Whacky Signs.

[Two_sugars]

Wot's up wit this tonight   . . . or is it Meeeeeee . .  .????

Edited September 26, 2021 by Two_sugars
triple posted . . .a record?

[Two_sugars]

Double posted.

Edited September 26, 2021 by Two_sugars
double posted

[PaulRhB]

10 hours ago, melmerby said:

BTW shouldn't it be you're?

It’s traditional, to give people something to moan about. 
 

you’s welcome  

[PaulRhB]

10 hours ago, PhilJ W said:

Heston now working with the Coop for Xmas instead of Waitrose?  

[jcredfer]

1 hour ago, PaulRhB said:

Heston now working with the Coop for Xmas instead of Waitrose?  

 

Followed by Jamie's Squirrel Pie.....            ...{ Grey, of course!}

 

[martin_wynne]

 

[melmerby]

On 25/09/2021 at 22:34, PhilJ W said:

In the cat food aisle, I presume?

Edited September 27, 2021 by melmerby
isle > aisle?

[martin_wynne]

Not very whacky, but interesting. Devon is using more colours for their road signs than other counties:

 

 

More info: https://www.roads.org.uk/blog/devon-help-us

 

Martin.

[martin_wynne]

 

 

[Michael Hodgson]

3 hours ago, martin_wynne said:

Not very whacky, but interesting. Devon is using more colours for their road signs than other counties:

 

 

More info: https://www.roads.org.uk/blog/devon-help-us

 

Martin.

 

Not a bad idea as such but these things should be determined at a national (or international) level.  As it is, just looks like an invitation for the good folk the other side of the Tamar to devise a scheme using those colours transposed.

[PhilJ W]

[PhilJ W]

Some still won't get the message.

[PhilJ W]

[melmerby]

29 minutes ago, PhilJ W said:

I'd never have guessed.

[Ruffnut Thorston]

6 hours ago, martin_wynne said:

Not very whacky, but interesting. Devon is using more colours for their road signs than other counties:

 

 

More info: https://www.roads.org.uk/blog/devon-help-us

 

Martin.

The thing is, nationally, Brown routes and signs are leisure routes and places…potentially confusing?

[Ozexpatriate]

1 hour ago, Ruffnut Thorston said:

The thing is, nationally, Brown routes and signs are leisure routes and places…

Maybe they should use ski run markings?

 

Most / No caravans / Small cars / Locals: 

 

[Titan]

8 hours ago, Ruffnut Thorston said:

The thing is, nationally, Brown routes and signs are leisure routes and places…potentially confusing?

 

Possibly, although it does look substantially different from the white letters on brown background.

[TheQ]

So what's wrong with this sign? The Blue one at the bottom...

[TheQ]

Well the Norfolk Broads are not a National park, Who says so?

HMG says so, the Broads park area is set up on a different basis to the National Parks.

 

So the Broads Authority fought a long legal battle and eventually found a judge who gave them the permission to use the name "National Park" in advertising only.

 

So that bring us to the second point, IF they are only allowed use it for advertising / pointing to the attraction, then the law says the signs should have a brown background as mentioned in post back..

 

So the signs are wrong / illegal on two points..

[Compound2632]

2 hours ago, TheQ said:

So the signs are wrong / illegal on two points..

 

A pair of nice points, if you will excuse my saying so. One often finds non-compliant signs at motorway service stations, which in my view is a bad thing. The standards for signage exist for a reason: to convey clear, simple, consistent information to road users.

[KeithMacdonald]

19 minutes ago, Compound2632 said:

 

A pair of nice points, if you will excuse my saying so. One often finds non-compliant signs at motorway service stations, which in my view is a bad thing. The standards for signage exist for a reason: to convey clear, simple, consistent information to road users.

 

I think you will find that sometimes they don't use the correct number of rivets either!

 

[Gibbo675]

5 hours ago, TheQ said:

Well the Norfolk Broads are not a National park, Who says so?

HMG says so, the Broads park area is set up on a different basis to the National Parks.

 

So the Broads Authority fought a long legal battle and eventually found a judge who gave them the permission to use the name "National Park" in advertising only.

 

So that bring us to the second point, IF they are only allowed use it for advertising / pointing to the attraction, then the law says the signs should have a brown background as mentioned in post back..

 

So the signs are wrong / illegal on two points..

Hi Q,

 

If anyone needs the supposed authority that calls itself HMG to tell them whether a piece of the earth is attractive or not then the colour of the sign along with what is written upon it does become somewhat academic.

 

Gibbo.

[kevinlms]

3 hours ago, Compound2632 said:

 

A pair of nice points, if you will excuse my saying so. One often finds non-compliant signs at motorway service stations, which in my view is a bad thing. The standards for signage exist for a reason: to convey clear, simple, consistent information to road users.

Such signage needs to be consistent for IMPORTANT stuff, such as for road navigation. But for tourist/eating place information, once you're off the main road, that is hardly critical.

 

As for the signage depicting the suitability of roads for different types of vehicles, does appear to have merit, but is just a thinish coloured border enough? Whatever is decided on, it really does need to be a national standard.

[melmerby]

2 hours ago, Gibbo675 said:

Hi Q,

 

If anyone needs the supposed authority that calls itself HMG to tell them whether a piece of the earth is attractive or not then the colour of the sign along with what is written upon it does become somewhat academic.

 

Gibbo.

There is a defined procedure to go through to attain National Park status.

 

However the Broads were not created in the usual way. They were created by a separate Act of Parliament passed in 1988 and have been given the same powers as the normal National Parks. They are generally considered to be a National Park, the eleventh in datal order of the 13 in England.

Look on the National Parks website, the Broads are there with all the others

[KeithMacdonald]

6 hours ago, kevinlms said:

Whatever is decided on, it really does need to be a national standard.

 

English, Scottish or Welsh?