Unnecessarily Accurate Distances on Signs
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Unnecessarily Accurate Distances on Signs
Came across a few crazy signs today with unnecessarily accurate distances on them.
Anyone got any others?
Links
https://goo.gl/maps/1eySZykWU382 (43yds)
https://goo.gl/maps/rxYFe25YtMo (7/8 mile)
Anyone got any others?
Links
https://goo.gl/maps/1eySZykWU382 (43yds)
https://goo.gl/maps/rxYFe25YtMo (7/8 mile)
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I suspect that the humps extended for 40 metres (=43.77 yards) which was wrongly rounded to 43 yards.
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Not so much unnecessarily as charmingly accurate in this case, I feel:
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Outside the village of Belmont on the A675 there is a clearway sign with a "For 4.04 miles" plate.
The .04 has since been scrubbed off but it is still visible.
The .04 has since been scrubbed off but it is still visible.
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Equivalent to 6.5km if I'm not mistakenBryn666 wrote:Outside the village of Belmont on the A675 there is a clearway sign with a "For 4.04 miles" plate.
The .04 has since been scrubbed off but it is still visible.
Love the use of furlongs! 1 mile, 275 yards?Viator wrote:Not so much unnecessarily as charmingly accurate in this case, I feel:
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You don't often see that level of precision on RCS's, usually just on fingerposts. Also, has anyone seen thirds of a mile, or is it just a Peterborough thing??Brenley Corner wrote:One I know about from sunny Bournemouth, or about 6 miles away to be precise: LINK
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That level of precision was abandoned in 1994 when all distances greater than 3 miles had to be rounded to the nearest whole mile.
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I assume you're not including 1/3 and 2/3 mile distances on advance exit signs on motorways where closely-spaced junctions prevent the use of 1 mile and 1/2 mile.Berk wrote: Also, has anyone seen thirds of a mile, or is it just a Peterborough thing??
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Funny this came up as I noticed this really accurate and rather new sign on the A303 the other day: -
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.20731 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.20731 ... 312!8i6656
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Alternatively the text "1/3 mile" and "2/3" mile were ready to be plated over as "500 m" and "1000 m". I have also seen "1 1/4 mile" signs which I assume are a "shorthand" for "2000 m"wrinkly wrote:I assume you're not including 1/3 and 2/3 mile distances on advance exit signs on motorways where closely-spaced junctions prevent the use of 1 mile and 1/2 mile.Berk wrote: Also, has anyone seen thirds of a mile, or is it just a Peterborough thing??
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That's correct in that distances under 3 miles are supposed to be given to the nearest ¼ mile.Sou'wester wrote:Funny this came up as I noticed this really accurate and rather new sign on the A303 the other day: -
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.20731 ... 312!8i6656
But it's incorrect to show inconsequential villages on a primary ADS. Amesbury I can just about accept, but then it should be Honiton, Exeter and maybe Yeovil or Taunton – the other villages have absolutely no place on that sign.
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You could argue that at that point, it ought to have "(Warminster)" and even "(Frome)" on it, instead of the villages.Stevie D wrote:That's correct in that distances under 3 miles are supposed to be given to the nearest ¼ mile.Sou'wester wrote:Funny this came up as I noticed this really accurate and rather new sign on the A303 the other day: -
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.20731 ... 312!8i6656
But it's incorrect to show inconsequential villages on a primary ADS. Amesbury I can just about accept, but then it should be Honiton, Exeter and maybe Yeovil or Taunton – the other villages have absolutely no place on that sign.
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It would be accurate if it was, erm, accurate!!jonnyf90 wrote:Came across a few crazy signs today with unnecessarily accurate distances on them.
https://goo.gl/maps/1eySZykWU382 (43yds)
Judging by the hazard marking module on the main road, I'd suggest the hump was only around 24 yards from the junction.
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Ah yes, I'd forgotten about those...wrinkly wrote:I assume you're not including 1/3 and 2/3 mile distances on advance exit signs on motorways where closely-spaced junctions prevent the use of 1 mile and 1/2 mile.Berk wrote: Also, has anyone seen thirds of a mile, or is it just a Peterborough thing??
It's a similar principle in Peterborough though.
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What about thisjonnyf90 wrote:Came across a few crazy signs today with unnecessarily accurate distances on them.
Anyone got any others?
Links
https://goo.gl/maps/1eySZykWU382 (43yds)
https://goo.gl/maps/rxYFe25YtMo (7/8 mile)
I have posted it like this as I dont want the anti-metric brigade getting their hands on it! They will likely tear it down or deface it!
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https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.52676 ... 6656?hl=en
I know it's blurred out on that image but that sign says "For 372 yds"!!
I know it's blurred out on that image but that sign says "For 372 yds"!!
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But (and it's quite a significant but)... I thought that when you aren't signing a PD, but a local one (e.g. Market Deeping, or the villages on the RCS), you can put them when they are the next available destination (i.e. The next available junction, or junctions)?? That's how I took it.Stevie D wrote:That's correct in that distances under 3 miles are supposed to be given to the nearest ¼ mile.Sou'wester wrote:Funny this came up as I noticed this really accurate and rather new sign on the A303 the other day: -
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.20731 ... 312!8i6656
But it's incorrect to show inconsequential villages on a primary ADS. Amesbury I can just about accept, but then it should be Honiton, Exeter and maybe Yeovil or Taunton – the other villages have absolutely no place on that sign.
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Overtaking prohibitions always seemed to bring out extreme precision amongst sign designers of yesteryear!
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