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Altnabreac wrote: Tue Sep 08, 2020 22:51 Was driving home up the M6 yesterday and passed this sign:
https://goo.gl/maps/mH4EhupcHR9BmWdo9

Think it has to be a contender for the lowest (But has to be the highest value on the individual sign) value.

M6
SCOTLAND
Carlisle 4

No further distance given than 4 miles. Anyone got a lower example than that on a Motorway?
It is, and in my opinion this sign is utterly pointless. Heading northbound, it proceeds J42 for the A6 at which point traffic heading for Carlisle itself will have left the M6. The original sign at that location listed 'Glasgow 98, Edinburgh 101', which in my opinion is rather more useful.

Another one is this sign on the A1(M) south after J57, listing only 'Scotch Corner 4'. Since the majority of traffic will be carrying on south, this sign displaying the name of a junction alone is fairly pointless, 'Wetherby 44, York 50, Leeds 58, Doncaster 79' would be better.
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Osthagen wrote: Wed Sep 09, 2020 00:40 Another one is this sign on the A1(M) south after J57, listing only 'Scotch Corner 4'. Since the majority of traffic will be carrying on south, this sign displaying the name of a junction alone is fairly pointless, 'Wetherby 44, York 50, Leeds 58, Doncaster 79' would be better.
As always, I agree that a list of more important destinations would make sense.

But a thought on why the Scotch Corner listing is there: it's just south of the A66(M) merge, so there will be traffic that has just joined the A1(M) for the multiplex, and will leave at Scotch Corner.

A better place for a longer list would be south of Scotch Corner, where Leeds and Wetherby are listed (even if other useful references like York, Doncaster and Sheffield are not).
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Owain wrote: Wed Sep 09, 2020 08:53 As always, I agree that a list of more important destinations would make sense.

But a thought on why the Scotch Corner listing is there: it's just south of the A66(M) merge, so there will be traffic that has just joined the A1(M) for the multiplex, and will leave at Scotch Corner.

A better place for a longer list would be south of Scotch Corner, where Leeds and Wetherby are listed (even if other useful references like York, Doncaster and Sheffield are not).
Of course, and a few references to destinations along the A66 would be useful in this area too. Signage simply to 'Scotch Corner' and nowhere else begins after the Darlington turnoff at J59 for the A167.

My take on signage between Leeds and Newcastle on the A1(M) is that those cities should be compulsorily signed from one-another, alongside the nearest 2-3 primary destinations, with a similar principle employed on other major axis, for instance the M5 between Birmingham and Bristol.
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jervi wrote: Tue Sep 08, 2020 23:40
Altnabreac wrote: Tue Sep 08, 2020 22:51 Was driving home up the M6 yesterday and passed this sign:
https://goo.gl/maps/mH4EhupcHR9BmWdo9

Think it has to be a contender for the lowest (But has to be the highest value on the individual sign) value.

M6
SCOTLAND
Carlisle 4

No further distance given than 4 miles. Anyone got a lower example than that on a Motorway?
Equal award for lowest highest distance given on a RCS on a motorway
A329(M) https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.43791 ... 384!8i8192
M181 (for as long as it lives) https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.56797 ... 312!8i6656
Not sure if Southampton is 3 miles, The Docks are 3 miles or they both are but it's the highest value on the sign nonetheless

https://goo.gl/maps/wz2U72sfq6pcgAot9
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I think I might be able to beat the smallest RCS! This one on the A823(M):

https://goo.gl/maps/4aYFdjwPYV9ynai87
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You all lose for shortest RCS distance on a motorway. :lol:

https://goo.gl/maps/6gRKKD9sR4K3NY9u7

That's got to be the winner.
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Bryn666 wrote: Thu Sep 10, 2020 22:25 You all lose for shortest RCS distance on a motorway. :lol:

https://goo.gl/maps/6gRKKD9sR4K3NY9u7

That's got to be the winner.
Technically, that sign cannot be a ‘route confirmation’ sign, because no part of the text confirms which route a driver is on.

With all this discussion of shortest RCS distances, the question of the highest motorway mileage currently signed on the network naturally arises.
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Osthagen wrote: Thu Sep 10, 2020 23:50
Bryn666 wrote: Thu Sep 10, 2020 22:25 You all lose for shortest RCS distance on a motorway. :lol:

https://goo.gl/maps/6gRKKD9sR4K3NY9u7

That's got to be the winner.
Technically, that sign cannot be a ‘route confirmation’ sign, because no part of the text confirms which route a driver is on.

With all this discussion of shortest RCS distances, the question of the highest motorway mileage currently signed on the network naturally arises.
A RCS does not need to have a route number on it. It confirms distances along the route you are on regardless of if it has a number or not.
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jervi wrote: Tue Sep 08, 2020 23:40Equal award for lowest highest distance given on a RCS on a motorway
A329(M) https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.43791 ... 384!8i8192
This is surely also the winner for the distance that is physically lowest to the ground!
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Also one of those irritating signs where they didn't trim the corners of the material right.
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Bryn666 wrote: Fri Sep 11, 2020 07:40 A RCS does not need to have a route number on it. It confirms distances along the route you are on regardless of if it has a number or not.
If we use this rule, https://goo.gl/maps/2FyEFuZXJG9YFx1D9. Beats it at 289 miles.
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Osthagen wrote: Thu Sep 10, 2020 23:50 With all this discussion of shortest RCS distances, the question of the highest motorway mileage currently signed on the network naturally arises.
Surely it's 'London 167' on the M5, posted earlier in the thread.
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A42_Sparks wrote: Fri Sep 11, 2020 19:29
Osthagen wrote: Thu Sep 10, 2020 23:50 With all this discussion of shortest RCS distances, the question of the highest motorway mileage currently signed on the network naturally arises.
Surely it's 'London 167' on the M5, posted earlier in the thread.
Didn't see that, you're right.
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Osthagen wrote: Tue Jul 21, 2020 11:30
kc1 wrote: Mon Jul 20, 2020 21:08 Glasgow 103 is the highest I can think of in Scotland.
We've presently got higher mileages to Thurso (144) and to John O Groats (170), but about "Glasgow 133" on the A83 leaving Campbeltown?
The Campbeltown one is more than twice the "as the crow flies" distance to Glasgow!
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JoshBostock01 wrote: Thu Sep 10, 2020 15:16 I think I might be able to beat the smallest RCS! This one on the A823(M):

https://goo.gl/maps/4aYFdjwPYV9ynai87
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WHBM wrote: Thu Jul 16, 2020 09:49 There used to be an RCS in Santa Monica, California, right at the start of Interstate 10, just as you come out of the tunnel eastbound, which gave the distance to Jacksonville Florida, other end of the road, as about 2,500 miles. It's gone now, shame.
On US 20 in Newport, Oregon there's still a 'Boston, MA 3,365 miles' RCS.

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Gareth Thomas wrote: Wed Sep 30, 2020 15:47
JoshBostock01 wrote: Thu Sep 10, 2020 15:16 I think I might be able to beat the smallest RCS! This one on the A823(M):

https://goo.gl/maps/4aYFdjwPYV9ynai87
One mile to Ashford.....
I thought about this one, but does it count if it has mileages to other destinations? It’s definitely the highest RC sign for Swanley as the rest were all replaced with ‘(M25)’ 😆
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Cork 238 (km) is the longest I can think of in Ireland, on the N7 south just outside Dublin.

148 miles, so not too far off the UK records.

https://goo.gl/maps/8fpCqiFwZTy8hYgm6
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Chris_533976 wrote: Thu Oct 01, 2020 20:41 Cork 238 (km) is the longest I can think of in Ireland, on the N7 south just outside Dublin.

148 miles, so not too far off the UK records.

https://goo.gl/maps/8fpCqiFwZTy8hYgm6
In Ireland, I'd be looking for distances to Belfast from Cork, or Derry from Wexford or Waterford, but all of these routes probably go via Dublin so won't be signed.
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Chris Bertram wrote: Thu Oct 01, 2020 22:25
Chris_533976 wrote: Thu Oct 01, 2020 20:41 Cork 238 (km) is the longest I can think of in Ireland, on the N7 south just outside Dublin.

148 miles, so not too far off the UK records.

https://goo.gl/maps/8fpCqiFwZTy8hYgm6
In Ireland, I'd be looking for distances to Belfast from Cork, or Derry from Wexford or Waterford, but all of these routes probably go via Dublin so won't be signed.
Dublin is 259 (approx 162mi) when leaving Westport on the N5:
https://www.google.com/maps/@53.8038129 ... 384!8i8192

Also high is Dublin 236 leaving Letterkenny on the N56 https://www.google.com/maps/@54.9474394 ... 312!8i6656
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