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Tiredness Kills...

  • 17-09-2019 8:42pm
    #1
    whyulittle
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    Strange one on the way home this evening; there is a new permanent blue sign, in English and Irish, stating 'Tiredness Kills' at the Enfield junction heading west. New signs for the M4 services as well, at 5km out.


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  • #2
    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,088 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    whyulittle wrote: »
    Strange one on the way home this evening; there is a new permanent blue sign, in English and Irish, stating 'Tiredness Kills' at the Enfield junction heading west. New signs for the M4 services as well, at 5km out.

    Yea they have them on the M7/8 now as well. Personally I don't think they should have used blue for these, but that's me. It just offends my sense of aesthetics and dilutes the purpose of those blue signs as useful directional information. Same way as those mobile orange LED signs are now everywhere for advertising rather than temporary warning signage

    But then that ridiculous 1x1/1x2 shyte still annoys me too.. I have issues :p


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    L1011
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    They've been around for years, possibly decades - just quite rare.


  • #4
    Princess Calla
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,148 ✭✭✭Princess Calla


    Embarrassed to say this but the first time I saw them on the M8 I thought it was a sign for a village or something... Thought it was a weird name... Continued on...saw a second sign and went, Oh!


  • #5
    punisher5112
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    M11 n11 has these. They are new addition....

    Some other places have had them...

    It's. Very true though.. my eyes have shut on me twice way too long to ever as t that shock again...


  • #6
    Leo Demidov
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 991 ✭✭✭Leo Demidov


    They're generally just ahead of a motorway services in my experience. Save lives/increase revenue.


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  • #7
    punisher5112
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    Leo Demidov wrote: »
    They're generally just ahead of a motorway services in my experience. Save lives/increase revenue.

    Oh of course it's get in here to Apple green or circle k but it's a good tactic.


  • #8
    NedNew2
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    Maraíonn Tuirse.


  • #9
    xabi
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    Princess Calla wrote: »
    Embarrassed to say this but the first time I saw them on the M8 I thought it was a sign for a village or something... Thought it was a weird name... Continued on...saw a second sign and went, Oh!

    Same here, first time I saw it I thought I was in Tiredness Hills.


  • #10
    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,088 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    Princess Calla wrote: »
    Embarrassed to say this but the first time I saw them on the M8 I thought it was a sign for a village or something... Thought it was a weird name... Continued on...saw a second sign and went, Oh!
    xabi wrote: »
    Same here, first time I saw it I thought I was in Tiredness Hills.

    And this is why they shouldn't be in the same format/colour as standard motorway information/directional signage. It just causes confusion and dilutes the impact/importance of the original intent.


  • #11
    Princess Calla
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    xabi wrote: »
    Same here, first time I saw it I thought I was in Tiredness Hills.

    Watergrass Hill...tiredness Hill :):)


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  • #12
    marno21
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    https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2018/10/23/tiredness-kills-wins-tidy-towns-award/


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