New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter V - New York State Supplement To The National Manual On Uniform Traffic Control Devices For Streets And Highways-2009 Edition › Part 2 - Signs › Chapter 2C - Warning Signs And Object Markers › Section 2C.46 - Intersection Warning Signs (W2-1 through W2-8)

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
DELETE Paragraph 04.
INSERT the following paragraphs:
Guidance:
00A The use of Intersection Warning signs should be limited
					 to intersections where there is insufficient visibility, or where motorists
					 must exercise more than normal caution.
Support:
00B Sight distance between vehicles approaching and
					 vehicles waiting at an intersection is a basic consideration in determining the
					 need for an Intersection Warning sign. However, accident experience and other
					 factors, such as unusual geometry, are also important considerations.
					 Engineering judgment should prevail in determining the need for Intersection
					 Warning signs.
Guidance:
00C Figure 2C-101 should be used as a guide in deciding if
					 an Intersection Warning sign should be installed. It expresses the significance
					 of intersection visibility in terms of sight distance along the highway and
					 85th percentile approach speed.
Standard:
00D A plotted point in the red area below the lower curve
					 indicates an intersection approach with critically limited sight distance, and
					 an Intersection Warning sign shall be used except at otherwise specified in
					 this section.
Guidance:
00E A plotted point in the white area above the upper curve
					 indicates an intersection approach with more than adequate sight distance, and,
					 except where unusual conditions require otherwise, an Intersection Warning sign
					 should not be used.
Option:
00F A plotted point in the yellow area between the upper
					 and lower curves indicates an intersection approach that has less than
					 desirable sight distance, but is not critically limited, and an Intersection
					 Warning sign may be used where other factors indicate a need.
Option:
01A The Side Road (NYW2-8) symbol sign (see Sign Drawing
					 SD-W2) may be installed in advance of an intersection where the side road
					 enters the main roadway at an acute angle.
Option:
03A An educational plaque (see Figure 2C-9) with the legend
					 ROUNDABOUT (W16- 17P) may be mounted below a Circular Intersection symbol
					 sign.
Standard:
03B The TRAFFIC CIRCLE (W16-12p) plaque shall not be used
					 on an approach to a roundabout in New York.
Guidance:
08A Intersection Warning signs should not ordinarily be
					 used on intersection approaches where Junction or Advance Route Turn assemblies
					 (see Sections 2D.30 and 2D.31) or Destination signs (see Section
					 2D.37) are used.
Guidance:
09A The W2-1 sign should be used where two roads intersect
					 from opposite sides and the distance between the intersections is less than 30
					 feet. The W2-7 sign should be used where the distance between intersections is
					 30 to 250 feet. Where the distance between the intersections is more than 250
					 feet, the intersections should be considered independently and, if appropriate,
					 signed separately.