Road signs, of which there are tens or hundreds of thousands in England, are supported on metal posts. This system is cheap and efficient but now it seems every single one is being replaced by a more expensive and complicated version made from a lattice structure of lightweight aluminium.
The justification for this changeover is the usual cry of " if it saves a single life it will be worth it "
No it will not.
Most of the people who drive into road sign in this rural area are the fuckwitted chav drivers who career around the countryside on Saturday night in there silly Saxos with eight inch exhaust pipes and sound systems that can be heard in the next county. To be frank it is not worth a pocketful of loose change to save these morons. Other drivers-into-roadsigns are the cunts who steal Subarus and race away to certain carnage in a bend a few miles down the road.... these are worth even less.
The Dorset road sign authorities have come up with this......
There is a road junction ahead, as it is on a rise and quite obvious to any driver, they have decided to put an expensive sign there to detract the motorist. If you were to drive into this sign, for reasons which are not entirely clear on a ruler straight piece of road, the sign would collapse as intended.... allowing you to smash into the oak tree a couple of yards behind the sign.
Some of us would not see this as an advantage.
Ninety year old English Oak trees do not yield to Citroen Saxos, nor indeed anything lighter than a loaded tank transporter; it is a fact of life known to country folk but not, it seems, people in charge of signage.
I noticed today that there is a new crop of these type of signs on the A303 trunk road..... many are placed behind the protection of the Armco barrier which is there to prevent vehicles running off the road.
Is it a case of them having no faith in the Armco ? .....or is it that that are too stupid to realise that they are wasting another heap of our money ?
Some of us would not see this as an advantage.
Ninety year old English Oak trees do not yield to Citroen Saxos, nor indeed anything lighter than a loaded tank transporter; it is a fact of life known to country folk but not, it seems, people in charge of signage.
Update.
I noticed today that there is a new crop of these type of signs on the A303 trunk road..... many are placed behind the protection of the Armco barrier which is there to prevent vehicles running off the road.
Is it a case of them having no faith in the Armco ? .....or is it that that are too stupid to realise that they are wasting another heap of our money ?
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Each county highways department has a budget and if some of that budget isn't spent and can't be carried over at year end it's lost for good and the succeeding years' budgets may be cut as well. Money doesn't spend itself but highways engineers are extremely good at finding new ways.
The aluminium lattice poles will be very desirable in a few years' time: some letter stamping, riveting and blow torching and bingo! Zeppelin girders for the non-discerning.
I'm disappointed they didn't paint them some hideous color. The paint would have used up some money as well. Oh well, maybe next year they'll all be sunshiney yellow or bright lime green.
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Hmm aluminium you say - Should fetch a few quid at the scrap yard. I`ll get me saw!
What about the tree immediately behind the sign ? Are they going to make that out of lattice too ?
It would be interesting to know the contractual agreements going on behind all of this.
these signposts, known as passively safe, are really only to be used on roads with a speed limit above 50mph.
the real crime is the cost of installation. About 15k compared to 2k for the old school ones.
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