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Regulation 2 Interpretation

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In these Regulations—

  • “build-out” means a work for narrowing a carriageway constructed on one side of the carriageway as an extension of, or adjacent to, the verge, footway or cycle track;

  • “chicane” means a series of two or more build-outs constructed on alternate sides of a carriageway and not opposite one another;

  • “island” means a work without facilities for pedestrians constructed in a carriageway to reduce carriageway width or to deflect the flow of vehicular traffic;

  • “overrun area” means an area of carriageway so constructed of textured or coloured material as to appear to narrow that carriageway;

  • “pinch-point” means build-outs constructed on both sides of a carriageway opposite one another;

  • “rumble device” means a part of a carriageway constructed of materials intended to generate noise or vibration in a vehicle passing over it;

  • “traffic sign” has the same meaning as in section 64(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984f1.

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Footnotes

f1

1984 c. 27.