National Road Traffic Act, 1996 (Act No. 93 of 1996)RegulationsNational Road Traffic Regulations, 2000Chapter IX : Road Traffic Signs and General Speed LimitPart I : Road traffic signs286. Dimensions for manufacture of road traffic signs |
(1)
| (a) | The minimum external dimensions in millimetres of regulatory and warning signs are given in relation to the speed limit in kilometres per hour pertaining to the section of public road on which the signs are erected: Provided that a tolerance of five percent below such minimum dimension shall be permissible. |
| (b) | The minimum dimensions and speed referred to in subregulation (1) shall, subject to paragraph (c) be— |
| (i) | for circular regulatory signs as shown in the table below: |
SIGN TYPE |
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Speed limit |
0-60 |
61-80 |
81-100 |
101-120 |
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Diameter |
General
Overhead
Parking and Stopping |
600
900
450 |
900
1 200
900 |
1200
1200
1200 |
1 200
1 600
1 200 |
Provided that—
| (aa) | a stop sign shall be the same size as a circular sign except for a sign used by a scholar patrol which may be a minimum of 450 millimetres in diameter; |
| (bb) | a sign for pedestrians and cyclists may be a minimum of 300 millimetres in diameter; or |
| (cc) | a keep left sign used on the vertical face of a bollard may be a minimum of 300 millimetres in diameter; |
| (ii) | for triangular regulatory and warning signs as shown in the table below: |
Speed limit |
0 - 60 |
61 - 80 |
81 - 100 |
101 - 120 |
Side length |
900 |
1 200 |
1 200 |
1 500 |
| (iii) | for rectangular regulatory signs as shown in the table below: |
SIGN TYPE |
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Speed limit |
0 - 60 |
61 - 80 |
81 - 100 |
101 - 120 |
|
Height x width |
General
Overhead
Parking and Stopping
Bus and minibus stop |
600 x 450
900 x 675
450 x 338
450 x 225 |
900 x 675
1 200 x 900
900 x 675
600 x 300 |
1200 x 900
1200 x 900
1200 x 900
800 x 400 |
1200 x 900
1 600 x 1200
1 200 x 900
900 x 450 |
Provided that a one way roadway sign shall be of a minimum height of 450 millimetres and a minimum width of 600 millimetres.
| (c) | The following signs shall be of the minimum dimensions as follows: |
| (i) | Sign R1.3 and R1.4 shall be of the same size as one side of stop sign R1; |
| (ii) | the lower part of sign R2.1 shall be as shown in the table below: |
Speed limit |
0 - 60 |
61 - 80 |
81 -100 |
101 - 120 |
Height x width |
300 x 225 |
450 x 338 |
600 x 450 |
750 x 563 |
| (iii) | sign R5 shall be of a minimum side length of 450 millimetres; |
| (iv) | an exclusive secondary message sign shall be of the same length as the diameter or width of the upper sign in such sign combination; |
| (v) | signs W401, W402 and W415 shall be of the minimum dimensions as shown in the table below: |
Speed limit |
0 - 60 |
61 - 80 |
81 - 100 |
101 - 120 |
Height x width |
600 x 150 |
600 x 150 |
800 x 200 |
800 x 200 |
| (vi) | signs W403 and W404 shall be of the minimum dimensions as shown in the table below: |
Speed limit |
0 - 60 |
61 - 80 |
81 - 100 |
101 - 120 |
Diagonal |
1 015 |
1 200 |
1 200 |
1 200 |
| (vii) | signs W405 to W410 and W414 shall be of the minimum dimensions as shown in the table below: |
Speed limit |
0 - 60 |
61 - 80 |
81 - 100 |
101 - 120 |
Height |
450 |
450 |
600 |
600 |
Provided that sign W414 shall have a minimum height of 600 millimetre and a width of 1 600 millimetres, irrespective of the speed limit, when used in conjunction with sign GA4.
| (viii) | sign TW411 shall be of the minimum dimensions as shown in the table below: |
Speed limit |
0 - 60 |
61 - 80 |
81 - 100 |
101 - 120 |
Height x width |
200 x 1 200 |
300 x 1 800 |
400 x 2 400 |
400 x 2 400 |
| (ix) | sign TW412 shall be of the minimum dimensions as shown in the table below: |
Speed limit |
0 - 60 |
61 - 80 |
81 - 100 |
Height x width |
450 x 900 |
600 x 1 200 |
600 x 1 200 |
| (x) | sign W413 shall be of the minimum dimensions as shown in the table below: |
Speed limit |
0 - 60 |
61 - 80 |
81 - 100 |
101 - 120 |
Height x width |
600 x 350 |
600 x 350 |
800 x 466 |
800 x 466 |
(2)
| (a) | The minimum width of a longitudinal road marking shall be 100 millimetres: Provided that a tolerance of 10 percent below such minimum dimension shall be permissible. |
| (b) | The minimum length of a continuous longitudinal road marking shall be nine metres on a public road in an urban area and 12 metres on any other public road: Provided that this provision shall not apply to such marking used to mark the edge of a painted island. |
(c) The minimum width of a transverse road marking shall be—
| (i) | for road marking RTM1 in an urban area, 300 millimetres and in any other area 500 millimetres; |
| (ii) | for road marking RTM2 in an urban area, 200 millimetres and in any other area 300 millimetres |
| (iii) | for road marking RTM4, 2 400 millimetres; |
| (iv) | for road marking GM5, 300 millimetres; and |
| (v) | for any other transverse road marking, 100 millimetres. |
| (3) | The minimum diameter of any disc light signal of a traffic signal shall be 210 millimetres: Provided that a tolerance of 10 percent below such dimension shall be permissible. |
| (4) | The specific dimensions of a road traffic sign and of the letter styles and symbols used on such sign shall be substantially in conformity with the requirements laid down in the Southern African Development Community Road Traffic Signs Manual - Volume 4. |