[Talk-GB] Ambiguous restrictions sign

[David Earl]

On 19/03/2013 20:34, David Earl wrote:
> 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.

Here's a more comparable example, done properly: http://bit.ly/ZbOhtZ .