[Talk-GB] Ambiguous restrictions sign

[Shaun McDonald]

On 31 Oct 2012, at 14:49, Matt Williams <lists at milliams.com> wrote:

> On 31 October 2012 14:37, David Fisher <djfisher81 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> The pedestrianised main shopping street in Croydon has a sign with the
>> following wording: "Pedestrian Zone.  No vehicles except cycles and for
>> loading 6pm-10am."
>> How would you interpret that?  I see at least 3 possibilities:
>> 
>> (a) Cycles permitted at any time; loading only permitted 6pm-10am (this is
>> what I guess is the correct one)
>> (b) Cycles and loading only permitted 6pm-10am (this would also make sense;
>> i.e. cycling only outside shopping hours)
>> (c) Restrictions apply 6pm-10am (clearly ludicrous!)
>> (d) Something else?
>> 
>> I'm guessing it's meant to be (a), but just thought I'd canvas opinion
>> before tagging.
> 
> I think I agree with (a). I would find it a little strange to disallow
> cycling just during the day (why not just ban it entirely?).

The centre pedestrianised bit of Ipswich has cycling banned from 10:30am - 4:30pm. It does get pretty busy during that time.
http://goo.gl/maps/ouha1

Shaun