Paragraph 6 I1
England, Wales and Scotland
The triangle must be legibly and permanently marked with the specification number of the British Standard for an Advance Warning Triangle to indicate a temporary obstruction, namely BS AU47: 1965f1 or the specification number of a corresponding EEA standard.
The surface coloured red and marked A must be reflectorised.
Not more than 15 square centimetre of the surface marked A may be obscured by constructional components.
The surface coloured red and marked B must be fluorescent.
The surface marked C must be either—
entirely reflectorised; or
a combination of reflectorised and fluorescent.
Not more than 10 square centimetre of the surface marked A may be obscured by constructional components.
Corners of a triangle must be radiused.
All sides of a triangle must be of the same length.
The reflectorised areas of the surface may be internally illuminated provided that such illumination is steady, presents a uniform appearance throughout that area and does not impair the retroreflecting properties of that area of the surface.
The triangle must not be illuminated through external illumination.
Annotations
Commencement
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Sch. 13 Pt. 7 para. 6 in force at 22.4.2016, see reg. 1(b)
Footnotes
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Publication date 15th January 1965 (ISBN 0580045013); amended by amendment number 1 of 6th May 1966.