" signs |
| bus lanes | 15.24 |
| cycle lanes | 17.21 |
| junctions | 4.2, 4.5-4.7, 4.9-4.14, 4.18 |
| No motor vehicles" signs | 4.42, 5.3, 11.5, 11.6, 15.29, 17.27 |
| "No overtaking" signs | 4.52-4.54 |
| "No right turn" signs |
| bus lanes | 15.24 |
| cycle lanes | 17.21 |
| junctions | 4.2, 4.5-4.7, 4.9-4.12, 4.14, 4.18 |
| "No stopping" signs | 9.1, 9.2 |
| 24-hour rural clearways | 9.3-9.8 |
| bus stop clearways | 9.18-9.24, Appendix C |
| on entrance markings | 9.15-9.17 |
| emergency lay-bys | 9.12-9.14 |
| on taxi ranks | 6.12, 6.13, 9.25-9.32 |
| temporary prohibition | 9.33, 9.34 |
| urban clearways | 9.9-9.11 |
| on verge or footway | 6.10 |
| "No vehicles" signs | 4.42, 5.3, 5.5, 5.7, 5.8, 11.5, 11.6, 15.29 |
| "No U-turns" signs | 4.48-4.51 |
| Northern Ireland | 1.4, 7.16, Appendix D |
| Off-highway loading areas | 6.21-6.25 |
| "One way" plates | 4.3, 4.5, 4.8, 4.10 |
| One-way roads / streets | 4.35-4.43 |
| buses | 15.20, 15.29, 15.31 |
| cycle lanes | 17.2, 17.17-17.21, 17.24-17.28 |
| "one-way traffic" signs | 2.5 |
| pedestrian zones | 11.11 |
| traffic islands | 4.27, 4.28 |
| tramways | 16.6 |
| "One way" signs (for pedestrians) | 4.38 |
| "One-way traffic" signs | 2.5, 4.35-4.37 |
| "Only" plates | 15.21, 15.29, 15.31, 16.3 ​ |
| Parking | Section 7 |
| see also the following: |
| co-locating signs | 12.11, 12.17 |
| controlled zones | 12.4 |
| disabled badge holders | 10.3, 12.5, 12.6 |
| disc zones | 12.4, 12.5, 12.23 |
| on footways | Section 8 |
| limited waiting | 8.10, 12.13 |
| pay and display | 8.10, 12.5, 12.13 |
| pedestrian zones | 11.2 |
| permit parking | 8.10, 12.5, 12.6, 12.9, 12.10, 12.13 |
| red routes | 10.2, 10.3, 10.6, 10.7 |
| repeater signs | 8.8-8.10, 8.12, 8.13 |
| restricted zones | Section 13 |
| siting signs | 8.12-8.14 |
| size of signs | 8.11, Table 8-1 |
| sporting venues | 12.14 |
| taxis | 6.12-6.16 |
| on verges | 8.1-8.14, 9.5 |
| voucher parking | 12.2, 12.5, 12.6, 12.19 |
| Parking meters | 6.30, 7.1, 12.5 |
| "Pass either side" signs | 4.27, 4.28 |
| Pedestrians |
| bus lane signs | 15.26-15.28 |
| cycle lane signs | 17.23 |
| cycle tracks | 17.23, 17.32-17.35, 17.37 |
| "look left / right / both ways" signs | 15.26-15.28, 16.10, 17.23, 17.32 |
| "one way" signs | 4.38 |
| pedestrian refuges | 4.24, 15.27, 15.28, 17.23 |
| prohibition signs | 5.27, 5.28, 5.44 |
| road markings | 4.38 |
| tramways | 16.6, 16.10, 16.11 |
| Pedestrian zones | Section 11 |
| Play streets | 5.5, 5.6 |
| Police | 4.55, 6.17, 6.26, 6.27, 9.15, 9.31 |
| Priority signs | 4.29-4.34, Appendix B |
| Prohibited turns | 4.5-4.7, 4.9-4.14, 4.18 |
| Prohibition signs | 1.7, 4.1, 5.1-5.44, 6.1-6.37, 9.1-9.34 |
| Railway level crossings | 3.1, 3.7, 3.12, 3.18, 3.19 |
| Red routes | Section 10 |
| Reflectorisation | 1.30, 2.5-2.7, 14.52, 14.54-14.58 ​ |
| Refuges | 4.24, 4.25, 4.27, 15.21, 15.27, 15.28, 17.23 |
| Repeater signs |
| 24-hour rural clearways | 9.6 |
| cycle lanes | 17.6, 17.13, 17.18 |
| cycle tracks | 17.32-17.34 |
| "no overtaking" | 4.54 |
| "no U-turns" | 4.50 |
| "one-way traffic" signs | 4.37 |
| parking places | 7.50, 8.8-8.10 |
| restricted parking zones | 13.4, 13.8 |
| speed limit signs | 14.21-14.24, Table 14-4 |
| dual carriageways | 14.25 |
| minimum speed limits | 14.36-14.38, Table 14-5, Table 14-7 |
| motorways | 14.27-14.29 |
| mounting | 1.26, 14.61 |
| traffic on mown verges prohibitions | 5.30 |
| waiting or loading restrictions | 6.19, 6.24, 6.37 |
| Restricted parking zones | Section 13 |
| Road surface treatment | 13.1, 13.6, 13.9 |
| Road and street works | 1.13, 2.5, 3.15, 4.20, 4.24, 4.26, 4.28, 4.52, 6.29, 7.53, 9.33, Table 14-1, Table 14-2, 14.47, 14.48 |
| Roundabouts |
| "GIVE WAY" signs | 3.13, 3.17, 4.23 |
| "keep left" signs | 4.25 |
| mini-roundabouts | 3.13, 4.20-4.23 |
| road markings | 4.20, 4.23 |
| siting signs | 4.21 |
| size of signs | 4.22 |
| speed limit signs | 14.18, Table 14-2, 14.28 |
| "turn left" signs | 4.19 |
| Siting signs | 1.15-1.20 |
| see also individual sections |
| Size of signs | 1.14, Appendix A |
| see also individual sections |
| "Snowdrifts" plates | 5.18, 5.41 |
| Speed camera signs | 14.39-14.46, 14.50 |
| Speed limits | Section 14 |
| see also the following: |
| mounting signs | 1.26, 1.28 |
| repeater signs | 1.26 |
| siting | 1.19 |
| terminal signs | 1.26, 1.31 |
| variation of numerals | Appendix B ​ |
| Sporting venues | 7.15, 7.41, 12.14 |
| "STOP" signs | 3.1-3.11 |
| see also the following: |
| advance warning signs | 1.10 |
| mounting | 1.26 |
| railway level crossings | 3.18 |
| road markings | 3.15, 3.16 |
| siting | 3.16, 3.17 |
| size | 3.11, Table 3–2 |
| tramway crossings | 3.20, 3.21, 16.2 |
| Stopping prohibitions | Section 9 |
| see also the following: |
| bus stop clearways | Appendix C |
| red routes | Section 10 |
| siting signs | 1.20 |
| Supplementary plates (general) | 1.8, 1.21, 1.22, 1.25, 1.27, 1.28 |
| Taxis |
| bus lanes | 15.2, 15.15, 15.26 |
| bus-only streets | 15.29 |
| pedestrian zones | Table 11-1, 11.18 |
| red routes | 10.2, 10.8, 10.9 |
| tram gates | 16.4 |
| Taxi ranks | 6.12-6.17, 9.25-9.32, 7.30-7.32, Table 7-4, 7.43 |
| Temporary waiting / loading prohibitions | 6.26-6.30 |
| Tidal-flow systems | Section 18 |
| Traffic calming schemes | 4.26, 14.30 |
| Trams and tramways | Section 16 |
| see also the following: |
| speed limit signs | 14.49 |
| tramway crossings | 3.1, 3.7, 3.8, 3.12, 3.19-3.21 |
| "Turn left" signs | 4.2-4.6, 4.10-4.12, 4.14, 4.16, 4.17, 4.19 |
| "Turn right" signs | 4.2, 4.3, 4.5, 4.6, 4.10-4.12, 4.14, 4.16, 4.17 |
| Vehicle prohibitions | Section 5 |
| see also the following: |
| all vehicles | 4.42, 11.5, 11.6, 15.29 |
| motor vehicles | 4.42, 11.5, 11.6, 15.29, 17.27 |
| Verges |
| parking | 8.1- 8.14, 9.5 |
| prohibition of traffic | 5.29, 5.30, 5.44, 9.3, 9.5, 10.2, 10.9 |
| waiting restrictions | 6.10, 6.11, 6.37, 8.1, 8.4, 8.9, 9.5 ​ |
| Visibility of signs | 1.15-1.18 |
| minimum visibility distance | 1.15-1.17, Table 1-1, Table 14-3, Table 14-4, Table 14-6, 14.46 |
| mounting signs | 1.21, 1.29, 1.30 |
| siting signs | 1.15-1.18, 1.21 |
| speed camera signs | 14.46 |
| speed limit signs | 14.19, Table 14-3, Table 14-4, Table 14-6, 14.46, 14.62 |
| Voucher parking | 7.24-7.26, 7.30, Table 7-4, 12.2, 12.5, 12.6, 12.19 |
| Waiting restrictions | Section 6 |
| see also the following: |
| at any time | 7.31, 9.22 |
| bus stop clearways | 9.21, 9.22 |
| bus lanes | 15.5 |
| buses and goods vehicles | 12.1, 12.15-12.18 |
| co-locating signs | 8.9, 12.17 |
| controlled parking zones | Section 12 |
| cycle lanes, mandatory | 17.3, 17.4 |
| parking and loading bays | 7.28, 7.30-7.32 |
| pedestrian zones | 11.2, 11.4, 11.7, 11.8, 11.14, 11.15, 11.17-11.19 |
| red routes | 10.2 |
| restricted parking zones | 13.2, 13.9, 13.10 |
| taxi ranks | 7.30, Table 7-4, 7.32, 7.43, 9.25-9.29 |
| urban clearways | 9.9, 9.11 |
| verges or footways | 8.1, 8.4, 8.9, 9.5 |
| Weight limit restrictions | 5.2- 5.4, 5.15-5.19, 5.31-5.33 |
| overnight parking | 12.15-12.18 |
| Width limit restrictions | 5.2-5.4, 5.34-5.36, 5.39-5.41, Appendix B |
| Working drawings | 1.8, 1.9, 5.7, 6.5, 6.31, 7.3, 7.45, 8.5, 11.7, 12.19 |
| see also the following: |
| bus lane signs | 15.11, 15.12 |
| CPZ entry signs | 12.13 |
| cycle lane signs | 17.7 |
| disc zone signs | 12.19 |
| emergency lay-by signs | 9.14 |
| entrance markings signs | 9.15 |
| non-prescribed signs | 7.15, 13.5, 13.7, 13.8, 14.42, 15.1, 17.25 |
| parking / loading bay signs | 7.13, 7.19, 7.21, 7.22, 7.26, 7.28 |
| priority signs | 4.31 |
| speed limit signs | 14.32, 14.59 |
| temporary waiting restriction signs | 6.27, 6.28 |
| tram and bus only signs | 16.4 |
| vehicle prohibition signs | 5.29, 5.38 |
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