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GPS_fan Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 04, 2007 Posts: 2789 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 2:11 pm Post subject: New sign |
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I know that I'm getting older and it may be a while since I read the Highway Code from cover to cover, but a council in Wales has introduced a new sign to prevent truck drivers (foreign drivers in particular) getting stuck under a low bridge.
What I can't comprehend, though, is that if these drivers don't understand "low bridge" or "height restriction" signs, how are they supposed to understand this:
Am I the only one who would struggle to know the meaning of this sign if I came across it in my own country, never mind a foreign country? As far as I can see, they might as well have just written the sign in welsh and left everybody confused
The full article can be found here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6959057.stm
This might have been covered elsewhere, but I couldn't see anything - apologies if I'm duplicating. _________________ Andy
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Oldboy Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Dec 08, 2004 Posts: 10642 Location: Suffolk, UK
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 2:36 pm Post subject: |
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It had, but without the image, HERE. _________________ Richard
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DaveNN Lifetime Member
Joined: Apr 06, 2007 Posts: 337 Location: Lancs
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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Oldboy wrote: | It had, but without the image, HERE. |
Sorry, But I've also posted it in the Members Forum.
Apologies
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GPS_fan Pocket GPS Moderator
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 6:46 pm Post subject: |
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Oh dear...
PGPS Members Do It In Different Forums _________________ Andy
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999tommo Frequent Visitor
Joined: Feb 07, 2006 Posts: 616 Location: Midlothian
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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What happened to the signs that said simply...."Not suitable for heavy goods vehicles". _________________ Tommo...
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Oldboy Pocket GPS Moderator
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 8:49 pm Post subject: |
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999tommo wrote: | What happened to the signs that said simply...."Not suitable for heavy goods vehicles". | Oh dear. A requirement for foreign lorry drivers to read English.
Whatever next. _________________ Richard
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Border_Collie Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: Feb 01, 2006 Posts: 2543 Location: Rainham, Kent. England.
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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999Tommo, even better to have a sign with the various languages as found down the Benefits Office.
Quote: | Not suitable for heavy goods vehicles
Non approprié aux poids lourds
Nicht verwendbar für Schwerguttransporter
Non adatto a veicoli di merci pesanti
Nao apropriado para veículos de bens pesados
Не пригоден для грузовых автомобилей
No conveniente para los vehículos de mercancías pesadas | Lorries wouldn't be able to get past the sign in the first place. |
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999tommo Frequent Visitor
Joined: Feb 07, 2006 Posts: 616 Location: Midlothian
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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Point taken Richard......OOPS _________________ Tommo...
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GPS_fan Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 04, 2007 Posts: 2789 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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Surely a height restriction sign is universal, so that's why I was so puzzled about why these guys don't understand them.
Considering that most height signs appear to be metric these days (whether that's legal or not is another matter), so:
4.3m English
4,3m French
4,3m German
4,3m Polish
Alternatively a big round sign with a red line through a truck - meaning no trucks.
...but the blue sign introduced in Wales - does that mean
beware of low flying satellites
no trucks to the left
trucks may continue straight, but not turn left
no satellite reception to the left _________________ Andy
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GPS_fan Pocket GPS Moderator
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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Lost_Property wrote: | as found down the Benefits Office |
aha - just one big sign at Dover pointing to the benefits office (DWP or whatever it's called today) and problem solved...all the trucks can be found in one place without having to worry about additional signs _________________ Andy
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Border_Collie Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: Feb 01, 2006 Posts: 2543 Location: Rainham, Kent. England.
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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I wonder what will happen if a foreign driver doesn't have a Sat Nav and is using maps. If they get diverted off the M20 and look at the map, they would probably end up down the same country lanes. The new sign would ban only lorries WITH Sat Nav. |
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Skippy Pocket GPS Verifier
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 12:05 am Post subject: |
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GPS_fan wrote: | What I can't comprehend, though, is that if these drivers don't understand "low bridge" or "height restriction" signs |
Indeed! I see we already have all these signs, why on earth do we need a new one?
They should just put in a width restriction on the road to stop trucks going down there and be done with it.... _________________ Gone fishing! |
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PaulBt Lifetime Member
Joined: Sep 22, 2006 Posts: 188 Location: Kempsford, UK
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 12:48 am Post subject: |
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What fun...
I think the sign means that lorries will be ZAPPED from outer space if they turn left.
The missus said it was "Lorries not allowed to fly kites on the left"
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Border_Collie Pocket GPS Verifier
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 1:03 am Post subject: |
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Quote: | They should just put in a width restriction on the road to stop trucks going down there and be done with it.... |
I was going to suggest the same, then I realised many of these village roads are bus routes serving the very villages the problems occur. |
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GPS_fan Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 04, 2007 Posts: 2789 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 2:29 am Post subject: |
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There should also be a £ on these signs to show that drivers will be charged for any damage - that will seriously eat into any profits made on a job and might make them think more carefully about obeying existing road signs _________________ Andy
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