Title: 2003 MUTCD Part 2C Warning Signs
12003 MUTCDPart 2C Warning Signs
22C.02 Categories of Warning Signs
- Section 2C.02 Application of Warning Signs
- Revise SUPPORT statement to reflect that
categories not applications of warning signs
are shown in Table 2C-1. - Change title of Table 2C-1 from Application of
Warning Signs to Categories of Warning Signs.
32C.03 Design of Warning Signs
- Add PLAYGROUND warning sign to the listing of
signs that may have a black legend and border on
a yellow background or on a fluorescent
yellow-green background.
42C.04 Size of Warning signs
- Gameli,
- See MUTCD page 2C-7 and cut/paste the W1-2 sign,
page 2C-10 the W7-4 sign, and page 2C-11 the
W12-2P
Compliance Date 10 years from effective date
of Final Rule
52C.05 Table 2C-4, Placement of Advance Warning
Signs
- Revise the distance for the placement of advance
warning signs to correspond with values in the
2001 AASHTO A Policy on Geometric Design of
Highway and Streets book
62C.05 Table 2C-4, Placement of Advance Warning
Signs
- Combine the Condition B and Condition C
columns and label them Condition B - Add columns for 90, 100, and 110 km/h and 60 and
70 mph for the deceleration speed - Add rows for 70 and 75 mph to the Posted or 85
percentile column. - These changes to Table 2C-4 reflect the needs of
older road users.
72C.05 Table 2C-4, Placement of Advance Warning
Signs
82C.06 Horizontal Alignment Signs
270 Degree Loop
Hairpin Curve
92C.06 Horizontal Alignment Signs
- Add GUIDANCE to install a One-Direction Large
Arrow or Chevron Alignment sign on the outside of
a turn or curve when the Hairpin Curve or
270-degree Loop sign is installed.
W1-6
W1-8
102C.06 Horizontal Alignment Signs for Speed
Reduction
- If the reduction in speed is 15 mph or greater,
the W1-1a, W1-2a, or W13-5 signs may be used.
112C.06 Horizontal Alignment Signs (Table 2C-5)
- Metric Advisory Speed values are added to Table
2C-5. They were inadvertently omitted in the
2000 Edition.
122C.07 Combination Horizontal Alignment/Advisory
Speed Signs
- New standard designs with advisory speed as part
of the symbol design
- Other proposed sign designs withdrawn for
further
132C.10 Chevron Alignment Sign
- The design of the Chevron Alignment sign a
border shall not be used
142C.11 Truck Rollover Warning Sign
Compliance date is 10 years from the effective
date of the Final Rule for the 2003 MUTCD.
152C.12 Hill Signs
These signs supplement the Hill Signs (W7-1,
W7-1a, and W7-1b)
162C.13 Truck Escape Ramp Signs
- Add to STANDARD to indicate that at least one of
the W7-4 series signs shall be used when truck
escape ramps are installed.
172C.14 HILL BLOCKS VIEW Sign
- Add Option for use of sign
- GUIDANCE An
- advisory speed plaque
- should accompany
- The HILL BLOCKS VIEW sign.
182C.16 Narrow Bridge/Road Sign
DELETE
Use these word message signs
Compliance date is 10 years from the
effective date of the Final Rule
192C.19 Divided Highway (Road) Ends Sign
- Modify GUIDANCE to clarify that a W6-2 Symbol
sign should be used in advance of the end of a
section of physically divided highway (not at an
intersection or junction)
202C.21 DEAD END/NO OUTLET Signs
- Combine Section 2C.40 with Section 2C.21
- Redesignate the W14-1a and W14-2a plaques as
signs - Clarify that the W14-1 and W14-2 signs shall be
posted as near as practical to the entry point or
at a sufficient distance ahead
212C.22 Low Clearance Signs
- Clarify STANDARD by removing the words or
minimum structure height
222C.23 BUMP and DIP Signs
- Modify Guidance that a short stretch of depressed
alignment that might momentarily hide a vehicle
should be treated as a NO PASSING ZONE
232C.24 SPEED HUMP/BUMP Sign
- Add to OPTION to allow alternate legend SPEED BUMP
242C.26 SHOULDER Signs
- Move UNEVEN LANES sign to Part 6
- GUIDANCE that SHOULDER DROP OFF sign is for
shoulder drop-offs that exceed 3 inches in depth.
Compliance date for removal of symbol signs is
January 17, 2011
252C.28 BRIDGE ICES BEFORE ROAD Sign
- New Section
- Add OPTION for use
262C.29 Advance Traffic Control Sign
- Clarify that reference in text to beacon refers
to a warning beacon.
W3-4
27Speed Reduction Signs(Section 2C.30)
- Add new Section Speed Reduction Signs
Compliance period is 15 years from effective
date of Final Rule
282C.31 Merge Signs
- Add New Entering
- Roadway Merge Sign W4-5
- Add to GUIDANCE that the ENTERING ROADWAY MERGE
sign for use on a roadway curves before
converging
Compliance date is 10 years from effective date
of Final Rule
292C.32 Added Lane Signs
- Add ENTERING ROADWAY ADDED LANE sign W4-6
- Add to GUIDANCE that the ENTERING ROADWAY ADDED
LANE sign for use on a roadway curves before
converging
Compliance Date is 10 years from date of Final
Rule
302C.33 LANE ENDS Sign
- Add New Symbol Design for the Lane Ends (W4-2)
sign.
Compliance period is 10 years from effective
date of Final Rule
312C.34 TWO-WAY TRAFFIC Sign
- Add to GUIDANCE that W6-3 sign should be used to
warn road users of a transition from a one-way
street to a two-lane, two-way roadway - AHEAD plaque should be used
Compliance period is 5 years from effective date
of Final Rule
322C.36 Advisory Exit, Ramp, and Curve Speed Signs
W13-5
W13-2
W13-3
332C.36 Example of Advisory Speed Signs at Exit
Ramps (Fig. 2C-8)
342C.37 Intersection Warning Signs
- Revised design for CIRCULAR INTERSECTION warning
sign - Modify GUIDANCE to exclude CIRCULAR INTERSECTION
sign from restriction from use on approaches
controlled by STOP or YIELD signs for use in
advance of roundabout intersections
Compliance period is 10 years from Final Rule
352C.39 Traffic Signal Signs
- Add new Section Traffic Signal Signs
- Add STANDARD on use of these signs
362C.40 Vehicular Traffic Signs
- Add Truck symbol, Bicycle, Golf Cart, and
Horse-Drawn Vehicle signs - Add OPTION SHARE THE ROAD may be mounted below
Vehicular Traffic Signs
Compliance period is 10 years from Final Rule
372C.41 NonVehicular Signs
- Add Equestrian, Handicapped, and Snowmobile
symbol signs - Add OPTION that AHEAD or XX Meters plaque may be
used in advance of crossing
Compliance date is January 17, 2011 for of
crosswalk lines from crossing signs and for use
of downward pointing arrow
382C.41 NonVehicular SignsPlaques
- Modify STANDARD that when a NonVehicular warning
sign is used at a crossing, it shall be
supplemented with a diagonal downward pointing
arrow (W16-7p) plaque showing the location of the
crossing
Compliance date is Jan 17, 2011
392C.46 Advisory Speed Plaque
- OPTION to use the W13-1 ADVISORY SPEED plaque to
supplement any warning sign to indicate the
advisory speed for a condition
- OPTION on how to determine the advisory speed
along a ramp or curve
402C.47 Supplemental Arrow Plaques
412C.50 CROSS TRAFFIC DOES NOT STOP Plaque
- Replace entire section with new OPTION and
STANDARD statements - New STANDARD If W4-4p plaque is used, it shall
be installed below the STOP sign
- Delete Arrow from design
- OPTION Alternate legends TRAFFIC FROM LEFT
(RIGHT)/ ONCOMING TRAFFIC DOES NOT STOP
422C.52 High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Plaque
- Add new Section HOV plaque
- Add OPTION for use of the HOV plaque
- Alternate of diamond symbol may be used
432C.53 PHOTO ENFORCED Plaque
- Add new section PHOTO ENFORCED plaque
- Add OPTION for use in advance of locations with
photo enforcement of traffic laws
Compliance period is 10 years from date of
Final Rule