Road Traffic Signs

The content of these pages on Road Traffic Signs is based on the 3rd (1999) edition of the SADC Road Traffic Signs Manual. This Manual, which is based mainly on the 1994 edition of the South African Road Traffic Signs Manual (SARTSM), and its Regulations was considered and approved by the SATCC Committee of Senior Officials and Ministers Committee in June 1999.

These pages were created by the Division Road Traffic Management of the National Department of Transport, Private Bag X193, Pretoria, 0001 and maintained, with the support of Unwembi, by Gerrie Botha, Dick Slater and Leslie Johnson, tel (012)309-3338 who can assist with more information if required.

These pages are under construction

Contents

Preface

1. Introduction
2. Purpose and Requirements of Traffic Control Devices
3. Human Factors and the Road Environment
4. The Driving Process and Information Needs
5. Navigational Aids
6. Road Traffic Sign Design Principles
7. Road Traffic Sign Classification
8. Regulatory Signs
   -  Control Signs
   -  Command Signs
   -  Prohibition Signs
   -  Reservation Signs
   -  Comprehensive Signs
9. Warning Signs
   - Road Layout Signs
   - Direction of Movement Signs
   - Symbolic Signs
   - Hazard Marker Signs
   - Sign Combinations
10. Guidance Signs
    - Examples
    - location signs
    - route marker signs
    - direction signs
    - freeway direction signs
    - tourism signs
    - diagrammatic signs
11. Information Signs
12. Traffic Signals
13. Road Markings
14. Temporary Signs
15. Vehicle Classification
16. What to do at the Scene of an Accident