New sign

GPS_fan · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 2:11 pm Post subject: New sign

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.
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Oldboy · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 2:36 pm Post subject:

It had, but without the image, HERE.
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DaveNN · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 4:33 pm Post subject:

GPS_fan · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 6:46 pm Post subject:

Oh dear...

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999tommo · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 8:45 pm Post subject:

What happened to the signs that said simply...."Not suitable for heavy goods vehicles".
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Oldboy · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 8:49 pm Post subject:

Border_Collie · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 8:51 pm Post subject:

999Tommo, even better to have a sign with the various languages as found down the Benefits Office.

999tommo · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 8:51 pm Post subject:

Point taken Richard......OOPS Embarassed

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GPS_fan · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:46 pm Post subject:

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
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GPS_fan · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:49 pm Post subject:

Border_Collie · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 10:11 pm Post subject:

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. Very Happy

Skippy · Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 12:05 am Post subject:

PaulBt · Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 12:48 am Post subject:

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" Thumbs Up

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Border_Collie · Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 1:03 am Post subject:

GPS_fan · Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 2:29 am Post subject:

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
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