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Red lettering on a white background, no border Instructions to horseriders at a crossing where the railway or tramway is equipped with overhead electric wires Diagram 119

Regulation 10 SCHEDULE 2

GATES

1. Where gates are used, each gate shall (by itself or with another gate on the same side of the railway or tramway) be long enough to extend across the full width of the relevant road, and shall be pivoted to open away from the railway or tramway. 2. When a gate is closed, the uppermost surface of the gate shall not be less than 1350 millimetres above the road surface at the centre of the relevant road and the underclearance between each gate and the road shall not exceed 150 millimetres. Where the relevant road is an unmetalled track, the underclearance between the gate and the ground shall be no greater than 150 millimetres than is reasonably necessary, having regard to the need to avoid the gate grounding during opening and closing movements. 3. Where a gate is not installed solely for use by pedestrians, it shall be furnished with suitable mechanisms for securing it in the open and in the closed positions. 4. So far as reasonably practicable, a gate shall be constructed so as to be strong enough to withstand distortion or fracture caused by wind pressure or by a farm animal, and, subject thereto, it shall be as light in weight as possible. Regulation 10 SCHEDULE 3

BARRIERS OTHER THAN GATES 1. Where barriers are used, they shall when lowered across the relevant road be long enough to extend either—
 * (a) across the full width of the relevant road, or
 * (b) from the left-hand side of the relevant road (as seen from a vehicle approaching the crossing) to a point as close as possible to the centre of the relevant road as is consistent with allowing a clear passage at least 3 metres wide between the tip of the barrier and the other side of the relevant road.

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