Chapter 8 markings

[Orchard gm]

Just been told by a local authority customer that we I need to get all chapter 8 markings and lighting.

So I went to the bloke who did my vehicle lettering and he says I need a full 3M chevron kit on the rear of the van and any other vehicle that will be on a roadside so I presume that means the trailer as it blocks the vans back anyway! He said a 50mm stripe down the trailer and the van and approved amber beacons which can be seen from the front and back?

Does this all sound familiar to people? Sounds like a load of cash for a bit of fancy sign work.

 

 

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[j r hartly]

Yep, and most of it will be blocked from view by the chipper any way:confused:

 

 

 

trees, waves and cakes!!:-)

[Xaltu]

I hope this helps answer your question as it is taken straight from Chapter 8 part 2.

O5.2 CONSPICUITY

O5.2.1 Any vehicle engaged in works on the highway not in an established works zone should be of a conspicuous colour.

O5.2.2 Subject to the specifi c requirements of the following sections, any works vehicles that are used to protect the workforce or form part of the signing of the works should be of conspicuous colour and appropriate marking. This is particularly important for that part of the vehicle visible to drivers and prescribed as part of any sign mounted on the vehicle.

O5.2.3 In addition, on high-speed roads, all vehicles stopping on the highway for works purposes or inspections shall be equipped with high visibility rear markings. High visibility rear markings should comprise either:

a) signing to diagram 7403, or

b) the alternative light arrow sign in accordance with Section O10.8, or

c) chevron markings comprising alternate strips of fluorescent orange-red retroreflective material and fluorescent yellow non-retroreflective material, of not less than 150 mm width each, inclined at 45-60° to the horizontal and pointing upwards, or

d) a solid block of fluorescent orange-red retroreflective material.

The markings described in © and (d) above should cover as much of the rear-facing portion of the vehicle as possible without obscuring windows, vehicle lighting or registration plates.

Where the main body of the vehicle being used is not a recognised conspicuous colour (yellow or white) then the above markings should be supplemented by a high visibility fluorescent yellow retroreflective strip, of not less than 50 mm wide, along the side of vehicle as a minimum.

O5.2.4 Red retroreflective tape shall also be applied to all rear facing edges of open doors, guardrails and equipment lockers.

 

GENERAL VEHICLE ISSUES

O5.2.5 Where rear facing high visibility markings may be obscured by any device mounted on the vehicle (e.g. lorry-mounted crash cushion (LMCC) or cone laying adaptation), at any time that the vehicle is stopped on

a high-speed road, additional markings complying with paragraph O5.2.3© or (d) shall be applied to any face of the device which is displayed to the rear and other road users.

O5.2.6 Works vehicles should be kept clean to maintain conspicuity.

O5.2.7 Motor vehicles with a maximum gross weight exceeding 7.5 tonnes and trailers with a maximum gross weight exceeding 3.5 tonnes must be fi tted with rear markings in accordance with the Lighting Regulations.

O5.2.8 Vehicles used for works purposes shall be identifi ed by displaying to the rear the sign to diagram 7404 “HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE”. The sign to diagram 7404 variant “MOTORWAY MAINTENANCE” may be used instead when working on motorways only.

 

O5.3 ROOF-MOUNTED BEACONS

O5.3.1 Without prejudice to the specific requirements of the following sections, any vehicle stopping on the highway for works purposes or inspections shall be equipped with either a roof-mounted flashing amber

warning light bar (comprising at least two independent light sources) or two independent roof-mounted flashing amber warning beacons, visible through 360°.

O5.3.2 Roof-mounted flashing amber warning beacons must comply with the requirements of the Road

Vehicle Lighting Regulations and should also comply with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Regulation 65 on Special Warning Lamps.

O5.3.3 If the main roof-mounted beacon is likely to be obscured from the rear by parts of the vehicle or any equipment carried on the vehicle, additional beacons should be fi tted toward the rear of the vehicle where

they will remain visible.

O5.3.4 The roof-mounted beacons shall be in use when entering, leaving or moving within the site, when travelling in traffi c at less than the general traffi c speed, and when stationary on the hard shoulder.

O5.3.5 When stationary within the confi nes of a fully installed traffi c management arrangement, the roofmounted beacons shall be switched off, unless they form part of the guarding of the works, e.g. works on

minor roads, or are required for mobile works; see Sections O10and O11.

O5.3.6 Vehicles engaged on snow clearing, gritting operations or similar work shall display a flashing amber warning beacon at all times when operating.