Paragraph 4 I1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

A legend provided for in sub-paragraph (2) may be displayed on a variable message sign in conjunction with—

(a)

a legend provided for in Part 4;

(b)

a legend provided for in Part 5; or

(c)

a combination of a legend provided for in Part 4 and a legend provided for in Part 5.

(2)

The legends are—

(a)

“ACCIDENT”;

(b)

“ANIMALS”;

(c)

a route number, a junction number or “EXIT” and “CLOSED”;

(d)

“CONGESTION”;

(e)

“DEBRIS”;

(f)

“DELAYS”;

(g)

“DIVERSION”;

(h)

“EXIT CLOSED”;

(i)

“FLOODS”;

(j)

“FOG”;

(k)

“FOG PATCHES”;

(l)

“INCIDENT”;

(m)

“LANE CLOSURE”;

(n)

“LANE[S]” followed by a number or numbers and “CLOSED”;

(o)

“LARGE LOAD”;

(p)

“LONG DELAYS”;

(q)

“MOBILE WORKS”;

(r)

“MOTORWAY CLOSED”;

(s)

“NO PHONES”;

(t)

“OBSTRUCTION”;

(u)

“PEDESTRIANS”;

(v)

“QUEUE”;

(w)

“ROAD CLOSED”;

(x)

“ROAD WORKS”;

(y)

“SKID RISK”;

(z)

“SLIP ROAD CLOSED”;

(aa)

“SMOKE”;

(bb)

“SNOW”;

(cc)

“SNOW PLOUGH”;

(dd)

“SPRAY”;

(ee)

“STRANDED VEHICLE”;

(ff)

“[STRONG] WINDS”;

(gg)

“[The name of a tunnel] TUNNEL CLOSED”;

(hh)

“WEIGHT CHECK”;

(ii)

“WORKFORCE”.

(3)

The following legends may be displayed on their own or in conjunction with another legend as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)—

(a)

“[The name of a bridge] BRIDGE CLOSED”;

(b)

“BUS LANE CLOSED”;

(c)

“GRITTING IN PROGRESS”;

(d)

“NEXT SERVICE AREA CLOSED”;

(e)

“ONCOMING VEHICLE”;

(f)

“SETTING OUT ROAD WORKS”;

(g)

“SLOW MOVING LARGE LOAD”.

(4)

In sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) square brackets are used to indicate the part of a legend which may be omitted.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 16 para. 4 in force at 22.4.2016, see reg. 1(b)