MiTasol
1st Lieutenant
The people responsible for street signs are a class of idiot of their own as the above examples show.
On a corner near us there was a 75cm sq NO THROUGH ROAD sign until recently which could be read from the top of the crest approaching it (about 100 m/yd away). Walking the dogs it was not unusual to see a vehicle see that sign and slow down enough to turn left (and often ask questions because Google maps said the road went straight ahead for another 5km/3m before joining the highway. Never has and probably never will.
That big easy to read sign has been replaced by this 10cm/4in high sign first taken on my walk this morning from about the drivers seat positiion and then taken from facing straight at it.
100 metres/yards further on is this sign. The road ends another 100 metres later and it is all steep downhill. Had a cop on a bike, obviously new to the area, go past doing well over the 100kmh speed limit. He came back five minutes later very slowly with a lot of shrubbery attached to his bike. I thought we might get the intelligent old sign back after that but no such luck.
On a corner near us there was a 75cm sq NO THROUGH ROAD sign until recently which could be read from the top of the crest approaching it (about 100 m/yd away). Walking the dogs it was not unusual to see a vehicle see that sign and slow down enough to turn left (and often ask questions because Google maps said the road went straight ahead for another 5km/3m before joining the highway. Never has and probably never will.
That big easy to read sign has been replaced by this 10cm/4in high sign first taken on my walk this morning from about the drivers seat positiion and then taken from facing straight at it.
100 metres/yards further on is this sign. The road ends another 100 metres later and it is all steep downhill. Had a cop on a bike, obviously new to the area, go past doing well over the 100kmh speed limit. He came back five minutes later very slowly with a lot of shrubbery attached to his bike. I thought we might get the intelligent old sign back after that but no such luck.