OFFICIAL CODE FOR HIGHWAY WORKS VESTERDAY the Minister of Trans'
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port issued "Traffic Safety Code for Road Works" (Stationery Office, al), which is concerned with the marking and lighting of road works and other temporary road obstructions, and the operation of temporary traffic control in their vicinity.
One of its main objects is to replace the wide variety of warning signs and lighting methods now in use by uniform methods which will be readily recognized by road users. In particular it is designed to make sure that the extent of excavations and obstructions is clearly visible by day and night.
Emphasis is placed on the need to use standard warning signs, both in advance of and on the sites themselves, and to remove all barriers and signs from the carriageway as soon as their purpose has been served. The code also deals with the control of temporary one-way traffic working where road works reduce the width of the carriageway. '!
30" TALKS NOT COMPLETED WHEN The Commercial Motor closed for press on Wednesday, the discussions between the trade unions and British Road Services on amended wage rates and working conditions for the operation of heavy goods vehicles at 30 m.p.h. had not been completed. It was expected that a progress report would be published by today.