Yes, step back in time in Street view and you'll see the missing bottom half. Also step back one more step, and you'll see that the left sign was in fact three flag signs as suggested by Chris5156 - one white, one brown and one... well, white again, and on the wrong side too. And still no lorry symbol. And a fourth, brown, flag sign on separate posts. Not really any better...the cheesecake man wrote: ↑Tue Feb 15, 2022 12:23But impressive. Did the missing bottom half of the sign on the right say anything? If not then that was excessively big too.
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Not to mention that JLR and Aston Martin shouldn't be displayed 'white-on-black' in any case. That's the route all traffic for those destinations needs to take - not just trucks.Chris5156 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 15, 2022 11:16Stupidly big sign and it looks bloody awful. Three separate flags - one white, one brown, one black - would probably result in a smaller overall sign area, a much clearer way of showing the same information, and leave room for a lorry symbol next to the bottom two destinations, which is mandatory but has been omitted.
And just up the road at the JLR entrance... this is one rather extraordinary ADS sign design
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Re: Most destinations on one direction sign
Not quite the same thing, and unlikely to be record-breaking, but this sign at Five Ways, Edgbaston has a nice sequence of six pairs of single destinations and route numbers:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/prLNzEAUAQZUnQVD6
This was brought to my attention by the London-based blogger Diamond Geezer, who took a rail trip up to Brum to see the latest tramway developments:
https://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2023 ... n.html?m=1
https://maps.app.goo.gl/prLNzEAUAQZUnQVD6
This was brought to my attention by the London-based blogger Diamond Geezer, who took a rail trip up to Brum to see the latest tramway developments:
https://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2023 ... n.html?m=1
Re: Most destinations on one direction sign
You wrote "extraordinary" where I think I would have chosen the word "awful".Bfivethousand wrote: ↑Wed Feb 16, 2022 23:27And just up the road at the JLR entrance... this is one rather extraordinary ADS sign design
I think it's an attempt to provide some advance warning that normal roundabout priority rules don't apply, and if you're turning right you'll need to give way to oncoming traffic. But the better fix, IMO, would be to make sure the signs and markings on the roundabout are sufficiently conspicuous - not, as is actually the case, that the markings are badly worn and the signage minimal. You could do a lot more to make the layout clear than put up a very unclear advance direction sign.
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