Seamus me auld flower

Fudger · 05-02-2004 05:16PM #1

"The Government has decided that road signs referring to miles for distances and speeds will be withdrawn in September.

The Minister for Transport, Seámus Brennan, said he intends to pick a date in September when all road signs will go metric and will be shown in kilometres."

another busy day running the country.................shudder.................

Kalina · 05-02-2004 05:51PM

Well, at least people will be able to use the guaranteed confusion as an excuse when they get caught speeding- sorry officer, I thought that sign meant 60 miles per hour!!

Victor · 05-02-2004 11:34PM

Originally posted by Kalina
Well, at least people will be able to use the guaranteed confusion as an excuse when they get caught speeding- sorry officer, I thought that sign meant 60 miles per hour!!

there will be no 60 sign and there are very few of them at the moment. The sing will also have km/h so, you will be done.

flogen · 06-02-2004 02:16AM

i wonder how this will play out...
naturally theyll need to change every sign in as little time as possible, because its only going to cause confusion if your driving down the road, and all the signs are kmph, and suddenly you see one thats mph and your getting confused (even for afew seconds, any confusion behind the wheel of a car is dodgy)

will they have the man power to do an over-night all in one job?? maybe THATS why theyre not restricting employment access to new european members for the time being.....

Flogen

Lump · 06-02-2004 03:40AM

I heard months ago that they were going to do it all in the one night.

John

blondie83 · 06-02-2004 10:30AM

In all fairness though, this is Ireland. Do you really think they're going to manage to do it all in one night? I bet it will take at least a month from start to finish due to "administration problems" and "operational problems" and the sign changers looking for a pay rise!

Lump · 06-02-2004 01:10PM

I think they will...

John

Seamus me auld flower

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