Mutcd 2000

Manual of
Standard Traffic Signs
& Pavement Markings

September 2000

Your Comments on this Manual
Any comments on this manual or its contents
may be directed to:
Traffic & Electrical Section
Ministry of Transportation and Highways
Engineering Branch
4B - 940 Blanshard Street
Victoria, B.C. V8W 3E6

This edition replaces the 1998 Interim Edition

Canadian Cataloguing inPublication Data
British Columbia. Ministry of Transportation and Highways.
Engineering Branch.
Manual of standard traffic signs & pavement markings
Previously published: 1997.
ISBN 0-7726-4362-8
1. Traffic signs and signals - Standards - British Columbia.
2. Road markings - Standards - British Columbia. I Title.
TE228.B74 2000

388.3'122'0218711 C00-960304-2

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HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL
The Decimal Indexing System
Thismanual consists of two parts and numerous chapters and
appendices. Each chapter is divided into sections and, where
necessary, subsections. Sections and subsections are identified by a
decimal numbering system; for example, the notation 1.6.2 refers to
Chapter 1, Section 6, Subsection 2. These numbers should not be
confused with the Sign Numbers which are used to identify individual
signs,for example, when ordering.
As individual pages throughout the manual are not numbered, the
location of any subject within the text depends on the decimal indexing
system, and the numerical progression through each chapter.
Revisions and Additions
It may be necessary to add new sections and subsections or to revise
some of the existing ones. By using a decimal indexing system and
excludingpage numbers, it will be possible to insert additional material
and still maintain numerical continuity.
Each page has a publication date at the bottom corner. Subsequent
updates will have the new revision date in the same location.

Language:
Different words are used throughout the manual to emphasize the
degree to which a policy, warrant or criteria requires adherence too.
The followingdefines the intent of the commonly used word:

SHALL:

Describes a mandatory condition - it must be done regardless of
consequence or price.

SHOULD:

Describes an advisory condition - it is desirable to do but not
necessarily mandatory.

MAY:

Describes a permissive condition - it is optional to do but in no way
necessary

Abbreviations
The following abbreviations have been usedin the text.
Reference Letters for Functional Groups of Signs:
C = Construction and Maintenance
I = Information
R = Regulatory
TW = Temporary Warning

G = Guide
P = Parking & Stopping
SP = School & Pedestrian
W = Warning

Note: Construction & Maintenance signs (C) and Temporary Warning signs
(TW) are detailed in the "Traffic Control Manual for Work on Roadways."
Sign Shapes:
Diam.= Diamond
Rect. = Rectangle
Tri. = Triangle

Oct. = Octagon
Sq. = Square

Pent. = Pentagon
Trap. = Trapezoid

Sign Colours:
B = Black
Bl. = Blue
Or.= Orange R = Red

Br.= Brown
W = White

G = Green
Y = Yellow

Metric Measurements:
cm = centimetre
km/h = kilometre per hour
t
= tonne

km = kilometre
m = metre
kg = kilogram

Suffixes:
BUS
FARM
LOG
RV
T
xx

=Buses
= Farm Trucks
= Log Trucks
= Recreational Vehicles
= Tab
= Oversize

CHIP = Chip Trucks
L
= Left
R
= Right
SP
= Special
x
= Oversize
xxx
= Oversize

The letters L and R identify left and right equivalents of the same sign.
The letter T denotes a tab which is generally used only with the sign having
the same number less suffix.
Miscellaneous:
Bgd. = Background
Refl. =...