Notice Type
Authorities/Other Agencies of State
Notice Title

Land Transport Rule: Traffic Control Devices 2004—Temporary Speed Limit for Slippery Surface Sign

Pursuant to sub-clause 4.4(4) of Land Transport Rule: Traffic Control Devices 2004 and a delegation from the NZ Transport Agency, I, Glenn Bunting, Manager Network Safety, authorise the installation and maintenance of the signs described in the Schedule to this notice.

Schedule

R1-8.2

Temporary speed limit for slippery surface

Combination R1-1 speed limit sign above a W3-2 slippery surface, temporary warning sign to advise drivers that the speed limit displayed is a temporary speed limit due to an unsafe, slippery road surface.

Option A

Shape and size

R1-1 speed limit sign: circle 750mm diameter above
W3-2 temporary warning sign: diamond 750mm square

Background

R1-1 speed limit sign: White (R)
W3-2 temporary warning sign: Orange (RF)

Border

R1-1 speed limit sign: Red (R) 95mm
W3-2 temporary warning sign: Black 25mm

Legend

Description

Colour

Size

R1-1

“[speed limit in km/h]”
above

Black

250/40

W3-2

“[symbol of a car skidding]”

Black

600mm x 550mm

Option B

Shape and size

R1-1 speed limit sign on rectangle backing board 1200mm x 1200mm above
W3-2 temporary warning sign on rectangle backing board 1200mm x 1200mm

Background

Backing boards: White (R)

Border

Black 30mm or may have no border

Legend

Description

Colour

Size

 

R1-1 speed limit sign above

White (R), red (R) and black, as for R1-1

900mm or 1200mm diameter

 

W3-2 slippery surface temporary warning sign

Orange (RF) and black, as for W3-2

Diamond 850mm square


Examples:
Temporary speed limit for slippery surface

Option A

Option B


Note: The dimensions, descriptions and terms contained in this notice conform with the opening notes in Schedule 1, Land Transport Rule: Traffic Control Devices 2004.

Signed at Wellington this 14th day of August 2018.

GLENN BUNTING, Manager Network Safety, NZ Transport Agency