BRIGHTER ROAD SIGNS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18203, 2 March 1929, Page 16

BRIGHTER ROAD SIGNS.

ARE SYMBOLS SIGNIFICANT? Motorists will find it necessary to give themselves to furious thought if the highway symbols evolved by the Public Works Department are employed on corners, grades, and crossings, says the “New Zealand Herald.” At present the conscientious motorist needs only to familiarise himself with local by-laws, the Motor Vehicles Act, 1924, and the regulations which have been made under the Act from time to time. The Motor Vehicle Regulations, 1928, and supplementary regulations are a mere matter of 17,000 words, and if the motorist goes back to the Act he can add to his knowledge the wealth of motoring “don’t” contained in another 5000 words. Now it is proposed to enhance the highways with 22 varieties of symbols indicating the necessity for caution ahead. Few drivers will take kindly to the signs. They are handsome hieroglyphics in black on a yellow diamond. An arrow, straight, curly, or abruptly kinked is the basis of the signs. According to the direction of the arrow point such conditions as double right curve, right curve with local road to right, left angle with local road to left, and ascent or descent to the right or left are indicated.