Saturday, 1 March 2025

Re: [TramsDownUnder] Re: Parramatta

That's interesting and explains the two variations of how road signs are painted, assuming the contractors know and follow the rules. 

Andew. 

On Thu, 27 Feb 2025 at 16:10, Mal Rowe <mal.rowe@gmail.com> wrote:
On 27/02/2025 12:45, Mal Rowe wrote:
Some more pics from my visit to Parramatta last Saturday.

Here's the other end - Westmead terminus.

It is much more 'in the action' near places of interest and traffic generators.

Entering pedant mode:

I'm one who thinks that the standard way of painting signs on the roadway makes sense.

Second pic is a blow up of part of the pic referenced above.

I read signs like that in one glimpse, not a line at a time, so the order makes sense to me.

The Victorian road rules  shows this form of sign (for Keep Clear).

A proposed harmonisation publication talks about different situations and says:

If possible, messages should be confined to one line. The following conditions need to be satisfied if the message requires two lines: 

• Where the 85th percentile speed is greater than 80 km/h, a separation of four times the character height should be used, with the message arranged to be read sequentially, i.e. the first word is nearest to the driver. 

• At lower speeds, the separation line between the text should be one-half to one times the character height, with the message arranged to read from top to bottom.

See: https://austroads.gov.au/publications/asset-management/ap-r578-18/media/AP-578-18_Harmonisation_of_Pavement_Markings_and_National_Pavement_Marking_Specification.pdf


Mal Rowe - switching out of pedant mode


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