Greatest number of destinations on route confirmation signs

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Re: Greatest number of destinations on route confirmation signs

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Al__S wrote: Thu Oct 04, 2018 08:06
Bryn666 wrote: Mon Oct 01, 2018 16:19
This is exactly why the French have "TOUTES DIRECTIONS".
It may well be that my memory is imperfect, but I swear I've seen junctions in France with just a green "TOUTES DIRECTIONS" and a white "AUTRES DIRECTIONS" and no other signs.
You have; the green toutes signs means all primary destinations this way and the white means everything else.

It makes sense if you know the French sign system.
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Re: Greatest number of destinations on route confirmation signs

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TS wrote: Wed Oct 03, 2018 09:56 I was at Redpoint in Ross-shire in the summer, and this sign at the start of the B8056 has been changed to a ginormous one, must be about 12 feet high. I didn't take a photo, unfortunately, but someone might be able to stop by if it's on their commute or something (!) to confirm just how many names are now on it.
Here is that mammoth flag sign
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Re: Greatest number of destinations on route confirmation signs

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Al__S wrote: Thu Oct 04, 2018 08:06
Bryn666 wrote: Mon Oct 01, 2018 16:19
This is exactly why the French have "TOUTES DIRECTIONS".
It may well be that my memory is imperfect, but I swear I've seen junctions in France with just a green "TOUTES DIRECTIONS" and a white "AUTRES DIRECTIONS" and no other signs.
You will have - the trick here is to know the French sign system inside out.

Green signs = major destinations
White signs = everything else

So you are basically being told "All major destinations are this way" and "everything else is that way". It's a subtle thing but it makes perfect sense in context.
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