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Ramps signs - "m"?

  • 25-09-2019 2:18pm
    #1
    Barney224
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 357 ✭✭


    Anyone know what the "m" means on these Ramps signs? I see them all over the place.


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  • #2
    pajoguy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 850 ✭✭✭pajoguy


    Barney224 wrote: »
    Anyone know what the "m" means on these Ramps signs? I see them all over the place.

    It looks like there should be a distance nmber in front of it like 200m say.

    That is the incorrect sign I believe it should be the ramp symbol on yellow background as per the Traffic Signs Manual - Chapter 6 Warning Signs.

    W130.PNG


  • #3
    Barney224
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 357 ✭✭Barney224


    pajoguy wrote: »
    It looks like there should be a distance nmber in front of it like 200m say.

    That is the incorrect sign I believe it should be the ramp symbol on yellow background as per the Traffic Signs Manual - Chapter 6 Warning Signs.

    W130.PNG

    I was thinking that myself, but I see them all over Dublin. Really ugly signs.


  • #4
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,184 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    I'd guess a wildly inaccurate number was peeled off the sign


  • #5
    spacetweek
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 5,226 Mod ✭✭✭✭spacetweek


    I'd guess there's a design template like this but you're meant to fill in the number before sending off to the signage manufacturer. But the council forgot.


  • #6
    blindsider
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,037 ✭✭✭blindsider


    pajoguy wrote: »
    It looks like there should be a distance nmber in front of it like 200m say.

    That is the incorrect sign I believe it should be the ramp symbol on yellow background as per the Traffic Signs Manual - Chapter 6 Warning Signs.

    W130.PNG

    That's very informative pajoguy - thanks.

    I don't think I've EVER seen that sign in use, except poss. for a 'hump-backed' bridge. Certainly never for ramps in a residential area...


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  • #7
    marno21
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 14,523 Mod ✭✭✭✭marno21


    blindsider wrote: »
    That's very informative pajoguy - thanks.

    I don't think I've EVER seen that sign in use, except poss. for a 'hump-backed' bridge. Certainly never for ramps in a residential area...

    All ramps in Killarney have that sign - but they are all recent ones. I presume the old signage is still in place in most areas and will be updated as we go forward


  • #8
    sdanseo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,244 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    blindsider wrote: »
    That's very informative pajoguy - thanks.

    I don't think I've EVER seen that sign in use, except poss. for a 'hump-backed' bridge. Certainly never for ramps in a residential area...

    Because it falls under warning signs, and ramps are not worthy of a warning in the eyes of the councils (they're worthy of a JCB in mine, no place for them anywhere). There's no equivalent informational or regulatory sign.


  • #9
    hi5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,107 ✭✭✭hi5


    Why do we call them ramps anyway instead of speed bumps. A ramp is half a speed bump?


  • #10
    chewed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,428 ✭✭✭chewed


    spacetweek wrote: »
    I'd guess there's a design template like this but you're meant to fill in the number before sending off to the signage manufacturer. But the council forgot.

    I can't understand why the signage manufacturer would produce the signs without informing the council...."ehhh you forgot the number!" Or were the council supposed to add the numbers as stickers on the signs?


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