[Talk-GB] Ambiguous restrictions sign

David Earl david at frankieandshadow.com
Tue Mar 19 20:34:15 UTC 2013


On 19/03/2013 20:10, Simon Blake wrote:
> Could I ask the panel about http://goo.gl/maps/y9Zj3 ? If you look
> towards the road to the right (Parliament St, Gloucester), there are No
> Entry signs with no exceptions signed, but on the road it says "Buses
> and taxis only". Equally, the sign under the green filter arrow on the
> right-hand traffic lights says "Except buses" - surely that should say
> "Buses only".

This is just incompetent. Yes, the No Entry sign on the left should have 
an exception (interestingly the road is only wide enough for one bus and 
if you go further down the street we find it is traffic light 
controlled, so the right filter light must be linked to the one a 
hundred metres away - clever). Except that No Entry is unenforceable 
because they must always come in pairs and the one on the island belongs 
with the other one on the exit. I think the road marking is OK, but the 
one on the lights is definitely wrong - it should have a mini No Right 
Turn sign with that exception plate, built into the lights, like this 
(which is no left turn except cycles, but same principle 
http://bit.ly/ZbOhtZ ), along with the filter light.

The no entry sign on the road to the left (St Michaels Square) is also 
illegal, there being only one sign.

I guess pragmatically it works, but the engineers weren't sticklers for 
doing it by the book.

David





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