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Is is just me that finds the ideas of these signs a bit ridiculous? Ok, they have a point about some signs being difficult to understand for foreign drivers etc e.g. 'Unsuitable for xyz type of vehicle'. But why specifically choose to use the satellite image on the sign, why not just a sign of a lorry with a cross through it to indicate 'no lorries' or whatever? |
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Totally agree with you Saxo.
People could look at a map, see the short cut, take that route and get stuck. Just because a map is now digital and interactive its still a map. All it takes in that instace is the lorry and a cross through it. |
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I know the road, but the use of the sign is ridiculous, the highway code already has a perfectly understandable max. width sign.
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Yet again, there is no substitute for stupidity.
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Interesting. I have to travel along a narrow lane which often gets blocked by a HGV. Usually foreign. There deffo seems to be an increase in this sort of thing since Satnav systems have become more popular. I don't understand why it should specifically show a satelite though. It would make more sense to make the existing width restriction sign more obvious - maybe use the metric system? I am sure a lot of foreign lorry drivers don't know WTF 6' 6'' means for example.
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Would it not be more simple to actually fit posts at the designated width in the road entrance. If they cannot fit through the posts, they are not going to get down the road.
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The fitting of the posts and the maintenance of them will cost a lot more than a simple sign.
I'm sure the technology will soon sort this problem it can't be that difficult for the mapping software to include road widths and the Satnav user to enter the width of the vehicle. |
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i saw the sign in the paper yesterday, interestingly from what i could make out without reading the article, the sign is blue with a white arrow, similar to a "you must pass this sign on the left" - but it would appear it's meant to mean "no lorries down this road (in the direction of the arrow) even if your GPS tells you to"
so when you get polish pete and his 50 tonner, is he going to interpet the sign as a "do not enter" or a compulsary diversion for large vehicles didn't seem very well thought out tbh, considering most of the people out there struggle with the current crop of signs ![]()
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