Why not paint limits on the road?

wingnut

They do this in UK I think it works great. Sometimes if you are not concentrating you miss the smaller speed signs. You are supposed to have your eyes on the road so it makes sense to put the signs there.

Mint Sauce

Am sure I have already seen these in some areas, mainly 50kph or less. Or did I just imagine it or driving through The North too often.

Crasp

does that road sign mean what I think it means?!

Mint Sauce

wingnut wrote: »

They do this in UK I think it works great. Sometimes if you are not concentrating you miss the smaller speed signs. You are supposed to have your eyes on the road so it makes sense to put the signs there.

Although surely the picture above is shopped, as the white sign with a black diaognal means clearway and cars can drive at 60mph.

ManMade

wingnut wrote: »

They do this in UK I think it works great. Sometimes if you are not concentrating you miss the smaller speed signs. You are supposed to have your eyes on the road so it makes sense to put the signs there.

They can't even keep the "school ahead" and white lines at traffic lights painted near me so not of councils taking on this on. Maybe if the household tax was ring fenced but I doubt it.

Marcusm

irish-stew wrote: »

Although surely the picture above is shopped, as the white sign with a black diaognal means clearway and cars can drive at 60mph.

Not clear way but "national speed limit apples" which for an unlit single carriageway should be 60mph as you say.

challengemaster

Marcusm wrote: »

Not clear way but "national speed limit apples" which for an unlit single carriageway should be 60mph as you say.

And here I thought it meant "plant the boot" :pac:

They already do that here. There's a 50kp/h road around the corner from me. It's actually a decent stretch of road, in good nic. They do have one of those on the road that says 50kp/h (a white hectagon shape with a red border I think, and the 50 in black). The problem is that they require upkeep. There are two on that road (one on each side) and both are faded away to nothingness (the white patch is there, but the writing is barely visible).

In general I think they're a good idea though. If I recall correctly, there are no speed signs on that stretch of road though, so the on-the-road sign may well have been instead of a proper sign (instead of in addition to, which is silly).

Marcusm

challengemaster wrote: »

And here I thought it meant "plant the boot" :pac:

My reaction also, it has to be said.

dgt

They used to here. Then realised it was a great idea and got rid of them all (actually was the miles to kms conversion and never bothered their arses redoing them)

sean1141

ManMade wrote: »

They can't even keep the "school ahead" and white lines at traffic lights painted near me so not of councils taking on this on. Maybe if the household tax was ring fenced but I doubt it.

They cant even fill the potholes around here let alone paint lines on a road

Ardennes1944

Maybe the paint would fill up the potholes though, mix a bit of polyfila in with it

Anan1

Paint can be slippery when wet, which is especially dangerous for bikes. It also wears off.

ManMade

sean1141 wrote: »

They cant even fill the potholes around here let alone paint lines on a road

This is what happens when they try to fill them near me.
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/council-staff-who-tried-to-fix-pothole-suspended-without-pay-29153330.html

Edit: I was more surprised that a pothole was being filled than the council suspending the workers involved tbh.

Cabaal

wingnut wrote: »

They do this in UK I think it works great. Sometimes if you are not concentrating you miss the smaller speed signs. You are supposed to have your eyes on the road so it makes sense to put the signs there.

Then if your not concentrating you suck at driving, if you can't spot a sign post then you shouldn't be driving imho.

Why waste even more government money by painting stuff on roads that will need to be maintained far more then signs on the side of the road just because some people don't pay attention?

galwaytt

....for reasons too long to go into, I had to walk home from work yesterday, which took an hour, on an R road.

Only at that pace do you appreciate.................the birdsong..........the lush vegetation................the warmth of sunglow on a fine evening............

..........do you fúck. What you appreciate is the absolutely appalling amount of litter on the verges...........the complete breakdown of old, worn, bodged and patched road surfaces, the complete disintegration of the asphalt/tar/chips and the edges melting into mush at the verges.

Frankly, there's nothing the paint would stick to imho.