Pursuant to subclause 4.4(4) of Land Transport Rule: Traffic Control Devices 2004, and under authority delegated to me, I, Lyndon Hammond, Manager Networks, authorise the installation and maintenance of the signs described in
the Schedule to this notice.
Schedule
W17-1.3 School bus – “symbolic children” plus
flashing lights
When the lights are flashing, the school bus (for the purpose of allowing children to board or alight) is about to stop, is stopped, or has stopped and is moving away:
(a) when the bus is stopped drivers must slow to 20 km/h – clause 5.6 of Land Transport (Road User) Rule 2004; and
(b) at other times drivers should slow their vehicles and be prepared to stop if necessary.
Shape and Size: Rectangle 570 x 500mm
Background: Black
Border: None
Legend:
Description Colour Size
“symbol of children as W16-4” with Yellow-green (RF) 450 x 400mm
“lights in the top left and top right of the sign that flash alternately at a rate of 1 Hertz” Yellow (lit) or white (lit) Effective diameter 90mm
W17-1.4 School bus – “symbolic children”
Drivers must slow to 20km/h if a bus has stopped to pick up or drop off children – clause 5.6 of Land Transport (Road User) Rule 2004.
Shape and Size: Rectangle 570 x 500mm
Background: Yellow-green (RF)
Border: Black 20mm
Legend:
Description Colour Size
“symbol of children as W16-4” Black 400 x 360mm
Dated at Wellington this 29th day of January 2007.
LYNDON HAMMOND, Manager Networks.
Notes
The dimensions, descriptions and terms contained in this notice conform to the opening notes of Schedule 1, Land Transport Rule: Traffic Control Devices 2004.
The W17-1.3 sign above replaces the W17-1.3 sign described in the said Schedule 1 and provides an alternative school bus sign where flashing lights are used having the meaning described.
The W17-1.4 provides an alternative school bus sign to the existing W17-1.1 and W17-1.2.