Airline crew exiting lax runway 25L at taxiway H-8 were instructed to hold short of taxiway north; s...

Narrative:

Was instructed to exit runway by the lax tower controller while still at 80 kts and in the middle of transferring control of the aircraft to the captain. I was not able to reply in time to the tower's instructions. The tower then gave us the instructions again to exit runway 25L. I told the tower controller we were in the middle of transferring control of the aircraft and that we were exiting on H8. The controller got angry with us and told us to hold short of taxiway north. By the time we cleared at high speed taxiway H8; our nose of the aircraft had already crossed into taxiway north before we could stop. Tower asked us if we were stopping; and I responded with a yes. We had a very difficult time even finding a sign in our vicinity indicating taxiway north. Suggest the airport place a sign right after H8 indicating taxiway north for easier recognition. No separation issues ever existed or any blocking of taxiway north occurred.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Airline crew exiting LAX Runway 25L at Taxiway H-8 were instructed to hold short of Taxiway N; stopped with nose of aircraft encroaching Taxiway N. Reporter recommended signage on Taxiway H-8 to indicate Taxiway N's close proximity.

Narrative: Was instructed to exit Runway by the LAX Tower Controller while still at 80 kts and in the middle of transferring control of the aircraft to the Captain. I was not able to reply in time to the Tower's instructions. The Tower then gave us the instructions again to exit Runway 25L. I told the Tower Controller we were in the middle of transferring control of the aircraft and that we were exiting on H8. The Controller got angry with us and told us to hold short of Taxiway N. By the time we cleared at high speed Taxiway H8; our nose of the aircraft had already crossed into Taxiway N before we could stop. Tower asked us if we were stopping; and I responded with a yes. We had a very difficult time even finding a sign in our vicinity indicating Taxiway N. Suggest the airport place a sign right after H8 indicating Taxiway N for easier recognition. No separation issues ever existed or any blocking of Taxiway N occurred.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1319084
Time
Date	201512
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	LAX.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 155 Flight Crew Total 11588 Flight Crew Type 942
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Ground Incursion Taxiway

Airline crew exiting lax runway 25L at taxiway H-8 were instructed to hold short of taxiway north; stopped with nose of aircraft encroaching taxiway north. Reporter recommended signage on taxiway H-8 to indicate taxiway north's close proximity.