A CURE FOR AUSTRALIAN PARKING SIGNS

Current parking signs in Australia are difficult to read, and a very large inventory of specific signs is required to support the system. An alternative system is described based on modular sign plates and line marking. A coloured top plate carries a large black letter showing whether and for how long parking is permitted; a middle plate specifies the hours during which restrictions apply and a bottom plate indicates any exemptions. Although no final decision about the coding format has yet been taken, savings in cost and installation delay are anticipated with the proposed system. From the user's point of view, tests suggest considerable advantages in glance and distance legibility, without any reduction in comprehension. (Author/TRRL)

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the 19th Annual Conference of the Ergonomics Society of Australia and New Zealand, on Ergonomics and Occupational Health.
• Corporate Authors:

  Ergonomics Society of Australia and New Zealand

  35-43 Clarence Street
  Sydney, New South Wales,   Australia 
• Authors:
  • CAIRNEY, P T
• Publication Date: 1982

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 274-280
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Ergonomics Society of Australia and New Zealand
  • Publisher: Ergonomics Society of Australia and New Zealand
  • ISSN: 0726-7029

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Color; Comprehension; Conferences; Cost effectiveness; Design; Evaluation and assessment; Human factors; Legibility; Motor reactions; Parking; Tests; Traffic signs
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic sign design
• ITRD Terms: 8006: Australia; 6784: Colour; 2209: Comprehension; 8525: Conference; 9011: Design (overall design); 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 540: Legibility; 955: Parking; 2247: Reaction (human); 6255: Test; 553: Traffic sign
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00378012
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Oct 30 1983 12:00AM