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 Figure 14-12 Terminal signs at a road junction where the major road (other road) has a system of 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 (whether or not there are repeater signs on the major road within 100m of the junction)

It should be stressed that figures 14-10 to 14-12 illustrate the minimum signing requirements imposed by directions 9 and 10. These have to be met in order to comply with the Regulations and Directions and with section 85 of the {{short-title/y|s=Road Traffic Regulation|y=1984. There is nothing to prevent traffic authorities from providing additional terminal signs at junctions if this helps to make the signing easier to see, or its meaning clearer, e.g. where the side road makes an acute angle with the major road. It might be better to provide two signs to diagram 671 on the entry to the side road so that drivers are not misled into thinking that the national speed limit sign applies to the major road (see figure 14-13).

{{center|{{anchor+|fig14.13|}} Figure 14-13 Road junction where the side road makes an acute angle with the major road (Signs for drivers entering the side road)

Although directions 70(5) and 70(6) require only one sign to indicate the speed limit in the side road (the relevant road), drivers could mistakenly think that the sign applies to the major road (the other road); the additional sign overcomes this problem}}

{{Anchor/n|14.18}} The placing of terminal signs at junctions as specified in directions 9 and 10 (see paras 14.10 to 14.17) applies generally to simple priority junctions, including crossroads. For other types of junction, such as roundabouts and those controlled by signals, drivers are likely to require more guidance on the speed limits in force; it is strongly recommended that full signing is provided as shown in figures 14-14 to 14-16. This would also aid enforcement where it might be difficult to establish which is the relevant road and which is the other road at the junction. {{nop}} {{rule}}{{c|112}}