TRAFFIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT AND ROAD FURNITURE

• LECTURER NAME: PN. JEVARATNAM

GROUP MEMBER’S:
• SITI NURDHANIEA FATIN 15DKA16F1119
• NURUL AINAA BT ROHADI 15DKA16F1080
• NISA FARZANA BINTI MOHD ZUKI 15DKA16F1131
• SITI NUR SAFIAH BT KAMARUDIN 15DKA16F1083
DEFINE THE CONTROL DEVICES AND SIGNBOARD :
• Sign and signal devices used to uniform guide and control traffic
• pedestrian
• motor vehicle
• bicyclists

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• Usually placed adjacent,over or along the facilities and other public area
that require traffic control
CATEGORY OF DEVICE INCLUDE FUNCTIONS :

Regulatory Device : Give notice of traffic laws regulations.

Warning Device : Call attention to conditions that are potentially
hazardous.

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Guide Device : Show route designations, destinations, directions,
distances, services and such information.
 REGULATORY DEVICES :

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 WARNING SIGNS :

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 INFORMATION SIGN :

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CHARACTERISTICS OF UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE :

• Certain colour are used to trigger recognition and reaction

• Example:stop sign are always red.
Colour • Similarly,signals at intersection must have the same sequence of
red,yellow,green to communication stop,warning, go to driver and
pedestrian

• Traffic control device are made visible under night time operating
Night time condition by either being seperately lighted or retro-reflectorized so
visibility that the light coming from vechicle headlamp is bounced off sign

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and other device back to the eyes of drivers.

• Traffic control device are designed with hightly visible colors or a

Daytime sharp contrast of massage against a bakground.Sometimes traffic
visibility control device are lighted even for day-time veiwing to draw the
attention of drivers to their massage.
 • Sign have standard shapes and sizes to trigger instant recognition and
reaction.
Shape and • Example: STOP sign have octagonal shape of a particular size that no
sizes other sign is permitted to have.There are similar specification for the
shapes and sizes of many other traffic control devices for both permanent
and temporary condition.

• Traffic control devices must be placed in location that provide

enough time for all drivers make the appropriate safe maneuvers,
Location such as entering of departing road or stopping and turning to
avoid conflicts with other vehicle and pedestrians.

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• Traffic control devices are designed with carefully chosen symbol or word
massages of specific sizes and content.
Massage • Location and function are then selected in relation to the amount of time
that drivers need to detect,read and understand massage to make
appropriate vehicle maneuvers.
 THE PURPOSE :

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• The main purpose of a traffic control device is to provide information to
road use so they can safely move along a highway, street, pedestrian
facility or bikeway. The five basic criteria of a traffic control device, as
defined by the manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD)
are to do the following :
 Fulfill a need.
 Command attention.

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 Convey a clear, simple meaning.
 Command respect from road users.
 Give adequate time for response
Signs, signals, pavement markings, object markers, and barricades
are designed with dedicated colors, shapes, and sizes based on the
different functions they perform. They regulate, guide, and warn
users about road conditions. Uniformity of design (e.g., color, shape,
size, and location) helps drivers to understand quickly the messages
of traffic control devices. Consistency is important for driver
attention, respect, and recognition and for proper reaction to the

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devices
STANDARD SIGN COLOURS :

Red – used for STOP and YIELD signs, multiway supplemental plates, DO NOT ENTER
and WRONG WAY signs, for legend or symbols on some regulatory igns, and as part of
interstate and some state route markers.

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Fluorescent pink – used as background colour for incident management signs.

Coral – reserved for future use

Orange – used as background colour for temporary traffic control signs

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 Yellow – used as background colour for warning signs (except temporary signs)
and school signs

Fluorecent Yellow-Green – used as background colour for pedestrian, bicycle,

and school warning signs

Green – used as background colour for guide and information signs, and for

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legend on permissive regulation and parking signs.

Light Blue – reserve for future use

Blue – used as background colour for traveler services information signs,

emergencyevacuation route signs, and as part of interstate and some state route
markers

Purple – reserved for future use

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Brown- used background colour for guide and information signs related to points
of recreational or cultural interest.

Black – used a background colour for ONE WAY, night speed limit, and truck

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regulatory sign, an as a legend colour on signs white, yellow, orange, fluorescent
pink, and fluorescent yellow-green backgrounds

White – used as background colour for most regulatory signs and some route
markers, and as legend colour on signs with red, green, blue, brown, and black
backgrounds.