Centre-lines on the approaches to red flashing traffic signals should be marked as shown in the centre-lines section.
All red flashing traffic signals installations should have limit lines as detailed in Figure 11-1.
Limit lines at flashing signals should be located:
Cross-hatch markings may be used to define a keep clear area that drivers should not enter when their departure from a level crossing is blocked. The principles for cross hatching a railway level crossing also apply to the cross hatching to be used in other situations where traffic is control by flashing red signals.
Clause 9.3 of the TCD Rule states:
(4) A rail access provider may mark the road surface of a level crossing with cross-hatching to indicate the area that a road user must not enter when the road user’s intended passage through that area is blocked by traffic.
(5) An area in 9.3(4) must be marked using yellow reflectorised material and comply with Schedule 2.
Cross-hatch keep clear areas should be marked in the following manner:
- colour – reflectorised yellow.
- cross-hatch line – 100 mm wide.
- border line – 100 mm wide.
- the size of the diamond must be half the lane width (W) as illustrated in Figure 11‑1.
- should not, on any lane, extend beyond 2.4 m from the nearest rail edge (3 m from the centre-line of the nearest railway line).
For marking layouts in relation to level crossings refer to TCD manual Part 9.
For other entrances, a typical layout has been provided in Figure 11‑1 and where they occur at other intersections refer to TCD manual Part 4 (TCD manual Part 4 is in the process of being completed and will be available soon).
Figure 11‑1: Markings for approaches to red flashing traffic signals
