Botched Roadsigns

[Chris Bertram]

Here's one I must have been past many times but only spotted yesterday.

No idea why A212 should be on a green patch!

Never mind that, the corners are very sharp, and the font looks dodgy.

Apart from that, it's perfect.

[Stevie D]

This one is a bit weird:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.35618 ... 901T000000

As is the end of the road marked as "no through road": http://goo.gl/maps/b6AUN

I would guess that they wanted to highlight the closure of Earp Street, presumably which was a rat run, and give drivers early warning that they may need to carry straight on when they are used to turning left ... but that doesn't excuse the non-standard design and ignoring the turning on the right!

[AndyB]

No Through Road does not necessarily mean a dead end - it means that it will bring you back to the road where you started, either continuously or by turning round. In this case, if you go left then right you will inevitably end up on the road where you started.

[JamesA44]

This one is a bit weird:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.35618 ... 901T000000

As is the end of the road marked as "no through road": http://goo.gl/maps/b6AUN

That's the end of Moss Street. This is the end of Earp Street, which is indeed a no through road (although it has a couple of right turns along it).

[Stevie D]

This one is a bit weird:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.35618 ... 901T000000

As is the end of the road marked as "no through road": http://goo.gl/maps/b6AUN

That's the end of Moss Street. This is the end of Earp Street, which is indeed a no through road (although it has a couple of right turns along it).

Sorry, yes, I was looking at that same junction from a different angle, because it seemed to highlight what a complete bodge they had made of it better looking from the side.

[MotorwayGuy]

That junction is a complete mess, and no provisions for emergency access either

[Dougman]

What kind of zone is this?

[mikewhitcombe]

What kind of zone is this?

A humping zone...

[Bristol]

I'm hoping this one was privately erected, not by the council.
Not only is the sign wrong but shouldn't it be a bit closer to the road?

[Big L]

On the westbound M50, about by the 200 yard board before junction 2, a lovely pair of width restriction prohibition signs. No plate underneath indicating that they only apply after the junction, so I guess anyone driving anything above the indicated width must come to a halt or face the legal consequences.

[Arcuarius]

I'm hoping this one was privately erected, not by the council.
Not only is the sign wrong but shouldn't it be a bit closer to the road?

Not closer necessarily, but bigger, so you can actually see it as you approach...

[A3049]

There is a sign on this 30mph road in Poole which says "Residents ZONE" and warns that there is a 20mph speed limit ahead.

https://goo.gl/maps/neB6P

[urbanfox]

Went down a street last night at one end was 'no goods vehicles over 3.5t' sign, at the other 'no motor vehicles over 2 tons unladen'.

Two very different things.

[michael769]

IIRC the rules were changed some years ago to simplify weight limits so that only the mgw (maximum laden weight) restrictions should be used. I would imagine that is what has happened there but they forgot to change one of the old signs.

[DavidB]

Not exactly on a road but interesting nonetheless:

https://twitter.com/NetworkRailPAD/stat ... 56/photo/1

[multiraider2]

Can I nominate this road name sign. There's nothing actually wrong with it, other than its bottom edge being just under 6'3'' (or 1.905 m) from the ground and lets you (me) think it can be walked under when crossing behind traffic reaching the end of Crawford Place for the A5.

If you know my height, you can see why I might feel a little (literally).

[Bfivethousand]

You'd better watch your step at this bus stop then...

[Fahad]

In a 30mph limit:
POLICE
Watch your speed

A few seconds later:
wait nevermind

[Durham1950]

I may have prevented a future sign appearing in this thread:

see page 2 of this pdf

I have had a look at the map with the yellow signs on it and just wanted to point out a mistake in the bottom rightmost sign that will be displayed to traffic coming from the west. This sign has 2 gaps in the roundabout symbols, the rightmost gap is correct but the leftmost gap is in the wrong place and suggests traffic should go around the northerly roundabout anticlockwise! The leftmost gap should be in the top right, not the bottom right of the roundabout symbol.

I am sure this won't matter too much if the temporary sign has already gone to print but please make sure this doesn't happen on the permanent sign - I have seen lots of wrongly printed permanent roundabout signs, and though the error is always subtle, it can be very confusing to our subconscious minds!

Thank you for your email and observations regarding the sign posts on our plan. I have passed them on to our Traffic Management team for review and consideration to change any signage on order.

They could make it clearer which roundabout you are actually approaching!

Looking at the sign I can't see how you can tell which of the two roundabouts you are approaching. My initial reading is that I am approaching the one on the left (because we read left to right) How SHOULD the sign be laid out so that it is obvious I am approaching the right-hand one?

[PeterA5145]

Bend ahead - Max speed 30

But it's in a 30 limit