Having bashed my head against the wall trying to get Portsmouth City Council to understand how to use speed limit signs before, I wasn't going to bother. Instead one day I decided to tweet Hampshire Police, apologising for wasting their time with pedantry, but explaining that if I could spot the problem then a lawyer could too. Despite my informal choice of channel, the offending sign was gone two days later, with a reply thanking me.

The amendment will provide benefits in situations where the definition of the restricted zone is not well suited to fixed periods. For example, it will enable the zone restriction to be applied during school term times, but not during holidays. This has potential dual benefit of:Costs will be borne by the roads authority. These costs are not considered to be excessive in the context of the significance and impact of LEZ introduction. Pedestrian and cycle zone – flashing lights (new signs) Traffic in right hand lane of slip road joining the main carriageway has priority over left hand lane New symbol for use on direction signs, to indicate locations where motorhomes and campervans can be serviced (water, toilet etc). Amendments to existing signs Additional warning sign legends * Discussions with local authorities have highlighted the need to avoid excessive road signing, and to limit sign sizes as far as possible, to only convey the necessary information.

Brown rectangles are for tourist information. Always exciting when you’re on your way to a theme park and you see that brown rectangle telling you you’re nearly there! Updating to the current symbol for this organisation (used on tourist information signs). Parking distance plates Permitting the existing pedestrian and cycle zone signs (Diagrams 618.3B and 618.3C) to be identified by flashing lights. Current regulations require fixed time periods. Transitional and savings provisions

This symbol indicating a nature reserve managed by Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) was already authorised for use on tourist signs in England and Wales, and commonly used on Scottish signs with non-prescribed sign authorisation. The amendment will allow these facilities to be signed in Scotland without prior authorisation, at the discretion of the roads authority. Parking distance plates (amendment to existing sign) The signs you describe are not prescribed signs as set out in Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002 (TSRGD) and would therefore need to be specially authorised. We’ve also got a whole guide dedicated to passing your theory test which should help you get prepared. Start practicing your driving A couple of years ago Portsmouth City Council installed a 30mph gateway sign on a slip road. Unfortunately, the sign was placed a good 10m before the split, meaning it technically applied to the mainline too. While I knew what the speed limits were so was deliberately misreading it, it's easy to see how somebody on the mainline could be confused. The SSI makes several amendments to Schedule 11 advisory signs, and also prescribes additional legends that can be used with the Schedule 2 hazard warning sign, Diagram 562 (exclamation mark). Distance to a speed limit commencing

The purpose of this amendment is to enable road users to make better informed choices about where to stop. It may be considered most useful where the distance between successive parking places is significant. City boundary sign colourLike other direction signs in the UK, the ones on motorways are rectangular. That's because they provide information. Their job is to tell you about upcoming and imminent destinations, and give you instructions on how to get there. Most such signs are positioned by the side of the inside lane, so you will see them on the left as you're driving on the motorway. Others are placed on gantries—bridge-like structures—above the road. These ones often tell you if you need to be in a certain lane for a specific destination. For example, if a lane is going to merge into an exit road, there would be a sign to tell drivers that the left lane is only for traffic destined for the next junction. It would direct vehicles heading to other places to move into one of the right-hand lanes. Keeping an eye on direction signs helps avoid dangerous lane-switching near junctions, and reduces the build-up of traffic around certain routes. Motorway junction signs

Providing flashing lights to define pedestrian and cycle zones will have implications in terms of installation and maintenance costs. It has also been noted that regulation of these areas will be dependent on the lights working effectively. The decision to install these lights and the costs to install, operate and maintain them, will all be the responsibility of the local authority. The proposed change to TSRGD will introduce the option to provide these signs, but will not impose them in any way, and the existing “fixed time” restriction sign will still be an available option.The SSI prescribes a series of signs, indicating countdown markers to the commencement of a speed limit. This sign had previously been subject to blanket authorisation throughout Scotland for some time, but was not formally prescribed prior to the amendment. The signs are most commonly used on approach to a town or village, where the speed limit is reducing from the national speed limit applied on rural roads.