The area of traffic signs: the duties and rights of drivers

The name and area of traffic signs - this is the basis on which all other knowledge of car drivers is based. Without them, it is impossible to make any maneuver without fear for their lives. So how to remember and understand the names and scopes?

This issue is especially acute for novice drivers. Due to lack of practical, and sometimes theoretical knowledge, beginners often have accidents. But this can be avoided by figuring out once and for all, for example, what the zone of traffic signs is.

On road signs

All that must and must know and, undoubtedly, perform is described in the SDA. Road signs, the coverage areas of each group are contained in the Rules. Without knowing these fundamentals, the driver will immediately get into an accident, just leaving for the road.

Each road sign has its own name. And the responsibility of any driver is to study them. The person driving the vehicle should first of all recall the name of the sign. This is the basis. Then it will be easier to determine what it means, and where it operates.

Important knowledge - the area of their action. Each group of signs has its own. This is the distance at which the driver, without fail, must obey one or another technical element of the organization of the movement. Without this knowledge, he will never know if he can turn off, lower or increase the speed, turn around and stuff.

Let's look at some of the signs.

Warning

These technical means of organizing traffic are informed in advance of the impending danger.

The area of the traffic signs indicating the approach to a section of the road on which the driver will have to take measures appropriate to the situation is not defined. After all, the main property of these road elements is a warning. They are installed outside the city for 150-300 m from the danger zone, and in it - for 50-100 m. Some are repeated to attract the attention of drivers.

It is the duty of the vehicle manager to timely recognize the warning equipment of the traffic organization and take appropriate measures.

Priority Signs

One of the smallest groups. However, they do not lose the importance of this. With the help of priority signs, the passage of intersections is regulated, the priority of travel is determined on narrow sections of the road and other places where there are no traffic lights or an operator. That is, this group indicates who should go first and who to concede.

The coverage area of priority road signs extends to the intersection before which they are installed. It is worth noting that if there are traffic lights at the intersection, and these means of traffic control, then the priority of the journey is decided first. Signs lose their power and are simply not taken into account.

They are located either immediately before the intersection, or 50-100 m in the city, and outside it - for 150-300 m. The exception is the sign "Main road". It repeats itself. The first sign outside the city is located for 100-150 meters, and the second - just before the crossroads.

This rule is valid only when the main road changes its direction, that is, it does not continue straight. Then under it is established a tablet, which indicates where it turns.

Scope of prescriptive signs

This group of technical means of traffic organization, indicating the mandatory direction for specific sections of the carriageway, compliance with the speed limit, indicating the parts of the road, designed for passage of certain types of vehicles. Their violation threatens a considerable fine for the driver.

The area of validity of traffic signs belonging to this group is at the intersection, before which they are directly installed. Special attention is required for crossing with a dividing strip or zone.

Prescriptive signs indicating the direction of travel to vehicles have an effect on the entire intersection and until the next designated one. That is, if there is a sign "Movement straight", then drivers can not turn anywhere and before and after the dividing strip (or zone). A designated intersection is the intersection of roads on which one or more priority signs are installed.

The coverage area can be limited by signs of additional information. These plates are located at the bottom. They have the form - the numbers indicated between two vertical arrows (the point pointing upwards), on a white rectangle. Located under the sign, they mean the extent to which the driver is required to move in the specified direction (at a certain speed and so on).

Thus, the coverage area does not end after the designated intersection. So, for example, under the sign "Limitation of maximum speed" is installed a sign indicating a length of 500 m. Hence, the coverage area is 500 m. And the count is taken immediately from the sign in the direction of forward movement.

If the sign is located before intersections, between which the distance is less than 50 m, its effect extends to both.

It is the driver's responsibility to observe the directions, speeds and other things that the signs prescribe. Non-compliance will result in a fine or deprivation of the right to drive vehicles.

Service Marks

The group of these travel arrangements is aimed at informing drivers about the location of services or services on the go.

The coverage area of service signs is similar to the warning signs.

The duty of the driver is the ability to recognize this group of technical means of organizing the movement. And the right is the ability to use the service objects located in accordance with the signs.

Information and informative area

This group of technical means of organizing road traffic introduces or cancels the modes of travel, reports on the location of settlements and other objects. As such, they do not have coverage zones. Road signs of this group are located along the carriageway, and are canceled the same, but with a diagonal red line.

The last report on the termination of the action. For example, a blue rectangle with a white arrow pointing upwards - indicates that there is no counter strip on this roadway. The zone of operation is completed after the sign "End of the road with one-way traffic". Visually this is the same rectangle with a white arrow, but already on which it is crossed out by a diagonal red line from right to left.

However, some may be installed with a sign of additional information. It indicates the extent of the information-pointing devices of the organization of travel. The data of the combination are set and "read" similarly to the warning signs plus the plate.

It is the driver's responsibility to enforce the driving regimes that this group introduces or abolishes. And also take into account the information that is indicated on the technical means of the organization of travel.

The area of prohibitory traffic signs

This group of traffic management tools introduces or reverses certain restrictions in some places on the carriageway.

The driver is obliged to observe them, because the fine is the smallest thing that he can get for violation. Human lives are much more expensive than the saved couple of minutes, do not forget about it.

The area of the prohibitory traffic signs - to the nearest designated intersection, if they are not installed in combination with the signs. The latter lengthen or shorten it. If you install an additional information sign underneath, the coverage area corresponds to the value indicated on it. Therefore it is very important to know how to "read" this or that plate.

It is worth paying attention to the traffic sign "Stopped prohibited", the coverage zone which extends exclusively to the side of the road where it is installed. The same rule applies to the sign "Parking is prohibited".

Temporary signs

The main purpose of this type of device for organizing traffic is the abolition of permanent, in connection with repair or other activities. The temporary signs are outwardly similar to the basic ones, but on a yellow background. In the SDA there are several means of organizing traffic that never become permanent. Despite this, they are also depicted on a yellow background.

The area of validity of temporary traffic signs depends on which group they belong to:

• Warning - do not have a coverage area.
• Priority - only one sign can be a temporary "Advantage of oncoming traffic". The zone of operation ends behind a bridge, a narrow section of the road and other places where a simultaneous two-way passage is difficult.
• Prohibiting - several characters are only temporary. The rest are canceled by the same device for organizing traffic, but on a yellow background and with four thin black diagonal lines from right to left.
• Information-indicating - the group has several temporary signs that do not have similar constants. They either recommend the direction of the detour or depict its scheme.
• Service - are not temporary.