A23 new signage.......Handcross Lower

[Prince Monolulu]

I'll get me coat

 

[willow147]

Reminds me of the welsh translation error on a sign.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7702913.stm

 

[Henfield One]

Royal British Legion have a large sign shop based in Maidstone, and yes, they do (or did) make a lot of road traffic signs.

Thanks Phil - strange but true then!

 

[Lincoln Imp]

It might be worth drawing the Argus's attention to this sign, although whoever does so will have to explain very clearly what the problem is.

 

[Gary Gurr]

It was as good as the person reporting on the Sheffield Wednesday game yesterday saying that Matt Oak had been sent off!

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

I like the sound of Handcross Lower. Sort of place where amateur detectives solve country house murders making professional police officers look stupid and entirely incompetent.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Visibility was so poor on the A23 today that TWO cars turned off at the layby before the Albourne turning this afternoon.

They need better layby signs or better people.

 

[Don Tmatter]

Take a bow

Do you know, I think you are right.

You're my new NSC hero

 

[Boys 9d]

Perhaps the locals should protest as the residents of neighbouring Pease Pottage did when new signs gave the village name as Peas Pottage. The slogan was "Give us the E" and eventually resulted in the signs being replaced with the "E" included.

 

[Willy Dangle]

Not surprised any more -- the country went gone down the pan years ago.

Yep SIGN of the times.

 

[Baron Pepperpot]

My favourite sign is 'Heavy Plant Crossing'. I used to be frightened as a kid, thinking that Triffids were around.

 

[Baron Pepperpot]

Talking of errant signage, I wonder if the stands at the AMEX are appropriately named for the direction that their centre most points face. And if not, what would they be called ?

 

[Chicken Runner61]

Royal British Legion have a large sign shop based in Maidstone, and yes, they do (or did) make a lot of road traffic signs.

It was Remploy - John Veasy if I remember rightly Phil

 

[Chicken Runner61]

My favourite sign is 'Heavy Plant Crossing'. I used to be frightened as a kid, thinking that Triffids were around.

I always think of "tiger feet" when I see MUD ON ROAD

 

[dougdeep]

Just open the junction. How long can it take?

 

[Notters]

In years gone by road signs were manufactured in local authority sign shops, nowadays most of those shops are long gone, so less local knowledge of place names. Brighton & Hove council still has it's own small sign factory, but most local authorities shut them down years ago. I know there is a very large highway sign manufacturing company in Scotland who make signs for a lot of the UKs major road schemes, there is also a pretty big one in Birmingham. I'm sure (they think) it saves them a lot of money, somehow, being in the industry, I doubt it does.

You say that but most people seem to have zero knowledge of geography these days. I work in very much a geographical industry, and in my previous position had to explain to a senior colleague where the M4 was.

 

[Exiled in Exeter]

Talking of road signs, this always caught my eye on the way to home games:

 

[Boys 9d]

There is a wonderful sign at a T junction in a French town (I can't remember the exact place). A left turn translates as "All directions" while a right turn is "Other directions".

 

[Papak]

This always makes me smile:

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[SIMMO SAYS]

Along with general standards of written grammar...

Whoops, I blame the