[Talk-GB] National Trust Paths organised edit page

[Warin]

On 3/9/19 8:22 am, David Woolley wrote:
> On 02/09/2019 23:13, Warin wrote:
>>
>> On 3/9/19 2:53 am, Dave F via Talk-GB wrote:
>>> On 02/09/2019 14:58, David Woolley wrote:
>>>> This could conflict with a trend that I believe is developing, at 
>>>> least for more formal roads, of removing signage, because it 
>>>> distracts drivers, and relying on satellite navigators to provide 
>>>> the information instead.
>>>
>>> What evidence have you of this "trend"?
>>
>>
>> I too, would like to hear of evidence of this 'trend'.
>>
>
> Google "reducing sign clutter" for the general principle.  Use of sat 
> nav as an alternative I might have heard on the radio, or in a local 
> paper.  However 
> <https://www.driverknowledgetests.com/resources/what-is-signage-clutter-and-how-do-we-reduce-it/> 
> is the only reference I can find to that, online, in a quick search. \


That is a personal opinion...

v.s. government link to a 3.1Mb pdf below..

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reducing-sign-clutter

>
> I think, in practice, it why local councils often don't bother to fix 
> AWOL and broken street name signs, even when told about them.
>
None of these are for the total removal of signs .. but for the removal 
of unnecessary signs.