There are so many signs around, and they have crept in so gradually, that I think we hardly notice them anymore. I first realised how many there were several years ago when Greenwich was closed to traffic one summer because of roadworks. It really gave me the chance to look at the architecture without any cars disfiguring the view, almost as it was built. It was only as I tried mentally to strip away the modern accretions that I realised just how many signs there are, and how ugly they are. Greenwich is so busy with tourists that the signs are almost useless anyway - pedestrians just go where they want to, and stop the traffic. It was after that that I started to learn about the Naked Road movement, which I think is something to be welcomed and encouraged.
I was once stopped by a policeman for making an illegal right turn. He asked me "do you know how many No Right Turn signs there are at that junction, sir?" I told him I hadn't noticed any. He replied "There are 12". Not much use really, if people don't notice them! Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of John Coyle > Sent: 21 September 2008 03:03 > To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' > Subject: RE: OT (Bikey): A robust defence of Elle Macpherson > > How refreshing Simon's viewpoint is! Strangely enough, I > stopped during a > walk the other day on one not very busy intersection - two > suburban streets, > each having a partial one-way section - and counted the > number of street > signs. There were 20! How many road-users would take in all of those > messages, some of which were redundant - including one which > indicated the > route to a bikeway some 400 metres away on the riverbank 30 > meters below the > road... > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/19/transport.transpor > t -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
