Transcript MUTCD Millennium Edition Outreach Session

2003
MUTCD
Part 2C
Warning
Signs
2C.02 Categories of Warning
Signs
Section 2C.02 Application of Warning
Signs:
Revise SUPPORT statement to reflect
that “categories” not “applications” of
warning signs are shown in Table 2C-1.
Change title of Table 2C-1 from
“Application of Warning Signs” to
“Categories of Warning Signs”.
2C.03 Design of Warning
Signs
Add PLAYGROUND warning sign to the
listing of signs that may have a black
legend and border on a yellow
background or on a fluorescent yellowgreen background.
2C.04 Size of Warning
signs
 Gameli,
See MUTCD page 2C-7 and cut/paste the W1-2
sign, page 2C-10 the W7-4 sign, and page 2C-11
the W12-2P
*Compliance Date – 10 years from effective date
of Final Rule
2C.05 Table 2C-4, Placement of
Advance Warning Signs
Revise the distance for the
placement of advance warning signs
to correspond with values in the 2001
AASHTO “ A Policy on Geometric
Design of Highway and Streets” book
2C.05 Table 2C-4, Placement
of Advance Warning Signs
 Combine the “Condition B” and “Condition C”
columns and label them “Condition B”
 Add columns for 90, 100, and 110 km/h and
60 and 70 mph for the deceleration speed
 Add rows for 70 and 75 mph to the Posted or
85 percentile column.
 These changes to Table 2C-4 reflect the
needs of older road users.
2C.05 Table 2C-4, Placement
of Advance Warning Signs
2C.06 Horizontal Alignment
Signs
Hairpin Curve
270 Degree Loop
2C.06 Horizontal Alignment
Signs
 Add GUIDANCE to
install a One-Direction
Large Arrow or Chevron
Alignment sign on the
outside of a turn or curve
when the Hairpin Curve or
270-degree Loop sign is
installed.
W1-6
W1-8
2C.06 Horizontal Alignment
Signs for Speed Reduction
If the reduction in speed is 15 mph or greater,
the W1-1a, W1-2a, or W13-5 signs may be used.
2C.06 Horizontal Alignment
Signs (Table 2C-5)
Metric Advisory Speed values are
added to Table 2C-5. They were
inadvertently omitted in the 2000
Edition.
2C.07 Combination Horizontal
Alignment/Advisory Speed
Signs
 New standard designs with advisory speed
as part of the symbol design
 Other proposed sign designs withdrawn
for further
2C.10 Chevron Alignment
Sign
 The design of
the Chevron
Alignment sign –
a border shall
not be used
2C.11 Truck Rollover
Warning Sign
* Compliance date is 10 years from the effective
date of the Final Rule for the 2003 MUTCD.
2C.12 Hill Signs
These signs
supplement
the Hill Signs
(W7-1, W7-1a,
and W7-1b)
2C.13 Truck Escape Ramp
Signs
 Add to STANDARD to indicate that at least
one of the W7-4 series signs shall be used
when truck escape ramps are installed.
2C.14 HILL BLOCKS VIEW
Sign
Add Option for use of
sign
GUIDANCE: An
advisory speed plaque
should accompany
The HILL BLOCKS
VIEW sign.
2C.16 Narrow
Bridge/Road Sign
DELETE
Use these word message signs
*Compliance date is 10 years from the effective
date of the Final Rule
2C.19 Divided Highway
(Road) Ends Sign
Modify GUIDANCE to
clarify that a W6-2 Symbol
sign should be used in
advance of the end of a
section of physically
divided highway (not at an
intersection or junction)
2C.21 DEAD END/NO
OUTLET Signs
 Combine Section 2C.40 with Section 2C.21
 Redesignate the W14-1a and W14-2a plaques as
signs
 Clarify that the W14-1 and W14-2 signs shall be
posted as near as practical to the entry point or at a
sufficient distance ahead
2C.22 Low Clearance Signs
 Clarify STANDARD by removing the words
“or minimum structure height”
2C.23 BUMP and DIP Signs
Modify Guidance that a short stretch of depressed
alignment that might momentarily hide a vehicle
should be treated as a NO PASSING ZONE
2C.24 SPEED HUMP/BUMP
Sign
Add to OPTION to
allow alternate legend
SPEED BUMP
2C.26 SHOULDER Signs
 Move UNEVEN LANES
sign to Part 6
GUIDANCE that
SHOULDER DROP OFF
sign is for shoulder drop-offs
that exceed 3 inches in
depth.
*Compliance date for
removal of symbol signs is
January 17, 2011
2C.28 BRIDGE ICES BEFORE
ROAD Sign
 New Section
 Add OPTION for use
2C.29 Advance Traffic
Control Sign
Clarify that
reference in
text to beacon
refers to a
warning
beacon.
W3-4
Speed Reduction Signs
(Section 2C.30)
 Add new Section Speed Reduction Signs
*Compliance period is 15 years from effective date of
Final Rule
2C.31 Merge Signs
Add New Entering
Roadway Merge Sign W4-5
 Add to GUIDANCE that the
ENTERING ROADWAY MERGE
sign for use on a roadway curves
before converging
*Compliance date is 10 years
from effective date of Final Rule
2C.32 Added Lane Signs
 Add ENTERING ROADWAY
ADDED LANE sign W4-6
Add to GUIDANCE that the
ENTERING ROADWAY ADDED
LANE sign for use on a roadway
curves before converging
* Compliance Date is 10 years from
date of Final Rule
2C.33 LANE ENDS Sign
Add New Symbol
Design for the Lane
Ends (W4-2) sign.
*Compliance period is 10 years from effective date of
Final Rule
2C.34 TWO-WAY TRAFFIC
Sign
 Add to GUIDANCE that
W6-3 sign should be used
to warn road users of a
transition from a one-way
street to a two-lane, twoway roadway
AHEAD plaque should be
used
*Compliance period is 5 years from
effective date of Final Rule
2C.36 Advisory Exit, Ramp,
and Curve Speed Signs
W13-2
W13-3
W13-5
2C.36 Example
of Advisory
Speed Signs at
Exit Ramps
(Fig. 2C-8)
2C.37 Intersection Warning
Signs
 Revised design for
CIRCULAR INTERSECTION
warning sign
 Modify GUIDANCE to
exclude CIRCULAR
INTERSECTION sign from
restriction from use on
approaches controlled by STOP
or YIELD signs for use in
advance of roundabout
intersections
*Compliance period is 10 years from Final Rule
2C.39 Traffic Signal Signs
 Add new Section Traffic Signal Signs
 Add STANDARD on use of these signs
2C.40 Vehicular Traffic Signs
Add Truck symbol, Bicycle, Golf Cart, and HorseDrawn Vehicle signs
 Add OPTION – SHARE THE ROAD may be
mounted below Vehicular Traffic Signs
*Compliance period is 10 years from Final Rule
2C.41 NonVehicular Signs
 Add Equestrian, Handicapped, and Snowmobile
symbol signs
 Add OPTION that AHEAD or XX Meters plaque
may be used in advance of crossing *Compliance
date is January
17, 2011 for of
crosswalk lines
from crossing
signs and for
use of downward
pointing arrow
2C.41 NonVehicular Signs
Plaques
 Modify STANDARD that
when a NonVehicular
warning sign is used at a
crossing, it shall be
supplemented with a
diagonal downward
pointing arrow (W16-7p)
plaque showing the
location of the crossing
* Compliance date is Jan 17, 2011
2C.46 Advisory Speed
Plaque
 OPTION to use the W13-1 ADVISORY SPEED
plaque to supplement any warning sign to indicate
the advisory speed for a condition
 OPTION on
how to determine
the advisory
speed along a
ramp or curve
2C.47 Supplemental Arrow
Plaques
2C.50 CROSS TRAFFIC
DOES NOT STOP Plaque
 Replace entire section with new OPTION and
STANDARD statements
 New STANDARD – If W4-4p plaque is used, it shall
be installed below the STOP sign
 Delete Arrow from
design
 OPTION – Alternate
legends TRAFFIC FROM
LEFT (RIGHT)/
ONCOMING TRAFFIC
DOES NOT STOP
2C.52 High-Occupancy Vehicle
(HOV) Plaque
 Add new Section HOV plaque
 Add OPTION for use of the HOV plaque
 Alternate of diamond symbol may be used
2C.53 PHOTO ENFORCED
Plaque
 Add new section PHOTO ENFORCED plaque
 Add OPTION for use in advance of locations with
photo enforcement of traffic laws
* Compliance period is 10 years from date of Final Rule