No Entry Signs
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imbecile

Original Poster:

2,032 posts

255 months

Saturday 16th June 2007
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To be enforceable, does a No Entry have to be signed on both sides of the road? And if so, does this still apply for a single lane road?

Dwight VanDriver

6,583 posts

275 months

Sunday 17th June 2007
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Traffic Signs & General Direction 2002

Direction 8

(3) Subject to paragraphs (4), a sign to which this direction applies (Sign 616 - No Entry to Vehicular Traffic) shall be placed on the relevant road at or as near as practicable to the point referred to in paragraph (2) - (start of restriction)



(a) where the relevant road has only one carriageway, on each side of that carriageway; or

(b) where the relevant road has more than one carriageway, on each side of each carriageway in relation to which the restriction, requirement, prohibition or speed limit begins.


(4) Where the relevant road has one carriageway, then signs to which this direction applies need only be placed on one side of the relevant road to indicate the point at which a restriction, begins in the following cases -



(a) where the restriction, only to traffic on one side of the relevant road;

dvd

Flat in Fifth

48,934 posts

282 months

Sunday 17th June 2007
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DVD should that not go on to read:-

what dvd said plus
; or
(b) at a junction where -

(i) traffic proceeding on another road on which it is permitted to proceed only in one direction turns into the relevant road; or

(ii) the carriageway of the relevant road is less than 5 metres wide and the sign is so placed that its centre is within 2 metres of the edge of the carriageway.

ie single track road.

FiF

edited to remove inadvertant smiley

Edited by Flat in Fifth on Sunday 17th June 10:08

imbecile

Original Poster:

2,032 posts

255 months

Sunday 17th June 2007
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Right oh, that means the place I'm thinking of is enforceable then. Thanks for help.

7db

6,060 posts

261 months

Sunday 17th June 2007
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There will often also be a no left/right turn sign.