Traffic Rules Clarity

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Traffic Rules Clarity

• February 2013

Mine Operations
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Right of Way Priorities

• Priority One - Emergency Vehicles with flashing
  lights
• Priority Two - Haul Trucks
• Regardless of size or type
• Haul truck to haul truck traffic always gives way
  to the left
• Priority Three - Mobile Equipment
• Priority Four - Light Vehicles

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Operational Areas

• Work areas such as shovel pits, waste dumps,
  drill patterns, etc.
• Areas may be permanent or temporary
• Ex Excavator working on haul road
• Equipment could be travelling in any direction
• Exclusion Zone
• 50m from any piece of working equipment
• Used to control interactions between equipment
  and other vehicles
• Positive Communication and permission from
  operator is required to enter the exclusion zone
• Examples include
• Approaching a loading unit
• Passing a loader building berm

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Parking

• Park Brake MUST be applied
• Demarcated Parking Areas
• An area with a surface intended for parking
  vehicles and equipment
• The speed limit in all park-up areas is 15 km/h
• Must be parked in a manner that is fundamentally
  stable
• Outside Demarcated Areas
• Wheel chocks MUST be used
• Keep a minimum of 6m between all parked equipment
  and vehicles to maintain visibility
• Park in a safe area out of traffic

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Roadways

• At no time shall a light vehicle or haul truck
  overtake another light vehicle or an operating
  haul truck
• Maintain minimum 50m following distance behind
  haul trucks at times
• No haul truck, equipment, or light vehicle shall
  stop, block, or impede any intersection
• All vehicles approaching a stop sign must come to
  a complete stop. In absence of a stop sign apply
  right of way protocol

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Intersections

• A place where two or more roads meet
• Right of Way Priorities are to be followed by
  all, unless a stop sign exists
• Stop signs shall be followed by all vehicles and
  equipment
• If any equipment or vehicle loses traction or
  breaks down in an intersection inform Mine
  Dispatch immediately on radio Channel 5 and
  clearly demarcate the area
• Vehicles need to exercise caution when
  approaching all intersections

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U-Turns

• Equipment of any size may perform a U-Turn using
  these steps
• Conduct only where road width allows for one
  continuous turn to the drivers good side
• NO U-turns allowed at
• Intersections
• Park-up areas
• Where people are on the ground
• Come to a controlled and a complete stop using
  wheels and turn signal to indicate U-turn
• Ensure clear visibility in both directions and
  complete turn
• Except for normal operation in an operational
  area, blind side U-turns require a spotter