1. Regulations and Guidance
Rob Ringsell

2. Welcome back!

3. Introduction to the Guidance
1. General changes in TSRGD 2015 (Sign illumination and traffic order)
2. Permanent warning signs
3. Regulatory roundels
4. Waiting, loading & stopping restrictions and parking place
5. Speed limit Signs
6. Advisory signs & markings
7. Direction signs
8. Temporary signs
9. Pedestrian crossings and light signal for the control of traffic signs
10. Matrix signs and light signals

4. General changes in TSRGD 2015
Traffic Orders
The requirement for an underpinning
traffic order may be removed for the
following:
• Single or double yellow line waiting
prohibitions
• Stopping on school entrance
markings prohibitions
• Exception for cycles at no entry,
mandatory turns , and left or right turn
prohibitions
• Mandatory cycle lanes and contraflow
cycling.

5. Consultation
document
Schedule 1 Permanent warning signs
• Full size range for all warning signs provided.
• Combined imperial metric warning signs for low bridges or structures.
• Permitted variant allowing route arm thickness to be varied to
represent priority though a junction has been removed. (Each variant
now illustrated)
• All signs relating to low bridges and structures to which a TRO is not
required are now in same table.
• This schedule does not now include temporary warning signs. (They
are now in a separate schedule.
• New additions.
Warning signs and supplementary plates

6. Schedule 2 Regulatory signs and
markings

7. Regulatory roundels and road
markings
• Roundel sizes remain prescribed.
• Directions prescribing placing of
signs showing beginning/end of a
prohibition, restriction or
requirement removed.
• Bringing in regulatory road
markings.

8. Waiting, loading & stopping restrictions
and parking places

9. • New tables within the new schedule will enable various
single and multi-panel signs to be created and provide
more flexibility than the TSRGD 2002.
Waiting, loading & stopping restrictions
and parking places

10. Waiting, loading & stopping restrictions
and parking places
• Electric vehicle symbol.
• New signs for red routes.
• Transverse termination bars.

11. Bays
• Permitted variants that allow
freedom in the design of
parking bays.
• Colour-contrasting surfacing/
paving.

12. Schedule 3
Advisory signs and markings

13. Advisory signs
• Those signs relating
to census and
vehicle inspections
by the police
removed.
• Traffic lane signs
873-876 variant.

14. Advisory signs and markings
• A new version of diagram 958 (bus lane ahead)
will illustrate all permitted symbols, which may be
omitted as appropriate.
• The sign may be varied for centre and off-side
bus lanes

15. Advisory signs & markings
Yellow bar markings Share space

16. Schedule 4 Directional signs

17. Directional signs
• Guildford Rules primary routes will be indicated
by yellow on green route number patches only.
• Dedicated lane signs.
• Overhead lane-drop signs for motorways.
• More information relating to prohibitions.

18. Schedule 5 Temporary signs

19. Snapshot of Temporary signs

20. Temporary signs

21. Schedule 6 Pedestrian crossings and
light signals

22. Pedestrian crossings and light signals
Type Approval

23. Schedule 6 Pedestrian crossings and
light signals
• New low level signals for cyclists.
• Zebra, Pelican and Puffin Pedestrian Crossings
Regulations and General Directions 1997
consolidated.
• New marking for cycle advanced stop line.

24. Matrix signs and light signals

25. Questions