Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions

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Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions is the primary legal framework in the United Kingdom that prescribes the design, placement, and use of official road traffic signs and markings.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf road traffic regulation ⓘ
statutory instrument ⓘ
subordinate legislation ⓘ
appliesTo England ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
bindingOn local authorities ⓘ
strategic highway companies ⓘ
contains general directions to traffic authorities ⓘ
prescribed road markings ⓘ
prescribed traffic signs ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
defines sign colours ⓘ
sign dimensions ⓘ
sign illumination requirements ⓘ
sign symbols ⓘ
doesNotApplyTo Northern Ireland ⓘ
enforcedBy local highway authorities ⓘ
traffic authorities ⓘ
governs directional signs ⓘ
informational signs ⓘ
regulatory signs ⓘ
road works signing ⓘ
temporary traffic management signs ⓘ
warning signs ⓘ
implementedThrough traffic regulation orders ⓘ
issuedBy Secretary of State for Transport ⓘ
jurisdiction Great Britain ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalBasis Road Traffic Act 1988 ⓘ
Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 ⓘ
purpose to ensure road safety through consistent signing ⓘ
to give legal effect to traffic signs and markings ⓘ
to standardise road traffic signs in Great Britain ⓘ
regulates design of traffic signs ⓘ
illumination of traffic signs ⓘ
placement of traffic signs ⓘ
road markings ⓘ
road traffic signs ⓘ
traffic signals ⓘ
use of traffic signs ⓘ
relatedTo Highway Code ⓘ
Traffic Signs Manual ⓘ
requiresComplianceFrom highway authorities ⓘ
traffic sign designers ⓘ
sector road transport ⓘ
subject highway engineering ⓘ
public safety ⓘ
traffic law ⓘ
typeOfLaw secondary legislation ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Kingdom road network → usesSignageStandard → Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions ⓘ
Worboys road sign system → codifiedIn → Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions ⓘ
Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions → relatedTo → Traffic Signs Manual ⓘ
linked to: Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions
A-road → signageStandard → Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions (GB) ⓘ
subject linked to: A-roads
linked to: Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions
B4020 → hasSignageStandard → Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions (UK) ⓘ
linked to: Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions
Worboys-style road signs → regulatesByDocument → Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions ⓘ