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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: That gut wrench feeling |
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Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2014 12:15
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| As the small '50' sign is the first one going into Bournemouth from the national speed limit, Surely the sign at the changeover point, has to be much larger than a repeater sign and , I believe, on a yellow background now, to be legally enforceable? Maybe Claire can confirm or deny this one for you... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Cambridge 'sneaky' speed limit change! - Be aware! |
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Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 15:35
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| Dougman -I've used this bit for years . possibly familiarity bred contempt over the new limit ,and I didn't notice it .What caught my eye was the dark patches on the light poles where the repeaters used to be . That made me wonder ( and drop to 30) till I'd passed the new 40 limit. Strangely enough... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Cambridge 'sneaky' speed limit change! - Be aware! |
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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 12:52
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| Naughty naughty! :twisted: From TSM Ch 3: " 14.33 Direction 11(4)(a) does not permit a 30 mph speed limit to have repeater signs where a road has carriageway lighting (see para 14.21). Any adjacent length of road which is also lit and subject to a different speed limit, including the national l... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: 20 limits ? |
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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 12:45
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| Diagrams 674 and 675 only need to be reflectorised. Solved one point -thanks . What about the visibility aspect ,wrt the proximity of the bus stop and height of the limit sign ? From TSM Chapter 3: "SITING 1.15 It is essential that drivers have an unobstructed view of traffic signs. The distan... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: 20 limits ? |
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Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 17:30
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| Yes absolutely 20 can be enforced, it sits in a red roundel with black lettering and white background and fits the right size and lighting if lit then yes. A policeman could stop you for 21 mph if they so wished. It would be unusual but possible. Last I read they were looking to add powers of traff... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Speed limit question |
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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 11:40
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| It's nice to see that highways engineers are still an arrogant breed, who couldn't possibly admit to doing anything wrong, as they must be second only to God. And County Highway officials come a close second. Possibly in more counties than mine. Last round of speed limit reductions in Warks, some C... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Street lights and speed limits |
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Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 12:09
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| Here's the extract from the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions, Schedule 17, Item 10 regarding signs to diagram 670, 671, 672 and 673 (which are speed limit roundels, NSL roundels, minimum speed signs and end of minimum speed signs respectively) (1) Where the sign is a terminal sign an... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Street lights and speed limits |
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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 23:04
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| Thanks folks, next question , if the lights are switched off, there must be some provision for any entry sign into the restriction to be lit. The signs only need to be lit if the street lighting is lit, otherwise, the signs only need to be reflectorised. So in this case, once the street lighting is... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Street lights and speed limits |
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Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 12:35
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| Thanks folks, next question , if the lights are switched off, there must be some provision for any entry sign into the restriction to be lit. The signs only need to be lit if the street lighting is lit, otherwise, the signs only need to be reflectorised. So in this case, once the street lighting is... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Lighting of gantry signs and sign face type |
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Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 20:12
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| I get easily confused between sign face types. But a recent scheme shows using internally illuminated Gantry signs? What is the best sign face category for this. :?: i always get confused between the use of Microprismatic and retroreflective? Anyone help please! :D :D I'm guessing that an internall... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: turning right at lights |
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Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 22:46
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| Once a vehicle is past the stop line, it's impossible to carry out the instruction indicated by the red light "subject to sub-paragraph (b) ... the red signal shall convey the prohibition that vehicular traffic shall not proceed beyond the stop line;" so once you're past the line, you can ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Those rising bollards again |
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Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 00:22
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| I still think a pair of gates functioning as a 'lock' would be more appropriate. If you are let through the first you then can't get out until it has closed behind you. Until the boss orders a limo to pick up an important customer or something. If you were making a system like that you'd need to ba... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Spa Grand Prix |
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Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 21:59
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I see that Mclaren have released their new modification for Singapore, apparently it's been banned by the FIA so expect to see Ferrari using it! Not sure what the warning's for, there's nothing rude in it,
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Follow Up on Mini-roundabouts |
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Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 21:51
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| I knew I'd seen it somewhere! "The significance of the signs and markings used at mini-roundabouts is now specified in item 5 of the table in regulation 16 rather than in the caption beneath diagram 611.1 in Schedule 2. Because the previous requirement couldn’t be met by large vehicles, the wor... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: BAD design places road users at risk! |
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Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 21:19
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| when is a mini roundabout not a "mini" roundabout? http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=51.615067,-0.19052927&z=19&t=h&hl=en-GB That isn't one due to the white circle. That's not in the diagram! They did used to be allowed, it needs special authorisation as a non prescribed signs ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Traffic Signs & Signals |
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Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 13:38
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| And even though the lights seem to be stuck on red, they might have been switched to all red to allow a works vehicle in or our, or for a bit of plant to encroach on the carriageway. Though probably doesn't apply at 3 in the morning (or during tea break :) ) though Or there may be a signalised thir... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Follow Up on Mini-roundabouts |
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 20:18
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| I don't know if Dougman might comment on this ... I have now found a Mini-roundabout (MR) with different "Give Way" systems on different entrances. This is at a T-junction and the traffic entering the MR from the left on the main road has a proper Give Way sign and the double dashed lines... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: BAD design places road users at risk! |
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Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 21:52
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| I'll ignore your ad hominem comments and point out that the mini-roundabout I mentioned above has the blue circular arrow signs positioned right at the give way lines. There is no advanced warning of the roundabout layout. This is why I think signing is poor. Isn't that how they are all [meant to b... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Traffic Signs & Signals |
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Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 21:40
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| With motorway matrix signs the easiest thing to look for is any red light. If there's a red light it's mandatory, if there isn't it's not. I can't think of any exceptions to that off-hand. A red X and/or red 'bouncing balls' are mandatory, as are red-ringed (with white numbers) speed restriction si... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Follow Up on Mini-roundabouts |
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Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 21:30
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| After our recent discussions on mini-roundabouts I have done a bit of observation on a couple of these in my local area. Both are at T-junctions. In both locations, EVERYONE performing a right turn (from either direction) passed over the painted "island". Not a single person avoided it. T... |
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