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It should be renamed Harambe in memory of Harambe.
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Brenley Corner wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 08:51 Still in Kent.....this has appeared in the local press: LINK

It may or may not be true :wink:

Tony
Soooo... that's a (very good) Photoshop creation and the local rag has published it as the troof then? I never realised Horse was an urban term for heroin...

Regardless, the local knuckledragger commentator have as ever jumped on the incompetent Council (even though sign companies are just as likely to create such botches themselves)
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Brenley Corner wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 08:51 Still in Kent.....this has appeared in the local press: LINK

It may or may not be true :wink:

Tony
You beat me to it, although I did post it to the Facebook group.:-P

KCC have apologised and the sign has been taken down.....
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nowster wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2021 13:43
How does it do that? Most people using the A2 there will be expecting to see London as a "follow this for everywhere else" destination.
If Canterbury was intended to have the same primary status as London then you would have London and Canterbury arranged as a block one above the other, with A2 to the right of both of them, aligned vertical-middle with the block.
Just like the previous sign used prior to the central reservation crossover being closed.
https://goo.gl/maps/QVUPekhtzYek1Qkh7
Indeed. And just like almost every other sign along the A2.

Kent is a big county, so there are plenty of destinations along the main routes other than London and Dover. Canterbury is a major tourist hub, the first major settlement on the A2 from Dover and the meeting place of so many roads that it deserves its primary destination status.

I would go for:
London (M2)
Canterbury
A2

And then replace it with "Faversham" once we had passed Canterbury..... :stir:
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OK, so it wasn't photoshopped then...?

Why imply that it might have been?
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Bfivethousand wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2021 22:31 OK, so it wasn't photoshopped then...?

Why imply that it might have been?
To be fair, I thought it could have been because the edges of the wording was all blurry and pixelated.
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This https://maps.app.goo.gl/5HYDr4WGDbh8GJ6K9 has always annoyed me.
Surely it should just have the NTR sign at the point/junction which you must return to? i.e. where the NTR starts.
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Kevin Roads wrote: Fri Jan 15, 2021 16:43 This https://maps.app.goo.gl/5HYDr4WGDbh8GJ6K9 has always annoyed me.
Surely it should just have the NTR sign at the point/junction which you must return to? i.e. where the NTR starts.
To be honest I think it should just say "No Through Road". While it's possible to get out other than by coming right back here, it's not a sensible through route to anywhere. If it really needs clarification at this point it should say "No Access to Garth Road" which at least makes clear where it is you can't go through to.

Actually it gets worse. The actual no through road sign is here. So to avoid it you should turn here? The narrow lane on the right is also an (unsigned) NTR, you should have turned at the previous crossroads (where there are no signs at all).
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Thanks for replying, SteelCamel.

I agree, 'No Access to Garth Road' would be a more informative and correct sign at that point.

I didn't express myself very well in my post, I wanted to make the point that a NTR sign doesn't need an 'Ahead' plate, it should just be placed after the last point at which you can go through to another exit.

Good spot with the NTR signs that are further on (these are the old-style so I suspect are the original ones) which, as you say, are themselves incorrectly placed; they should be on the exit of the crossroads.

Whilst on NTR signs, I've noticed a couple of places where a sign is placed at the entrance to every street of a NTR system when all that is needed is a sign at the entrance to the NTR.

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https://www.google.com/maps/@53.4152529 ... 312!8i6656

Give Way and a stop sign?
The font doesn't look right on the stop sign so maybe a home made version put up by the locals..
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Rambo wrote: Fri Jan 15, 2021 22:03 https://www.google.com/maps/@53.4152529 ... 312!8i6656

Give Way and a stop sign?
The font doesn't look right on the stop sign so maybe a home made version put up by the locals..
Fake stop sign.
Font/size doesn't seem right, plus its mounting is... well.. unique
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So Google Street View has made a round of Brighton in October last year, so I can have a more detailed look at the signage on the new A23 road layout at Valley Gardens.
Much of it shows that the A23, isn't the A23, instead signing things as (A23) https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.82288 ... 384!8i8192
This "bus lane" seems like it is more to make money than any other use. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.82899 ... 384!8i8192
Also the signage is for an upcoming bus lane, normally shown 30m before the start of the lane. Its not the correct sign for the situation. Also instead of the "camera enforcement in use" sign, they could of used a normal camera sign. This lane is enforced, as you can see the camera on the light column on the right. I'd ague that this lane and its enforcement is dangerous since you are crossing over a high-use cycle crossing and pedestrian crossing, while also reading the signs all while trying to avoid a 25m bus lane that serves very little purpose.

Also this sign seems to think to the right is the A23, but London isn't in the patch. And that ahead is the A270, while it is actually a C class road that leads to the A270.
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https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.81494 ... 312!8i6656
1. "Superstore Marina" isn't a destination, should just be "Superstore"
2. "Brighton Marina Village" isn't a tourist destination, sure "Brighton Marina" may be.
3. What lane is "Brighton Marina Village in. If it is both left and centre why isn't there a solid line under it
4. The size of the height warning isn't correct
5. Parking doesn't need the description, there are two public car parks at the marina, one at the superstore, the other at the multistore carpark.
6. Town Centre is really squished. Plus the size of the right lane is much smaller than 1/2 of the largest, which is against design.
7. The Sign above the lane has "(A259)" while this one has "A259"
8. i360 patch has notable colour, size and padding differences
9. "Get in Lane" where only two lanes exist at that point
10. x-height of the sign seems too small
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jervi wrote: Mon Jan 18, 2021 19:04 https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.81494 ... 312!8i6656
1. "Superstore Marina" isn't a destination, should just be "Superstore"
2. "Brighton Marina Village" isn't a tourist destination, sure "Brighton Marina" may be.
3. What lane is "Brighton Marina Village in. If it is both left and centre why isn't there a solid line under it
4. The size of the height warning isn't correct
5. Parking doesn't need the description, there are two public car parks at the marina, one at the superstore, the other at the multistore carpark.
6. Town Centre is really squished. Plus the size of the right lane is much smaller than 1/2 of the largest, which is against design.
7. The Sign above the lane has "(A259)" while this one has "A259"
8. i360 patch has notable colour, size and padding differences
9. "Get in Lane" where only two lanes exist at that point
10. x-height of the sign seems too small
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jervi wrote: Mon Jan 18, 2021 19:04 https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.81494 ... 312!8i6656
1. "Superstore Marina" isn't a destination, should just be "Superstore"
2. "Brighton Marina Village" isn't a tourist destination, sure "Brighton Marina" may be.
3. What lane is "Brighton Marina Village in. If it is both left and centre why isn't there a solid line under it
4. The size of the height warning isn't correct
5. Parking doesn't need the description, there are two public car parks at the marina, one at the superstore, the other at the multistore carpark.
6. Town Centre is really squished. Plus the size of the right lane is much smaller than 1/2 of the largest, which is against design.
7. The Sign above the lane has "(A259)" while this one has "A259"
8. i360 patch has notable colour, size and padding differences
9. "Get in Lane" where only two lanes exist at that point
10. x-height of the sign seems too small
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An oversized patch here, the larger text means it's wider than the sign they've attached it to

As an aside, how many of us can claim to have a traffic sign (botched or otherwise) in their front garden?
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skiddaw05 wrote: Wed Jan 20, 2021 23:35 An oversized patch here, the larger text means it's wider than the sign they've attached it to

As an aside, how many of us can claim to have a traffic sign (botched or otherwise) in their front garden?
It is a commercial property rather than a private house. If you go back to 2008 on Streetview, it was a pub, then it became a Co-op Local, then it was for sale but from the latest available view, its use is unknown, though it still retains the Co-op's green door from the side road.
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skiddaw05 wrote: Wed Jan 20, 2021 23:35 As an aside, how many of us can claim to have a traffic sign (botched or otherwise) in their front garden?
I wonder if they get rent for it?
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the cheesecake man wrote: Thu Jan 21, 2021 12:45
skiddaw05 wrote: Wed Jan 20, 2021 23:35 As an aside, how many of us can claim to have a traffic sign (botched or otherwise) in their front garden?
I wonder if they get rent for it?
I used to live in a house with a telegraph pole against our front wall in the small flowerbed between that wall and the footpath. As I recall we used to get what were called annual "wayleave" payments for this, though they were very small (the equivalent of 5s/year), having been set by regulation long ago. (I've just checked, and the pole has moved slightly along the road, so the current owners won't even get this). I don't remember ever being troubled by men scrambling up ladders to reach the business end of the pole, and they'd probably do any work from a high platform these days.
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skiddaw05 wrote: Wed Jan 20, 2021 23:35As an aside, how many of us can claim to have a traffic sign (botched or otherwise) in their front garden?
This property in Kirkcaldy has a signal controller in the front 'area'.
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It isn't 88 miles to the public footpath; it is footpath no.88!
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