First Schedule, Guidance Signs

14. Guidance Signs

(1) Guidance signs shall be classified as follows:

(a) Location signs;

(b) Route marker signs;

(c) Direction signs;

(d) Freeway direction signs;

(e) Tourism direction signs;

(f) Local direction signs;

(g) Diagrammatic signs;

(h) Pedestrian signs; and

(i) Toll signs.

(2) A street name sign GL1 may be provided in some other combination of colours, provided that the border and legend are in a dark colour and the background is a light colour.

(3) A town or city name sign GL3 may include a full colour depiction of the town's or city's crest.

(4) A national or provincial border sign GL5 may include a full colour depiction of the national or provincial crest.

(5) A route name sign GL7 shall incorporate a symbol indicating the class of freeway, a toll route symbol or end of toll route symbol, as applicable.

(6) A metropolitan route marker sign may display a unique internal shape identified with the specific metropolitan area within which the route lies, as shown by sign GE12.

(7) A regional route is indicated by a horizontal rectangular shape as shown by sign GE13.

(8) A provincial route is indicated by diamond shape as shown by sign GE14.

(9) A national route is indicated by a pentagon shape as shown by sign GE15.

(10) An interchange number may be indicated in black on white in the top left hand corner of an advance direction sign GD1, freeway exit direction sign GA1, GA2, GA2/3, GA3 and GA4, freeway crossroad sign GB1 and tourism freeway advance sign GF1.

(11) In an urban or metropolitan area the name of the road authority in whose region a freeway interchange is located may be indicated in black on white at the top of a freeway exit direction sign GA1, GA2, GA2/3, GA3, and freeway crossroad sign GB1:

Provided that such a place name shall not be displayed on a sign serving an interchange between two freeways.

(12) In an urban or metropolitan area the principle destination name may be the name of the intersecting cross-street.

(13) In an urban area the name of the intersecting cross street may be indicated in black on white at the top of an advance off-ramp terminal direction sign GA5 and a off-ramp terminal direction sign GA6.

(14) A T-junction chevron sign W409 shall be mounted below an off-ramp terminal direction sign GA6. The length of sign W409 shall equal the length of sign GA6.

(15) An arrangement, or cluster of upward pointing arrows as used on overhead advance direction signs GD12 to GD16 and on overhead supplementary exit/through direction sign GC3U, overhead advance off-ramp direction sign GC5U or overhead collector-distributor through direction sign GC7U shall accurately represent the number of exit lanes, any shared lanes and the number of through or straight-on lanes. The shape of the arrows shall show any significant change in direction existing in any section of lane as indicated by such signs.

(16) A tourism lay-by advance sign GF5 and a lay-by turn-in sign GF6 may be used with an appropriate symbol for lay-by's other than classified rest areas.

(17) Tourism information sign GF16 may be incorporated into an information board.

(18) Any diagrammatic sign may be displayed in an overhead position. The number of such sign is derived by placing the number 6 in front of the normal sign numerals.

(19) A distance, representing the distance that the sign referred to in paragraph (18) is displayed in advance of the point on the roadway to which it applies, may be located below the overhead diagrammatic portion of the sign but within the outer border. The number of such sign denoting such distance is derived by placing the letter D after the sign number.

(20) Local direction signs may be used to indicate destinations in urban areas.

(21) Prescribed symbols may be used to reduce the text for the description of a destination.

(22) The guidance signs shown in these regulations are only examples of such types of signs.

15. Location Signs

Street name sign: GL1

Suburb name sign: GL2

Town or city name sign: GL3

River name sign: GL4

National or provincial border sign: GL5

Geographical location sign: GL6

Route name sign: GL7

Interchange name sign: GL8

Guidance sign symbols:

Location sign symbols: GLS1 - GLS7

16. Route marker signs

Advance trailblazer sign: GE3 GE4

Temporary sign number TGE1, TGE2, TGE3 and TGE4.

Trailblazer sign: GE7 GE8

Temporary sign number TGE5, TGE6, TGE7 and TGE8.

Advance transport trailblazer sign: GE9

Transport trailblazer sign: GE10

Map-type advance trailblazer sign: GE11

Confirmation route marker sign: GE12, GE13, GE14 & E15

Temporary sign numbers TGE12, TGE13, TGE14, TGE15

Direction route marker sign: GE12.1 & GE12.2 - GE15.1 & GE15.2

Temporary sign numbers TGE12.1, TGE12.2 - TGE15.1 & TGE15.2

Advance direction route marker sign: GE12.3, GE.12.4 & GE12.5 - GE15.3, GE15.4 & GE15.5

Temporary sign numbers TGE12.3, TGE12.4 & TGE12.5 - TGE15.3, TGE15.4 & TGE15.5

Overhead advance route marker sign: GE12.6 - GE12.8

Temporary sign numbers TGE12, TGE13, TGE14, TGE15

Alternative route marker signs: GE16 - GE16.5

Bicycle route marker sign: GE17 - GE17.5

Tourism route marker sign: GE18 - GE18.5

SADC route marker sign: GE19 - GE19.5

17. Direction Signs

Stack-type advance direction sign: GD1 RURAL; GD1 URBAN 1 CROSS STREET NAME; GD1 URBAN 2 CROSS STREET NAMES

Temporary sign number TGD1

Stack-type direction sign: GD2 RURAL; GD2 URBAN 1 CROSS STREET NAME; GD2 URBAN 2 CROSS STREET NAME

Temporary sign number TGD2

Detour direction sign: TGD2-D

Confirmation sign: GD3

Temporary sign number TGD3

Fingerboard sign: GD4

Temporary sign number TGD4

Map-type advance direction sign: GD5; GD7; GD8

Temporary sign number TGD5, TGD6, TGD7, TGD8 & TGD9

Overhead advance direction sign: GD10

Overhead direction sign: GD11

Overhead advance direction sign: GD12, GD13, GD14, GD15 & GD17; GD16

Direction sign symbols: GDS1 - GDS21

Toll Direction guidance signs GDS9 - GDS10; GDS22; GLS2; GLS3

18. Freeway Direction Signs

Pre-advance exit direction sign: GA1

Advance exit direction sign: GA2

Exit direction sign: GA3

Gore exit direction sign: GA4

Advance off-ramp terminal direction sign: GA5

Off-ramp terminal direction sign: GA6

Confirmation sign: GA7

Exit sequence sign: GA8

C-D Road Advance Exit direction sign: GA9

Road exit direction sign: GA10

Cross-road advance direction sign: GB1

Near side on-ramp direction sign: GB2

Advance far-side on-ramp direction sign: GB3

Far-side on-ramp direction sign: GB4

Overhead pre-advance exit direction sign: GC1

Overhead advance exit direction sign: GC2D

Overhead through or straight-on direction sign: GC3D

Overhead exit direction sign: GC4D

Overhead advance exit direction sign: GC2U

Overhead supplementary exit/through direction sign: GC3U

Overhead exit direction sign: GC4U

Overhead advance off-ramp direction sign: GC5U

Overhead through direction sign: GC6U

Overhead collector-distributor through direction sign: GC7U

C-D Road advance exit through sign: GC8U