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A pair of upside down and wrongly sited priority over oncoming vehicles signs could cause congestion at Kinghorn harbour:
https://goo.gl/maps/N6u2rvwjiz2Xiavn7
https://goo.gl/maps/p1vCrNt92Pp62KAt9

But then again vehicles aren't allowed to reach the harbour anyway.
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swissferry wrote: Sat May 14, 2022 20:42 A pair of upside down and wrongly sited priority over oncoming vehicles signs could cause congestion at Kinghorn harbour:
https://goo.gl/maps/N6u2rvwjiz2Xiavn7
https://goo.gl/maps/p1vCrNt92Pp62KAt9

But then again vehicles aren't allowed to reach the harbour anyway.
I must have seen hundreds of those priority signs mounted the wrong way up. It's such a common occurrence.
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Although the A555 here is only 40mph. This wrongly patched flag sign seems very small compared the the other signs at the same junction.
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A set of direction signs joining the A701 in Edinburgh:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/h5Yzq1Qxekj6BNNbA

The left hand sign is actually referring to straight on, but fortunately this isn't an issue because the signs are so far to the right of the junction that they're barely visible:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/u5BtdWqze86zjFRp8
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https://www.google.com/maps/@51.3335838 ... 384!8i8192

Straight on for the A23, via the A23.

This is the A22.
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jnty wrote: Sun May 15, 2022 00:13 A set of direction signs joining the A701 in Edinburgh:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/h5Yzq1Qxekj6BNNbA

The left hand sign is actually referring to straight on, but fortunately this isn't an issue because the signs are so far to the right of the junction that they're barely visible:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/u5BtdWqze86zjFRp8
Ah, French-style flag signs - a set in each corner, indicating the road nearest the sign. Very unusual.
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Big L wrote: Wed May 11, 2022 17:11
multiraider2 wrote: Wed May 11, 2022 12:37 Must try harder.
That's spelling, not grammar.
Ah, but what the article isn't telling you is that a certain US sitcom star is sponsoring the bus stop. :-D

I went to Hythe yesterday for the first time in a couple of years to attend the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway's 95th Anniversary Gala. A very good day out - until, on my way home, I saw this.

The A20 hasn't been primary here for decades, and why sign "Canterbury (A260) (A2)" when we are nowhere near the latter road, and you have to use several other roads to get to it?
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Not entirely convinced that this one meets regulations...

https://www.google.com/maps/@50.8332868 ... 384!8i8192
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So many things wrong with this sign on the A259/B2075 junction.
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Chris5156 wrote: Sun May 15, 2022 16:41
jnty wrote: Sun May 15, 2022 00:13 A set of direction signs joining the A701 in Edinburgh:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/h5Yzq1Qxekj6BNNbA

The left hand sign is actually referring to straight on, but fortunately this isn't an issue because the signs are so far to the right of the junction that they're barely visible:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/u5BtdWqze86zjFRp8
Ah, French-style flag signs - a set in each corner, indicating the road nearest the sign. Very unusual.
Once you get used to the angles of French flag signs they're quite clever. We could do that more in this country.
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dseagull wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 00:39 Not entirely convinced that this one meets regulations...

https://www.google.com/maps/@50.8332868 ... 384!8i8192
A very unusual 15 MPH speed limit there too!
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Jonathan24 wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 18:24
dseagull wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 00:39 Not entirely convinced that this one meets regulations...

https://www.google.com/maps/@50.8332868 ... 384!8i8192
A very unusual 15 MPH speed limit there too!
It's a private road - as the sign indicates. Though the "Rights of Way Act 1952" that it's invoking doesn't appear to exist - it looks like it may be intended to be 1932. Not that there's any requirement to invoke the specific law. The requirement appears to be a notice "inconsistent with the dedication of the way as a highway", and it would be difficult to argue that "Private Road" didn't meet that requirement.
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Yes, to be fair to Fleetlands FC, I did spot it was a private road when I saw the 15mph roundel. I am also heavily involved in the running of a non league club, so good luck to them!

We do have one sign and could really do with one on the other side as well (there is no road access to the ground so it points to a footpath), but the hoops a previous chairman had to jump through to get just the one we have were apparently quite onerous!
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Someone has slammed a bunch of red circle 'no overtaking' signs on sticks into the verge on the A380 Hamelin Way. Is it even legal or valid to have no overtaking signs on a D2? I could see no reason for it, and it was widely ignored. I wonder if there were works coned off in lane 2 recently and the TMC has not removed the signs, because that would have involved crossing the live lane while taking in.
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We should have a sign for that ... How about a picture of a pedestrian? :coat:
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the cheesecake man wrote: Thu May 19, 2022 22:58 We should have a sign for that ... How about a picture of a pedestrian? :coat:
Same near me; https://www.google.com/maps/@50.8450755 ... 384!8i8192
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dseagull wrote: Fri May 20, 2022 13:42
the cheesecake man wrote: Thu May 19, 2022 22:58 We should have a sign for that ... How about a picture of a pedestrian? :coat:
Same near me; https://www.google.com/maps/@50.8450755 ... 384!8i8192
Hmm, I'm not sure. This kind of signage is used where pedestrians crossing a main road would be an unexpected hazard, typically where a public footpath in a rural area crosses a high-speed road. The ordinary "pedestrian crossing the road" sign is used mainly in urban areas where warning is needed of a zebra or light-controlled crossing ahead.
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Chris Bertram wrote: Fri May 20, 2022 13:47
dseagull wrote: Fri May 20, 2022 13:42
the cheesecake man wrote: Thu May 19, 2022 22:58 We should have a sign for that ... How about a picture of a pedestrian? :coat:
Same near me; https://www.google.com/maps/@50.8450755 ... 384!8i8192
Hmm, I'm not sure. This kind of signage is used where pedestrians crossing a main road would be an unexpected hazard, typically where a public footpath in a rural area crosses a high-speed road. The ordinary "pedestrian crossing the road" sign is used mainly in urban areas where warning is needed of a zebra or light-controlled crossing ahead.
Yep - the "Pedestrians Crossing" plate for an "other danger" sign is prescribed in TSRGD and used all over the network, particularly on those dodgy dual carriageway crossings that are dotted around.
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jnty wrote: Fri May 20, 2022 14:14
Chris Bertram wrote: Fri May 20, 2022 13:47
dseagull wrote: Fri May 20, 2022 13:42
Same near me; https://www.google.com/maps/@50.8450755 ... 384!8i8192
Hmm, I'm not sure. This kind of signage is used where pedestrians crossing a main road would be an unexpected hazard, typically where a public footpath in a rural area crosses a high-speed road. The ordinary "pedestrian crossing the road" sign is used mainly in urban areas where warning is needed of a zebra or light-controlled crossing ahead.
Yep - the "Pedestrians Crossing" plate for an "other danger" sign is prescribed in TSRGD and used all over the network, particularly on those dodgy dual carriageway crossings that are dotted around.
Bryn had some suggested changes to fix exactly this problem on his blog a few years ago here.
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