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MOTOR TRAFFIC ACT 1936 (REPEALED) - SECT 112B

Meanings indicated by traffic lights

(1)     The following table applies for the purposes of section 112A:

Item
No.

Description of light

Provisions applicable

1


Red circular light

The driver shall not proceed beyond the relevant stop line in a direction other than a direction in which the driver is permitted to proceed by virtue of another item of this table

2


Amber circular light

The driver shall not proceed beyond the the relevant stop line

2A


Flashing amber circular light at a marked footcrossing that is not at an intersection

The driver may proceed beyond the relevant stop line if no pedestrian is crossing at that light

3


Arrow in red light pointing vertically

The driver shall not proceed beyond the relevant stop line

4


Arrow in amber light pointing vertically

The driver shall not proceed beyond the relevant stop line

5


Arrow in red light pointing horizontally

The driver shall not proceed beyond the relevant stop line in the direction in which the arrow is pointing

6


Arrow in amber light pointing horizontally

The driver shall not proceed beyond the relevant stop line in the direction in which the arrow is pointing

7


Red arrow pointing at an angle between the vertical and horizontal

The driver shall not proceed beyond the relevant stop line in the direction that makes with the direction directly ahead an angle that has approximately the same number of degrees as has the smaller of the angles that the direction in which the arrow is pointing makes with the vertical

8


Arrow in amber light pointing at an angle between the vertical and horizontal

The driver shall not proceed beyond the relevant stop line in the direction that makes with the direction directly ahead an angle that has approximately the same number of degrees as has the smaller of the angles that the direction in which the arrow is pointing makes to the vertical

9


Green circular light

The driver may proceed—

(a)     in the direction that is directly ahead; or

(b)     in the direction that is to the left or to the right, not being a direction in which the driver is prohibited from proceeding by virtue of another item of this table

10


Arrow in green light pointing vertically

The driver may proceed in the direction that is directly ahead

11


Arrow in green light pointing horizontally

The driver may proceed in the direction in which the arrow is pointing

12


Arrow in green light pointing at an angle between the vertical and the horizontal

The driver may proceed in the direction that makes with the direction directly ahead an angle that has approximately the same number of degrees as has the smaller of the angles that the direction in which the arrow is pointing makes with the vertical

13


Letter “B” in white light

The driver of a motor omnibus may proceed in the direction that is straight ahead, to the left or to the right, notwithstanding any other item in this table

14


Letter “B” in amber light

The driver of a motor omnibus shall not proceed beyond the relevant stop line

15


Letter “B” in red light

The driver of a motor omnibus shall not proceed beyond the relevant stop line

(2)     In the table in subsection (1), a reference to the relevant stop line shall be read as a reference to the stop line at, near or below the traffic light referred to in subsection (1).



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