Poor Road Signage Pictures

flazio · 26-04-2012 11:26PM

accidental double post

chewed · 27-04-2012 09:51AM

flazio wrote: »

http://g.co/maps/wzyx2
I can tell you that the estate to the left is not called 'Ballygar'. Just ahead the course of the road takes a sharp turn to right and in order to continue to Ballinasloe you must take this right turn, however if you wish to go to Ballygar you can keep going straight on.

Unbelievable!!!

chewed · 07-08-2012 12:50PM

This is something I'm seeing more and more lately.

At a junction (where you have to turn left - e.g. one way), I see this sign

I had assumed this sign should only appear before you come to the junction and that at the junction in front of you the following sign should be present...

http://t2.ftcdn.net/jpg/00/07/47/59/400_F_7475928_B17fXHki1mdnMB9fzkKCwH48IGHUDR5F.jpg

07-08-2012 02:06PM

chewed wrote: »

This is something I'm seeing more and more lately.

At a junction (where you have to turn left - e.g. one way), I see this sign

I had assumed this sign should only appear before you come to the junction and that at the junction in front of you the following sign should be present...

http://t2.ftcdn.net/jpg/00/07/47/59/400_F_7475928_B17fXHki1mdnMB9fzkKCwH48IGHUDR5F.jpg

It should be one of these!

chewed · 07-08-2012 02:27PM

I can't recall ever seeing that sign post used! So you're saying that should appear at the junction? or before the junction?

07-08-2012 04:22PM

chewed wrote: »

I can't recall ever seeing that sign post used! So you're saying that should appear at the junction? or before the junction?

It's a "turn left ahead" sign and should be before the junction.

chewed · 07-08-2012 07:15PM

So this sign is incorrect? In the UK they use this in the same situation.

http://t2.ftcdn.net/jpg/00/07/47/59/400_F_7475928_B17fXHki1mdnMB9fzkKCwH48IGHUDR5F.jpg

Victor · 07-08-2012 07:32PM

chewed wrote: »

So this sign is incorrect? In the UK they use this in the same situation.

http://t2.ftcdn.net/jpg/00/07/47/59/400_F_7475928_B17fXHki1mdnMB9fzkKCwH48IGHUDR5F.jpg

That is "Go left now" as opposed to "Turn left ahead".

murphaph · 07-08-2012 09:25PM

In the UK you'd have a "turn left ahead" on the approach to the junction and a "turn left now" facing you across the junction-the proper way to do it:

A1 (NI)

The fewer "no x turn" signs the better IMO. They don't exist at all in Germany. They really are redundant once you introduce the concept of the blue/white "must do" signs-you can convey the same meaning using only these and eliminate one more thing for the driver to pay attention to.

In Germany the junction approach has a blue/white "must do" sign which shows you all the ways you may turn on it and if your prefered route is not on there, you may not proceed. I would generally prefer UK signage norms over German (but German over Irish as at least the German norms are actually implemented properly 99% of the time-I would prefer Irish if we implemented everything properly) but this is one aspect the Germans have spot on IMO.

Typical example (you must turn left or right, but may not proceed straight on):
Berlin example

gobnaitolunacy · 08-08-2012 11:44AM

What I find infuriating...

Road works signs for road closed/diversions left on display all evening/night/weekend when the works have finished and road is OPEN! This is currently happening near me right now. Lazy ass council men.
Directional signs esp. at junctions with NO kms.
Signs for tourist attractions in a sh*tty brown colour that are usually tiny and hard to see anyway.

chewed · 08-08-2012 12:49PM

gobnaitolunacy wrote: »

What I find infuriating...

Road works signs for road closed/diversions left on display all evening/night/weekend when the works have finished and road is OPEN! This is currently happening near me right now. Lazy ass council men.
Directional signs esp. at junctions with NO kms.
Signs for tourist attractions in a sh*tty brown colour that are usually tiny and hard to see anyway.

What I find funny/irritating is when they're resurfacing and they put up "No Road Markings" signs near where I live....on a country road where there have never been road markings (well, not in my lifetime!).

Or the amount of times, temporary Speed limit signs are left up long after the road works have completed!

etchyed · 08-08-2012 07:32PM

murphaph wrote: »

IThe fewer "no x turn" signs the better IMO. They don't exist at all in Germany. They really are redundant once you introduce the concept of the blue/white "must do" signs-you can convey the same meaning using only these and eliminate one more thing for the driver to pay attention to.

This is entirely a matter of taste. I don't see how posting this...

...rather than this...

...would mean a driver has less to pay attention to.

20-08-2012 07:42AM

Stolen from another thread.

bnt wrote: »

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20-08-2012 07:44AM

chewed wrote: »

What I find funny/irritating is when they're resurfacing and they put up "No Road Markings" signs near where I live....on a country road where there have never been road markings (well, not in my lifetime!).

Or the amount of times, temporary Speed limit signs are left up long after the road works have completed!

That's a bit like the contractors who put up "No overtaking" signs on a single track road, have seen several near me recently. :rolleyes:

chewed · 18-06-2013 12:18PM

So, this is what greets tourists coming off the ferry at Dun Laoghaire! What an embarrassment!!!

SpaceTime · 18-06-2013 03:08PM

That signage is also very ugly looking too.

SpaceTime · 18-06-2013 03:13PM

Deleted User wrote: »

There's an even better example on the old N4 Enfield bypass, eastbound there is an advance sign telling you what's left & right at the crossroads ahead and at the crossroads a pair of no Left & no Right turn signs!

Looks like they implemented the no-right-turn sign after the direction sign. Possibly due to queuing or accidents. They should have patched out the direction sign though.

Fred Swanson · 18-06-2013 03:13PM

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SpaceTime · 18-06-2013 03:26PM

I honestly think Ireland would be far better off moving towards a proper EU-harmonised Vienna Convention based signage system.

We should have done this 20+ years ago when we were starting the major road building projects rather than sticking to this hodge-podge of national systems that isn't even implemented correctly most of the time (especially on non-major routes).

n0brain3r · 02-07-2013 12:01PM

https://maps.google.ie/?ll=53.37506,-6.533432&spn=0.019842,0.055747&t=m&z=15&layer=c&cbll=53.375096,-6.533564&panoid=kUwO02cFZca_P9kzpHji0A&cbp=12,98.28,,1,2.91 I can never understand why either the lighting or signage guys didn't use some common sense here during installation

SpaceTime · 02-07-2013 12:08PM

n0brain3r wrote: »

https://maps.google.ie/?ll=53.37506,-6.533432&spn=0.019842,0.055747&t=m&z=15&layer=c&cbll=53.375096,-6.533564&panoid=kUwO02cFZca_P9kzpHji0A&cbp=12,98.28,,1,2.91 I can never understand why either the lighting or signage guys didn't use some common sense here during installation

There's an even worse mess at the Kinsale Road interchange coming in from Cork Airport.

As you get to the roundabout, the NRA has installed new signage for the N40 Cork Ring resignage right in front of a traffic light in one case!

You'd seriously think a traffic light's visibility was more important than a direction sign!

It doesn't completely obscure the lights but it's in the way which is ridiculous.

n0brain3r · 02-07-2013 12:28PM

You reminded me of this roundabout https://maps.google.ie/?ll=53.412307,-6.44582&spn=0.004982,0.013937&t=m&z=17&layer=c&cbll=53.412248,-6.445936&panoid=YBlvjgtdA1FNV-xk4Fi0rA&cbp=12,238.88,,0,7.9 at Clonee street view doesn't do it justice but that sign obscures the view at the last minute when entering the roundabout necessitating a stop rather than yield as it is you can see it's almost hiding an entire car!

RainyDay · 03-07-2013 09:43AM

n0brain3r wrote: »

https://maps.google.ie/?ll=53.37506,-6.533432&spn=0.019842,0.055747&t=m&z=15&layer=c&cbll=53.375096,-6.533564&panoid=kUwO02cFZca_P9kzpHji0A&cbp=12,98.28,,1,2.91 I can never understand why either the lighting or signage guys didn't use some common sense here during installation

Brilliant, an official speed limit of zero kmph

Singers · 09-08-2013 08:42PM

chewed wrote: »

So, this is what greets tourists coming off the ferry at Dun Laoghaire! What an embarrassment!!!

Could be designated a heritage area! There seems to be several generations of signs there.

The black & white ones with the arrows were once the norm on all main roads.

daymobrew · 07-09-2013 07:48PM

On Wolfe Tone Quay the signs about the bus lanes and merging says "Mon - Sath", probably because the Irish above it is "Luan - Sath"
The typos are on a sticker so easy to fix.

Here is a blurry Street View image Google Maps.

I'll report it to Fix Your Street.

glossy · 07-09-2013 08:30PM

I'll report it to Fix Your Street.[/QUOTE]

thanks for this, booked marked

amen · 10-01-2014 02:30PM

etchyed wrote: »

This is entirely a matter of taste. I don't see how posting this...

...rather than this...

...would mean a driver has less to pay attention to.

because the blue sign tells you the only actions you are allowed to take which is straight ahead or turn left.

With the blue sign you cannot turn right, you cannot do a u-turn etc.

If you used the red signs you would have to list all the non per-missable actions.

etchyed · 11-01-2014 12:51AM

amen wrote: »

because the blue sign tells you the only actions you are allowed to take which is straight ahead or turn left.

With the blue sign you cannot turn right, you cannot do a u-turn etc.

If you used the red signs you would have to list all the non per-missable actions.

I can't remember the last time I saw a no u-turn sign. If you take them out of the equation, the meaning of the two signs is the same.

Hotblack Desiato · 11-01-2014 12:59AM

There's a couple in Dublin on the Long Mile Rd. outbound.

murphaph · 11-01-2014 08:43AM

etchyed wrote: »

I can't remember the last time I saw a no u-turn sign. If you take them out of the equation, the meaning of the two signs is the same.

No U turn signs are common enough. Anyway, the blue signs are a better way of doing it as you can more easily depict the allowed movements (and by inference the disallowed movements) at complex junctions. Not all junctions are crossroads or T junctions.

There is simply no reason to mix n' match the positive and negative version of the same instruction. The example of Germany shows it is superfluous to use both.

Poor Road Signage Pictures

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