00A The design of Rest Area signs in New York shall be as provided in Sign Drawing SD-G4, unless otherwise noted.

00B The D5-1, D5-1a, D5-2, D5-2a, and D5-6 sign designs shall not be used in New York.

00C All signs for rest areas shall have white letters, symbols, and borders on a blue background. Letter and numeral sizes shall conform to the minimum requirements of Tables 2E-2 through 2E-5. On the approach to rest areas, a REST AREA (NYI7-4) Advance Guide sign shall be placed one mile and/or two miles in advance of the rest area. At the rest area exit gore, there shall be a sign with the message REST AREA (NYI7-6) together with an arrow indicating the appropriate turn, as shown in Sign Drawing SD-G4.

00D Signs that include the legend REST AREA shall be used only where parking and rest room facilities are available.

00E A roadside area that does not contain restroom facilities should be signed to indicate the major road user service that is provided. For example, an area with only parking should be signed as a PARKING AREA. An area with picnic tables and parking should be signed as a PICNIC AREA.

00F Rest areas that have tourist information and welcome centers should be signed as discussed in Section 2I.08.

00G Service area, parking area, and picnic area signing should be consistent with that specified for rest areas, with standard messages revised as appropriate.

00H Scenic area signing should be consistent with that provided for rest areas, except that the legends should use words such as SCENIC AREA, SCENIC VIEW, or SCENIC OVERLOOK instead of REST AREA.

00I Between the REST AREA Advance Guide sign and the gore of the rest area exit, a REST AREA (NYI7-5) sign may be installed where the driver needs to leave the highway to access the rest area. The words NEXT RIGHT may be substituted for the arrow.

00J If a rest area or other roadside area is provided on a conventional road, a D5-5 sign should be installed instead of the NYI7-5 sign at the turnoff point where the driver needs to leave the highway to access the rest area or other roadside area.

00K The REST AREA XX MILES (NYI7-10) sign may be used on approaches to parking areas on freeways to indicate the travel distance to the next rest area. It may also be used across from parking, rest, and service areas provided for traffic in the opposite direction.

00L The SERVICE AREA XX MILES (NYI7-11) sign may be used on approaches to parking and rest areas on freeways to indicate the travel distance to the next service area. It may also be used across from parking, rest, and service areas provided for traffic in the opposite direction.

00M The NEXT AREA XX MILES (NYI7-12) sign may be used on approaches to freeway parking, rest, and service areas to indicate the distance to a following area in order to help motorists decide whether to stop at the immediate area or proceed to the more distant one.

00N The NYI7-10, NYI7-11, and NYI7-12 signs may be installed independently or as supplemental signs mounted below the appropriate Advance Guide signs.

00O Where installed independently on the approach to a parking area, the REST AREA XX MILES (NYI7-10) sign should be located after, and at least 800 feet away from, the PARKING AREA Advance Guide (NYI7-1) sign. Where used in association with an area in the opposite direction, it should be placed where the area is readily visible.

00P Where installed independently on the approach to a parking or rest area, the SERVICE AREA XX MILES (NYI7-11) sign should be located after, and at least 800 feet away from, the PARKING AREA (NYI7-1) or REST AREA (NYI7-4) Advance Guide sign. Where used in association with an area in the opposite direction, it should be placed where the area is readily visible.

00Q Where installed independently, the NEXT AREA XX MILES (NYI7-12) sign should be placed after, and at least 800 feet away from, a PARKING AREA XX MILES (NYI7-1), REST AREA XX MILES (NYI7-4) or SERVICE AREA XX MILES (NYI7-7) sign.

00R Specific Service sign Logo Panels (see Section 2J.03) may be used on the face of service area Advance Guide signs and the service area Exit Direction sign.

00S If the rest area has facilities for the physically impaired (see Section 2I.02), the International Symbol of Accessibility for the Handicapped (D9-6) sign may be used.

00T If the rest area has designated parking areas for trucks which meet the criteria of section 2I.02, the Truck Parking (D9-16) sign may be used.

00U If telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD) are available at the rest area, the TDD (D9-21) symbol sign (see Figure 2I-1) may be used to supplement the Advance Guide signs for the rest area.

00V If wireless Internet services are available at the rest area, the Wi-Fi (D9-22) symbol sign (see Figure 2I-1) may be used to supplement the Advance Guide signs for the rest area.

00W Where used, the International Symbol of Accessibility for the Handicapped (D9-6) sign and the Truck Parking (D9-16) sign should be placed beneath the REST AREA Advance Guide sign and beneath the REST AREA Exit Direction sign.

00X The FREE COFFEE (NYI7-13) sign (see Sign Drawing SD-G4) may be used in conjunction with the NYI7-1, NYI7-2, NYI7-4, NYI7-5, NYI7-7, and NYI7-8 signs.

00Y The FREE COFFEE sign should only be used when services are actually being furnished.

00Z Figure 2I-101 shows an example of rest area signing.