Chapter 6 Q & A

John Nightingale is a chartered engineer and a director at JCT Consultancy Ltd. He is a traffic signals expert with over 25 years’ experience from contracting, local authority and consultancy. He currently runs JCT’s training services and is a guest lecturer at several leading universities. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Highway Engineers and served as its President between 2014 and 2016.

20 December 2019

LTT?this week spoke to John Nightingale, a director of traffic signal software, training and consultancy firm?JCT, about the significance of Chapter 6 of the Traffic Signs Manual.

Q. Tell us about the value of this chapter

A. Chapter 6 is in my opinion an important step forward in many respects, but perhaps one stands out. There have always been problems with some design engineers applying advice from the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges, which primarily gives advice for trunk roads, to...