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 Figure 14-10 Terminal signs at a road junction where the side road (relevant road) is subject to the national speed limit

Directions 7 0(5) and 7 0(6) require only one sign to diagram 67 7 on entering the side road. Direction 9(4) requires two signs to indicate the speed limit on the major road (the other road) when leaving the side road. Direction 9(5) does not apply as the speed limit is lower on the major road

Figure 14-11 Terminal signs at a road junction where the major road (other road) has no street lighting and is subject to the national speed limit

Direction 9(3) requires only one sign on entering the side road. Directions 70(7) and 70(8) require two signs to diagram 677 to indicate the national speed limit on the major road when leaving the side road

At a junction where the major road (the other road) is subject to the national speed limit and the side road (the relevant road) has a different speed limit, directions 10(7) and 10(8) require signs to diagram 671 to be placed on each side of the relevant road or on each side of the appropriate carriageway if the relevant road is a dual carriageway (i.e. on the near side and on the central reservation) not more than 20m from the major road, facing traffic approaching the major road (see figures 14-11 and 14-12). Where the side road is not a dual carriageway, but has a central traffic island within 20 m of the junction, the terminal signs must be erected on both sides of the road, not just on the near side and on the central island. A third sign should be erected on the island only if the road geometry makes the off side sign difficult to see. The distance of 20m should be measured from the edge line of the major road. This is identical to the requirement for other speed limit signs as described in para 14.11. However, unlike the situation where the major road is subject to a speed limit (other than the national limit) higher than that on the side road (see para 14.12), the terminal signs to diagram 671 are not omitted when the major road has a system of street lighting with repeater signs to diagram 671 within 100 m of the junction. If terminal signs were not used, drivers leaving the side road would not be prepared for the much higher speed of traffic on the major road.