Specific Service Signs:
Full Service Food Logo Panel MUTCD Experiment

RECOMMENDED CHANGES TO MUTCD

Although the study was intended to assess the potential benefit of adding a new service type, Full Service Food, the survey results showed some confusion with the meaning of this service type. Therefore, the recommended changes to the MUTCD are focused on the Food service type, rather than on adding a new service type (Full Service Food). With that in mind, the results of this study support a change to the MUTCD to allow more than six Food service logos spread across multiple motherboards. This would only require the modification of one sentence from the current version of the MUTCD (2003) as follows:

• Chapter 2, Section 2F.02, Standard, 2^nd paragraph, 2^nd to last sentence currently reads:
  • "No service type shall appear on more than one sign."
• Recommended change:
  • "No service type except for Food shall appear on more than one sign."

The other relevant requirements would continue in force, including:

• No more than three types of services shall be represented on any sign or sign assembly. If three types of services are shown on one sign, then the logo panels shall be limited to two for each service (for a total of six logo panels).[Chapter 2, Section 2F.02]
• The number of Specific Service signs along an approach to an interchange or intersection, regardless of the number of service types displayed, shall be limited to a maximum of four. [Chapter 2, Section 2F.02]
• Each Specific Service sign or sign assembly shall be limited to no more than six logo panels. There shall be no more than four logo panels for one of the two service types on the same sign or sign assembly. [Chapter 2, Section 2F.04]

REFERENCES

Hauer, E. (1997). Observational before – after studies in road safety. Amsterdam: Pergamon.

MUTCD (2003). (November, 2003). Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices; Current Edition. Available on-line at https://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/kno-2003.htm. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration.

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