[2009] Noel Purcell Walk - a warning about bad signage.

Capt'n Midnight

http://www.iqcontent.com/blog/2009/10/the-roi-of-bad-usability

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What it should say

The parking sign (below) clearly states that it is pay and display between 07:00 and 16:00, Monday to Saturday. Ergo, I can park here for free at any other time (this being the convention elsewhere in the city). But not so fast. A cryptic appendage says something about 16:00 to 19:00. There is no English, just hieroglyphics. I don’t know what this means, so I’ll just ignore it and get on with my shopping..

http://www.rte.ie/ie/morningireland/entry/clamping_blackspots_in_dublin

Noel Purcell Walk was last year's clamping blackspot. 976 vehicles were clamped there. That cost motorists €78,080 in de-clamping fees.

It's a very short lane at the back of Stephen's Green Shopping centre dead centre of http://www.openstreetmap.org/?minlon=-6.26394414901733&minlat=53.3402900695801&maxlon=-6.26359033584595&maxlat=53.3403129577637

delly

Makes sense to me tbh, the clearway symbol doesn't need to have text it being a symbol and all.

Cookie_Monster

it's pretty straight forward, paid parking 7-16, then a clearway so no parking for the next 3 then you can park for free...

Where's the confusion

sentient_6

The parking sign (below) clearly states that it is pay and display between 07:00 and 16:00, Monday to Saturday. Ergo, I can park here for free at any other time (this being the convention elsewhere in the city). But not so fast. A cryptic appendage says something about 16:00 to 19:00. There is no English, just hieroglyphics. I don’t know what this means, so I’ll just ignore it and get on with my shopping..

What stupid conclusions to comes to. Ergo my arse.

Capt'n Midnight

An average of 3 cars a day clamped in a lane only 64m long means something was up.

bijapos

A cryptic appendage says something about 16:00 to 19:00. There is no English, just hieroglyphics.

The "hieroglyphics" are the internationally recognised clearway/no parking sign.

I don’t know what this means, so I’ll just ignore it and get on with my shopping..

Yep, the attitude so many drivers take in this country...don't know what it means....doesn't apply to me as I pay my taxes....I didn't put that sign up and I didn't ask for it to be put up so I'm fecked if I'm going to obey it....sure nobody will mind if I just ignore it....etc etc etc...and thus the reason why its such a misery to drive around here every day of the week.

Worst of all the blog this is taken from is called "IQ content".

seamus

I fail to see how the "Clearway" sign is "cryptic". It's a standard symbol.

Fair enough if you were being careless and just looked at the pay & display sign, you'd be caught out, but there's nothing ambiguous there.