| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 |
| Type of Road: | Maximum distance between consecutive signs on same side of a carriageway: | Maximum distance between consecutive signs on alternate sides of a carriageway: | Maximum distance between end of the length of road required to be signed and first repeater sign: |
| (iii) on which there is a system of street lighting furnished by means of lamps placed not more than 200 yards apart, and on which a speed limit is not in force. | |||
| 3. Road more than 450 metres in length, on which metres metres metres a maximum speed limit of more than 45 miles per hour
but of 55 miles per hour or less is in force. |
700 meters | 450 meters | 350 meters |
| 4. Road more than 500 metres in length on which a metres metres metres maximum speed limit of more than 55 miles per hour but of
65 miles per hour or less is in force. |
800 metres | 500 metres | 400 metres |
| 5. Road more than 600 metres in length on which a maximum speed limit of more than 65 miles per hour but of 75 miles per hour or less is in force. | 900 metres | 600 metres | 450 metres |
| 6. Road more than 700 metres in length on which a maximum speed limit of morethan 75 miles per hour is in force. | 1000 metres | 700 metres | 500 metres |
Size of signs
7. The size of any sign erected in accordance with the provisions of these Directions shall not be smaller than the size specified in the following Table for the type of road on which the sign is erected—
TABLE
| Type of road: | Signs at beginning and and of speed limit | Signs at junctions | Repeater signs |
| 1. (a) All motorways. | Size 1 | Size 2 | Size 3 |
| (b) Dual carriageway roads over 1 kilometre in length where the width of one of the carriageways is 8 metres or more at the point where the speed limit begins. | |||
| 2. Other dual carriageway roads over 1 kilometre in length. | Size 1 | Size 3 | Size 4 |
| 3. All other roads. | Size 2 | Size 3 | Size 4 |
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