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I know they sit about eating free sandwiches chewing over where to put the next sign. My neighbour works for the HA in Surrey.
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If you watch the video clip, I would guess that he driver is only watching ahead about 30% of the time! With eyes off to the left for periods of 1-2 secs. Much more dangerous than eating a sandwich!
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The council road sign outfit probably have a "use it or lose it" budget, do lots of signs appear near the end of the financial year? Just be glad they are not speed bumps (yet).
Edited by Old Navy on 03/03/2009 at 23:14
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I was much more concerned with the driver's use of his hands than I was with the number of road signs. At no point in the clip did he have two hands on the wheel. Most of the time one hand was being waved about or pointed. On more than one occasion he had his right hand to the left of 12 o'clock and at one point he was turning the wheel with the heel of his hand. What hypocrisy. I hope he's never in the vicinity of me while he's driving.
Edited by L'escargot on 04/03/2009 at 04:05
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The A41 between the bottom of the A1 dual carriageway and Town has a sign on every single lamppost. Mostly relating to parking and bus lanes; the rules for the latter being different virtually every 100 yards (or so it feels). Bonkers.
At least all those 35 signs are the same sign...
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telegraph says 71
Drivers on the A419, in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, say they are "bombarded" by the warnings, which appear every few yards.
They include dozens of speed restrictions, directions and place names as well as the "No U-Turn signs".
The string of signs cost the Highways Agency more than £8,500, and were put in place to make visiting drivers aware of local dangers.
But residents and road safety campaigners claim the road contains so many warnings that they could cause accidents.
Resident John Bond, from Stonehouse, Glos., is leading a campaign to remove the signs and says the council is guilty of double standards - with many being illuminated.
He said: "Every week householders are encouraged to save energy. That's fair enough, but I do think the authorities should do the same.
"Driving along the Ebley Road, it's amazing to find how many of the road signs are lit during the day time.
"Not only that, there are far more roads signs than are necessary. It gets a bit confusing down here with all the signs."
The Campaign to Protect Rural England has called for a review of the signs, which it says are both "confusing" and a detriment to the natural landscape.
County director Jacqui Taylor said: "It is of great concern that so many signs are cluttering our rural roads and 71 sounds incredibly high.
"There are two issues. The signs can be dangerous as drivers' attention are on signs rather than the road.
"And there is the obvious aesthetic issues of cluttering the landscape. I will pass this information on to our local branch and investigate the issue."
Highways officials have admitted the number may be "quite excessive" and have agreed to review the signs - which cost £120 each.
Scott Tomkins, from Gloucestershire Highways, said the U-turn signs provided important information for drivers joining from side roads.
He said: "We believe there was a U-turn issue when the bypass was first put in because the road was so wide, but it does seem quite excessive."
A spokesman for the AA added: "I suspect these signs were installed historically and were probably necessary at the time.
"Unfortunately, as time has worn on, they are now left looking pretty stupid and part of the problem the council has may be the cost of removing them is too great."
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New cyclepath completed in East Swindon a few years ago.
Many letters to the local rag about just how many 'Cyclepath' signs are needed - there is one every time the route crosses a road or meets a footpath. Must be dozens per mile.
The council replied that no ratepayer's money was wasted as the whole thing is a government initiative and has separate funding. They are required by law to put up a sign at every junction.
The hypocrisy is that there are many cyclepaths in the town with few or no signs - indeed, I once reported a scooter rider for not slowing down as he passed me and my dogs while riding on the footpath.
Turned out it was a moped on a cyclepath, which is quite legal. After walking the same route for ten years I was not aware that it was a cyclepath!
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crikey..its enough to make you want to go back home :)
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