4. Counterbalance effect of determinants of loyalty: Usage and Satisfaction
4.2. Theory and proposition
Regulatory signs
Stop
Indicates that dri vers must come to a full stop at an inter sec tion.
4way stop: indi ca tes that the requi re -ment to stop applies to traf fic from all direc tions. The shape on the sign iden ti fies the layout of the inter sec tion (
+
, T, Y).Do not enter
Indicates that access to a roadway or traf fic lane is pro hi bi ted for all vehi cles becau se entry could result in a head-on col li sion.
Accompanied by an “ ENTREE INTER DI TE” (do not enter) sign.
Yield
Indicates that dri vers must yield the right of way to vehi cles tra vel ling on the road they are about to enter.
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Traffic circle yield: Indicates that drivers must yieldtherightofwaytovehiclesthataretravelling inthetrafficcircletheyareabouttoenter.When encounteringthesesigns,somedriversbelievethey cancontinuedrivingnormally.Bywayofcontrast, other drivers systematically come to a full stop.
Both unwittingly disrupt the flow or traffic.The objective here is to merge with traffic without stopping,andwithouthamperingtheprogressof thosewhoarealreadyinplace.Motoristsshould onlystopwhenitisimpossibletodootherwise.
Indicates that drivers must yield the right of waytooncomingvehicles.Thissignisusedat worksiteswherenoflagpersonisavailable,and onsomenarrowbridges.
Stopline
Indicatesthelineontheroadwayatwhichvehicles muststop.
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Speedlimit
Indicatesthemaximumandmini-mum speedslegallypermitted.
Thelastdigitisalwayszero.
Indicatesthespeedthatapplies,undertheHighway SafetyCode ormunicipalbylaw,toaschoolzone andthehours,dayandmonthsduringwhichthe speedlimitisineffect.
One-waytraffic
Traffic is allowed only in the direction indicated.
Beginningofone-waytraffic
Indicates that two-way traffic ends and one-way trafficbegins.
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Two-waytraffic
Indicates that one-way traffic ends and two-way trafficbegins.
Obstruction
Indicatesthatadrivermustgototherighttopass anobstacle.
Indicatesthatadrivermustgotothelefttopass anobstacle.
Indicatesanobstaclewhichmustbepassedeither totherightorleft.
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Thesesignsindicatethatthevehicleinthelanemust:
Proceedstraightaheadorturnright.
Proceedstraightaheadorturnleft.
Turnrightorleft.
Thecentrelaneisreservedforleft turnsfromeitherdirection.
Vehiclesinrightlanemustproceedstraightahead;
vehiclesinleftlanemustturnleft.
Vehiclesinrightlanemustturnright;vehiclesin leftlanemustproceedstraightahead.
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Proceed
straightahead Turnright Turnleft
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Vehicles in the right lane must proceed straight ahead;vehiclesinleftlanemustproceedstraight aheadorturnleft.
Vehicles in the right lane may proceed straight aheadorturnright;vehiclesintheleftlanemust proceedstraightahead.
Vehiclesintherightlanemayproceedstraight aheadorturnright;vehiclesinleftlanemust turnleft.
Vehiclesintherightlanemustturnright;vehicles in the left lane may proceed straight ahead or turnleft.
Vehicles in the right lane may proceed straight aheadorturnleft;vehiclesintheleftlanemust turnleft.
Vehiclesintherightlanemustturnright;vehicles in the left lane may proceed straight ahead or turnright.
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Vehiclesintherightlanemustturnright;vehiclesin theleftandcentrelanesmustproceedstraightahead.
Vehiclesinthetworight-handlanes mustturnright.
Vehiclesinthetwoleft-handlanes mustturnleft.
Vehiclesintheleftlanemustturnleft;vehiclesin the right lane may turn right, proceed straight aheadorturnleft.
Vehiclesintheleftlanemayturnright,proceed
straight ahead or turn left; vehicles in the right lanemustturnright.
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Alternatingtrafficlane
Analternatingtrafficlaneisonewherethedirectionallowedwill varywithtrafficconditionsorthetimeofday.Intheillustration, itisthecentrelane.
Thesignsinstalledabovetheroadwayshowavailablelanes.
Adrivermayusethelaneunderneathagreenarrow.
AredXoveralaneindicatesthatitisreservedforoncoming traffic.
Mandatoryorprohibitedmovement
atcertainintersections
Thegreencirclesmeanthatvehicleoperatorsmustcomplywith themanoeuvreshownonthecircle.
A. Thesesignsindicatethattheoperatormust:
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B. Thesesignsindicatethatthedrivermaynot:
MakeaU-turnatanintersectionormedian.
Turn right when the light is red. If the prohibitionislimitedtospecifictimeperiods, theywillbeindicated.
REGULATORYSIGNS
Proceed
straightahead
orturnright
Proceed
straightahead
orturnleft
Turnright
orleft
Proceed
straightahead Turnleft Turnright
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Indicate that the prohibited or requiredmanoeuvreistemporaryor doesnotapplytocertainclassesof vehicles.TheexceptiontotheU-turn prohibition means that emergency vehicles,publicsecurityvehiclesand roadconstructionormaintenance
vehiclesareallowedtousetheturn-aroundarea.
Nopassing
Indicatesthebeginningofano-passingzone.
Thistab,locatedbeneathano-passingsign,indicates theendofano-passingzone.
Controlledparking
Indicateareaswhereparkingisprohi-bited orpermitted.Wherespecified, differentsymbolsorindicationsiden-tifytheclassesofvehicles,minutes, hours,days,monthsorextentof thezonetowhichthesignapplies (identifiedbyanarrow).
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Indicatesareaswhereparkingisallowedonlyfor thephysicallydisabled.
Thistab,locatedbeneathregulatedparkingsigns, indicatesthatvehiclesinviolationcouldbetowed away.
Thissigns,usedinsomemunicipalities,prohibits parkingduringthewinter.
Thissignisusedinconjunctionwith orange lights to prohibit parking whensnowclearingisunderway.
Thissignindicatesauthorizedpayparking.
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Thistabindicatesthelocationofaterminaland parkingstubmachineforpayparking.
Nostopping
Stopping in the area indicated by thesignisprohibited.Mayinclude thesametypeofarrowsandindica-tions asregulatedparkingsigns.
Crossingsigns
Indicateacrossingforpeopleonapublicroadway,urgingcaution onthepartofmotoristsandcyclists.Driversandbicycleridersmust bepreparedtostopandyieldthewaytoanyoneinacrosswalk. REGULATORYSIGN
Pedestrian
crosswalk School
crosswalk Playground
crosswalk
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Other
Nolittering.Indicatesthatthrowinganythingon theroadwayisprohibited.
Showsthefineforlittering.
Indicatesthatvehiclesareprohibitedfromhaving radarwarningdevicesonboard.
Indicatetheobligationofhaving propanetanksclosedandsealed inordertoboardaferry.
Seatbelt
Areminderthatwearingaproperlyfastenedseat beltismandatory.
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Mandatoryrouteforcertainclassesofvehicles
Showsoperatorsoftheclassofvehicleillustratedtheroute theymustfollow.
Anarrowshowsthedirectionofcompulsory travel.
Mandatoryroutefortrucksintransit
Anarrowshowsthedirectionofcompulsorytravelfortrucks intransit;atruckisconsideredtobeintransitoveranareawhere nolocaldeliveriesarescheduled.Toolvehiclesandequipment transportvehiclesarealsocoveredbytheobligation.Farmvehicles andmachineryareallowedtousetheroute,asisanyoversized vehiclewithaspecialtravelpermit.
NBThesametypeofsignisusedtoindicateotherdirections.
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Heavytrucks Motorcycles Cars
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Allows trucks to use a road way to make local deli ve ries that is nor mal ly pro hi bi ted to vehi cles in trans it.
This sign over a lane tells dri vers of heavy trucks, tool vehi cles and equip ment trans port vehi cles that they must use the lane. Where this lane conti nues for more than 2 km, a tab indi ca tes the total dis tan ce.
Access pro hi bi ted
Indicate that roads or lanes are clo sed to cer tain road users or ope ra tors of cer tain clas ses of vehi cles.
REGULATORYSIGNS
Cars Motorcycles Bicycles
Cars and motor cy cles
Cars and bicy cles
All-ter rain vehi cles (also cal led
Quads)
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REGULATORYSIGN Pedestrians Pedestriansand
motorcycles Pedestrians
andbicycles
Horseback
riders Snowmobiles Transitbus
Intercitybus Minibus Schoolbus
In-lineskaters Recreational
vehicles Vehicles
pullingatrailer
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Trucks,toolvehiclesandequipmenttransport
vehiclesprohibited
These signs indicate that use of the roadway is restricted accordingtothevehicle’sload,sizeornumberofaxlesand pertainstotrucks,toolvehiclesandequipmenttransportvehicles.
Wherespecified,thisprohibitiondoesnotapplytotrucksmaking alocaldelivery.
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Thissignallowstruckstouseanormallyprohibited roadwayandsidestreetstomakelocaldeliveries.
Notrucksallowedinthislane.
Transportofhazardousmaterial
Thesesignsindicatethatvehicleshaulinghazardousmaterials mustusetherouteindicatedorthattheyareprohibitedfromusing aroadway.Mainlyintendedforindustrialandcommercialcarriers, whoshouldbeawareoftheirobligations.Thesignsmayconcern individualmotoristsiftheyarecarryinganunusualamountoffuel, explosives andchemicals.
Vehiclescarryinghazardousmaterialsmustusethis route,whichisidentifiedbyatabwithanarrow.
Vehiclescarryinghazardousmaterialsareprohibited fromusingthisroadway.
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Thissignindicatesthatvehiclescarryinghazardous materialsmustusethislane.
Vehiclescarryinghazardousmaterialsmustnotuse thislane.
Stopexemptionatalevelcrossing
Indicatethatvehiclesnormallyrequiredtostopatalevel crossing,suchasbusesandvehiclescarryinghazardousmaterials, arenotrequiredtodoso.Thesignsareusednearabandoned
tracksoronesonwhichrailtrafficisinfrequentandspecial measures have been put into place to ensure safety when thereistrainmovement.
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Weightrestriction
Indicates that road vehicles whose gross weightexceedsthemaximum
weightindicatedonthesignmaynot usecertainbridgesoroverpasses.
Thistab,locatedundertheweightrestrictionsign, indicatesthedistancetothebridgeoroverpassto whichtherestrictionapplies.
Thistab,locatedundertheweightrestrictionsign, indicates that the bridge or overpass can only supportonesuchvehicleatatime.
Indicatesthattruckswhosegrossweightexceeds thelegallimitmaynotusecertainbridgesor overpassesunlessexpresslyauthorizedbyaspecial travelpermit.
Thaw
Indicatesthatdriversmustrespecttheweight restrictionsineffectduringperiodsofthaw.
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Slowtrafficlane
Indicatesthatoperatorsofslow-movingvehicles, whether trucks or other vehicles, must use the right-handlane.
Brakecheck
Indicatesthatdriversofroadvehiclesorcombina-tionvehiclesweighing3,000kgormoremustcheck theirbrakesbystoppingintheareaindicatedbya stopsign.
Atabmayindicatethedistanceordirectiontothe brakecheckarea.
Thissign,installedinabrakecheckarea,indicates thatthereisastopsignwithin30metres.
Inspectionstation
Indicatesthepresenceofaninspectionstation forheavytrucks,towtrucks,equipmenttransport vehicles,toolvehiclesandvehicleswithatrailer orsemi-trailermorethan10minlength.
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Thesetabsindicatethedistanceand directiontotheweighingcheckpoint ataninspectionstation.
Indicatesthatthedriverofastraight-bodytruck orroadtractorwhosenetweightisover3,000kg muststopattheinspectionstationwhenthelights areflashing.
Indicatesthedirectiontobetakenbyvehiclesat an inspection station according to whether they areloadedornot.
Reservedlanes
Anelongatedwhitediamondonaredorblackbackground intheupperleft-handcornerofthesignindicatesareservedlane.
Blackbackground
Indicatesthatvehiclesinthereserved lanemoveinthedirectionoftraffic.
Redbackground
Indicatesthatthelaneisreservedfor oncomingtrafficorforalternating trafficineitherdirection.
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Markstheendofreservedlanes.
The car-pool symbol shows a number on the silhouette of a vehicle, indicating the minimum numberofoccupantsavehiclemusthaveforitto bealloweduseofthereservedlane.
Warningsigns
Warningsignsdonotalldemandthesameresponsefromdri-vers.Dependingonthecircumstances,vehicleoperatorsmust:
• changelane;
• stop;
• reducespeed;
• remainalertandvigilant.
Advancestopsign
Warnsofastopsignahead.
Advanceyieldsign
Warnsofayieldsignahead.
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Warnsofayieldtooncomingtrafficsignahead.
Changetoexistingsignsandnewsigns
Thistypeofsignwarnsdriversofachangetoexistingsigns orofnewtrafficcontroldevicesatanintersection.
Indicatesthedateonwhichastopsignwillbe removed.
Indicatesthedateonwhichastopsignwillcome intoeffect.
Showthepositionofnewstopsignsatanintersection.Theseare accompaniedbytabareading
“
NOUVELLESIGNALISATION”
(newsign).
NBThewordSTOPmayreplaceARRÊTintheabovesigns.
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Indicatesthedateonwhichtrafficlightswillbe removed.
Indicatesthedateonwhichtrafficlightswillbein service.
Indicatesthedateonwhichanewlowerspeedlimit willcomeintoeffect.
Indicatesnewtrafficlightsorsign.
Indicateschangeofspeedlimit,placedunderthe signshowingthelimit.
Advancewarningoftrafficlights Trafficlightsahead.
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Preparetostop
Traffic lights ahead at an intersection or level crossingonaroadwaywhereonemightnotexpect to see them.The flashing yellow lights indicate thatthelightattheintersectionorlevelcrossing willberedbythetimethedriverreachesit.Itis importanttobepreparedtostop.
Traffic lights ahead at an intersection or level crossingonaroadwaywhereonemightnotexpect to see them.The flashing yellow lights indicate thatthelightattheintersectionorlevelcrossing willberedbythetimethedriverreachesit.Itis importanttobepreparedtostop.