SCHEDULE 3SIGNS TO INDICATE PUFFIN CROSSINGS
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.