Indeedthe cheesecake man wrote: ↑Fri Aug 30, 2019 18:35Person walking on a white background in a red circle?c2R wrote: ↑Fri Aug 30, 2019 16:18If only there was a sign for that... I saw today a random temporary sign that simply had an ! and the plate underneath read "Pedestrian"the cheesecake man wrote: ↑Fri Aug 30, 2019 13:07 No pedestrians beyond this point. Thanks for informing me but legally how can I can be confident of that observation?
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Oxford station forecourt: https://goo.gl/maps/D3tQsat6YMU4b7Nn7 . Still like that a year later.
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I can only presume they had a green background sign lying around in the warehouse when they made this for an unclassified urban road in Washington...
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Beautifully positioned to partially obscure the other sign just to its right as well.
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Isn't that the classic "Saint" sign? Do dudu do do doo....c2R wrote: ↑Fri Aug 30, 2019 23:07Indeedthe cheesecake man wrote: ↑Fri Aug 30, 2019 18:35Person walking on a white background in a red circle?
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I've always wondered about the official "no pedestrians" sign, given that a pedestrian who never learned to drive (etc) would have had no obligation ever to have learned its meaning. I might have suggested that the worded sign was perhaps a better solution, except for the fact that we can't assume all pedestrians speak English.
For those reasons, maybe there is a genuine case for this to be a combination pictorial/worded sign, such as now seems to happen routinely with "give priority/priority over" signs.
For those reasons, maybe there is a genuine case for this to be a combination pictorial/worded sign, such as now seems to happen routinely with "give priority/priority over" signs.
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Valid point, but it certainly isn't better here as it merely informs road users there are no pedestrians rather than doing anything to prohibit them, or even telling them it would be unsafe to proceed.ellandback wrote: ↑Tue Sep 03, 2019 08:41 I've always wondered about the official "no pedestrians" sign, given that a pedestrian who never learned to drive (etc) would have had no obligation ever to have learned its meaning. I might have suggested that the worded sign was perhaps a better solution, ...
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Given the state of the signs in the photo, the likelihood is that the top (white) one is a former blue-bordered sign, replaced like-for-like-ish.
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Maybe, although as I understand it the road has variously been primary and non-primary at different points in the past. Never both at the same time though, I should imagine.
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The trouble with that sign is that it doesn't have an obvious feature implying "this way up", unlike, say, vehicle prohibition signs and speed limit signs. Inexperienced installers look at it, and decide that it's the bigger arrow that should be pointing up - as is true of its blue-background rectangular counterpart at the other side of the restriction. Some education of the community responsible for installing the signs would be in order, but I guess that costs too much money.ellandback wrote: ↑Tue Sep 03, 2019 13:07Took me a little while to work out what was wrong with that one!
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Just needs a red diagonal strikethrough, like some prohibition signs have and some don’t rather inexplicably.ellandback wrote: ↑Tue Sep 03, 2019 08:41 I've always wondered about the official "no pedestrians" sign, given that a pedestrian who never learned to drive (etc) would have had no obligation ever to have learned its meaning. I might have suggested that the worded sign was perhaps a better solution, except for the fact that we can't assume all pedestrians speak English.
For those reasons, maybe there is a genuine case for this to be a combination pictorial/worded sign, such as now seems to happen routinely with "give priority/priority over" signs.
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Also, the standard sign is a stick figure in a red circle - people naturally expect a "NO" sign to have a line through it, and could understandably see a sign without a strikethrough as being *not* a "NO" sign. 'cos there's no strikethrough, innit.ellandback wrote: ↑Tue Sep 03, 2019 08:41 I've always wondered about the official "no pedestrians" sign, given that a pedestrian who never learned to drive (etc) would have had no obligation ever to have learned its meaning. I might have suggested that the worded sign was perhaps a better solution, except for the fact that we can't assume all pedestrians speak English.
For those reasons, maybe there is a genuine case for this to be a combination pictorial/worded sign, such as now seems to happen routinely with "give priority/priority over" signs.
I do think that all "NO" signs really should consistantly have a strikethrough.
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The CE identification label on the back of the sign should be oriented the "right way up" to give an idea of which way round the sign should be fitted.Chris Bertram wrote: ↑Tue Sep 03, 2019 13:22 The trouble with that sign is that it doesn't have an obvious feature implying "this way up", unlike, say, vehicle prohibition signs and speed limit signs.
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Only Ireland has consistent signage in that regard:jgharston wrote: ↑Tue Sep 03, 2019 21:08 Also, the standard sign is a stick figure in a red circle - people naturally expect a "NO" sign to have a line through it, and could understandably see a sign without a strikethrough as being *not* a "NO" sign. 'cos there's no strikethrough, innit.
I do think that all "NO" signs really should consistantly have a strikethrough.
a red-edged circle without a strikethrough imposes a LIMIT of some kind (e.g. maximum permitted speed)
while a similar sign WITH a strikethrough means "NO [...] allowed at all" (e.g. no overtaking)
As a further example of this, a black-on-white P in a red circle means limited parking, while the same sign with a red strikethrough means "no parking" (at any time).
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This is just confusing. The placement of the text against the very strange map layout doesn't help me at all interpret the intersection ahead
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Yes, that’s really poor. Also, “(M5 S)” should really be “(M5 (S))” - first because those are the rules, but second because it looks a lot like “M55”.crazyknightsfan wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2019 04:13 This is just confusing. The placement of the text against the very strange map layout doesn't help me at all interpret the intersection ahead
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It might be consistent, but I still don't like the red circle with the forward arrow being the sign for a one way street... it also makes it difficult to sign the end of a prohibition if the same sign is used with a line through it to indicate no entry...Viator wrote: ↑Wed Sep 04, 2019 05:05Only Ireland has consistent signage in that regard:jgharston wrote: ↑Tue Sep 03, 2019 21:08 Also, the standard sign is a stick figure in a red circle - people naturally expect a "NO" sign to have a line through it, and could understandably see a sign without a strikethrough as being *not* a "NO" sign. 'cos there's no strikethrough, innit.
I do think that all "NO" signs really should consistantly have a strikethrough.
a red-edged circle without a strikethrough imposes a LIMIT of some kind (e.g. maximum permitted speed)
while a similar sign WITH a strikethrough means "NO [...] allowed at all" (e.g. no overtaking)
As a further example of this, a black-on-white P in a red circle means limited parking, while the same sign with a red strikethrough means "no parking" (at any time).
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