SCHEDULE 3SIGNS TO INDICATE PUFFIN CROSSINGS

Regulations 2, 4(3)(a) and 11(1)

Signs1

1

Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the signs which shall be placed at or near a Puffin crossing by virtue of regulation 4(3)(a) shall consist of a combination of—

a

vehicular light signals; and

b

pedestrian demand units,

of the size, colour and type specified in the following provisions of this Schedule.

2

Nothing in this Schedule shall be taken to restrict regulation 7 or 8.

Vehicular light signals2

1

The vehicular light signals shall be of the size, colour and type of the signals shown in diagram 3000 in Schedule 8 to the 1997 Regulations and may be varied to the extent permitted by the 1997 Regulations.

2

The vehicular light signals shall be illuminated in the following sequence—

a

red;

b

red and amber together;

c

green;

d

amber.

Pedestrian demand units3

1

A pedestrian demand unit shall be placed at each end of a Puffin crossing.

2

Each pedestrian demand unit shall consist of a device the principal features of which are a signal display of the size, colour and type shown in diagram 4003.1 in Schedule 9 to the 1997 Regulations and which—

a

includes a push button or other switching device which in some way indicates to pedestrians that it has been operated; and

b

complies with the requirements of sub-paragraph (3).

3

The requirements specified in sub-paragraph (2) are—

a

the signal display shall comprise a red figure and a green figure, both of which can be internally illuminated by a steady light;

b

while one figure is illuminated the other figure is not illuminated; and

c

the green figure is and remains illuminated only for so long as there is conveyed to vehicular traffic, by means of the red vehicular light signal prescribed by paragraph 2, a prohibition against entering the limits of the Puffin crossing at or near which the unit is displayed and at no other time.

4

The pedestrian demand unit may incorporate a device for emitting audible or making tactile signals whilst the green figure is illuminated.

5

Pedestrian demand units consisting of only the red and green figures or the push button and legend may be provided at a Puffin crossing in addition to pedestrian demand units.