Orange thingys on posts

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Sun 22 May 2005 22:04
Orange thingys on posts - tack
Anyone know what those orange things on posts are? The post is about 2 meters high with a bright day-glo orange inverted "v" shape pointing up to the sky /\ like so. See them quite often, especially out on country roads and mainly seem to be amongst shrubs or other greenery.
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Sun 22 May 2005 22:08
Orange thingys on posts - Altea Ego
Its an undergound oil or gas pipe marker,
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Sun 22 May 2005 22:20
Orange thingys on posts - johnny
what about those big white spots or squares painted across the carriageway of a motorway? - I've always assumed they're something to do with rights of way.
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Sun 22 May 2005 22:25
Orange thingys on posts - school boy
They are so the police can time you between two certain points and do you for speeding.
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Sun 22 May 2005 22:26
Orange thingys on posts - school boy
Its called Vascaa or something.
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Sun 22 May 2005 22:22
Orange thingys on posts - Sheepy-by-the-Sea
...so the route can be traced from the air. Often associated with airports / military airbases.
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Sun 22 May 2005 23:08
Orange thingys on posts - martint123
There is/was a load of these posts round here where a huge pipeline 150kms long was buried. ISTR it is for visual observation from the air for before, during and after aerial photography for compensation payments for lost crops and the like.

Martin
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