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Sometimes one sees ideas when on holiday and it makes you wonder why the
idea is not more commonplace. An obvious one to me has been count-down displays on Traffic Lights (and/or the Pedestrian Light) An idea I just saw in Italy was Pre-cast Curb Stones with a tongue and groove a the end so they interlocked. Must make installation easier. |
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On 17/06/2018 15:42, DerbyBorn wrote:
Sometimes one sees ideas when on holiday and it makes you wonder why the idea is not more commonplace. An obvious one to me has been count-down displays on Traffic Lights (and/or the Pedestrian Light) Possibly with the consequence that people will jump the lights in a car before going green and hit the car jumping the lights after red. An idea I just saw in Italy was Pre-cast Curb Stones with a tongue and groove a the end so they interlocked. Must make installation easier. Or possibly more difficult when replacing existing curbs or when one gets damaged after a heavy goods vehicle has mounted the curb. -- mailto : news {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
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On 17/06/2018 15:50, alan_m wrote:
On 17/06/2018 15:42, DerbyBorn wrote: Sometimes one sees ideas when on holiday and it makes you wonder why the idea is not more commonplace. An obvious one to me has been count-down displays on Traffic Lights (and/or the Pedestrian Light) Possibly with the consequence that people will jump the lights in a car before going green and hit the car jumping the lights after red. If the timer doesn't faithfully represent the time to green this is certainly a possibility. Otherwise its a brilliant idea and I've never seen a car jumping the lights with these countdowns. An idea I just saw in Italy was Pre-cast Curb Stones with a tongue and groove a the end so they interlocked. Must make installation easier. Or possibly more difficult when replacing existing curbs or when one gets damaged after a heavy goods vehicle has mounted the curb. It could even be reinforced so it doesn't break. |
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In article 6,
DerbyBorn wrote: Sometimes one sees ideas when on holiday and it makes you wonder why the idea is not more commonplace. An obvious one to me has been count-down displays on Traffic Lights (and/or the Pedestrian Light) these have turned up in central London - for the benefit of tourists, no doubt. An idea I just saw in Italy was Pre-cast Curb Stones with a tongue and groove a the end so they interlocked. Must make installation easier. -- from KT24 in Surrey, England "I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle |
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In article 6,
DerbyBorn wrote: Sometimes one sees ideas when on holiday and it makes you wonder why the idea is not more commonplace. An obvious one to me has been count-down displays on Traffic Lights (and/or the Pedestrian Light) Count down for the pedestrian side have been around here for years. Not a good idea for traffic, given how many jump the lights. -- *'Progress' and 'Change' are not synonyms. Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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On 17/06/2018 15:42, DerbyBorn wrote:
Sometimes one sees ideas when on holiday and it makes you wonder why the idea is not more commonplace. An obvious one to me has been count-down displays on Traffic Lights (and/or the Pedestrian Light) Doncaster has them on some pedestrian crossing. An idea I just saw in Italy was Pre-cast Curb Stones with a tongue and groove a the end so they interlocked. Must make installation easier. Just goes to show how lazy the Italians are. -- Adam |
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On 17/06/18 15:42, DerbyBorn wrote:
Sometimes one sees ideas when on holiday and it makes you wonder why the idea is not more commonplace. An obvious one to me has been count-down displays on Traffic Lights (and/or the Pedestrian Light) An idea I just saw in Italy was Pre-cast Curb Stones with a tongue and groove a the end so they interlocked. Must make installation easier. In France they have stretches of motorway (10 to 20kms) where lorries are not allowed to overtake each other. I think the police must take offenders aside and shoot them because you don't get lorries passing at the glacial pace the do here. Another Dave -- Change nospam to techie |
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On 17/06/2018 19:56, Another Dave wrote:
On 17/06/18 15:42, DerbyBorn wrote: Sometimes one sees ideas when on holiday and it makes you wonder why the idea is not more commonplace. An obvious one to me has been count-down displays on Traffic Lights (and/or the Pedestrian Light) An idea I just saw in Italy was Pre-cast Curb Stones with a tongue and groove a the end so they interlocked. Must make installation easier. In France they have stretches of motorway (10 to 20kms) where lorries are not allowed to overtake each other. I think the police must take offenders aside and shoot them because you don't get lorries passing at the glacial pace the do here. There are some dual carriageways here too where lorries are not allowed in the inside lane. Parts of the A42 come to mind. |
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Fredxx wrote:
On 17/06/2018 19:56, Another Dave wrote: On 17/06/18 15:42, DerbyBorn wrote: Sometimes one sees ideas when on holiday and it makes you wonder why the idea is not more commonplace. An obvious one to me has been count-down displays on Traffic Lights (and/or the Pedestrian Light) An idea I just saw in Italy was Pre-cast Curb Stones with a tongue and groove a the end so they interlocked. Must make installation easier. In France they have stretches of motorway (10 to 20kms) where lorries are not allowed to overtake each other. I think the police must take offenders aside and shoot them because you don't get lorries passing at the glacial pace the do here. The 'glacial pace' is hardly the lorry drivers' fault, it's simply down to the speed governor on the lorry. -- Chris Green · |
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On 17/06/2018 15:42, DerbyBorn wrote:
Sometimes one sees ideas when on holiday and it makes you wonder why the idea is not more commonplace. An obvious one to me has been count-down displays on Traffic Lights (and/or the Pedestrian Light) An idea I just saw in Italy was Pre-cast Curb Stones with a tongue and groove a the end so they interlocked. Must make installation easier. We (in the UK) seem unable to copy ideas from overseas which are good but happily adopt bad ones ;-( I recall joking to a German that they would learn that trams were a bad idea and scrap them. I didn't realise Germans lack our sense of humour. Likewise, every time I see a 'bendy bus' in a French City I am reminded that they are unsuitable for use in cities, which is why Boris got rid of them. (They cope fine with narrow streets etc in France.) Plus, of course, there is the attitude to alcohol and licensing laws etc. You simply don't see the drunken behaviour we have here elsewhere in Europe, at least unless it is Brits. |
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DerbyBorn wrote
Sometimes one sees ideas when on holiday and it makes you wonder why the idea is not more commonplace. An obvious one to me has been count-down displays on Traffic Lights (and/or the Pedestrian Light) Yeah, useful idea. An idea I just saw in Italy was Pre-cast Curb Stones with a tongue and groove a the end so they interlocked. Must make installation easier. We pour ours into formwork. |
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Jethro_uk wrote:
Chris Green wrote: The 'glacial pace' is hardly the lorry drivers' fault, it's simply down to the speed governor on the lorry. So why overtake in the first place ? Because sitting behind involves constant adjustment of accelerator or cruise control, but planting their foot and letting the governor sit on the limit while creeping past the lorry in front is 'easier'. An adaptive cruise control that let them sit behind the truck in front, without any driver input, even if it was +/- 1 or 2 mph of the governor might actually help. |
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Another Dave wrote in news:pg6at8$85l$1@dont-
email.me: On 17/06/18 15:42, DerbyBorn wrote: Sometimes one sees ideas when on holiday and it makes you wonder why the idea is not more commonplace. An obvious one to me has been count- down displays on Traffic Lights (and/or the Pedestrian Light) An idea I just saw in Italy was Pre-cast Curb Stones with a tongue and groove a the end so they interlocked. Must make installation easier. In France they have stretches of motorway (10 to 20kms) where lorries are not allowed to overtake each other. I think the police must take offenders aside and shoot them because you don't get lorries passing at the glacial pace the do here. Another Dave I saw this on the M42 here yesterday - for a few miles on a slight up hill gradient. |
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In message , Chris Green
writes Fredxx wrote: On 17/06/2018 19:56, Another Dave wrote: On 17/06/18 15:42, DerbyBorn wrote: Sometimes one sees ideas when on holiday and it makes you wonder why the idea is not more commonplace. An obvious one to me has been count-down displays on Traffic Lights (and/or the Pedestrian Light) An idea I just saw in Italy was Pre-cast Curb Stones with a tongue and groove a the end so they interlocked. Must make installation easier. In France they have stretches of motorway (10 to 20kms) where lorries are not allowed to overtake each other. I think the police must take offenders aside and shoot them because you don't get lorries passing at the glacial pace the do here. The 'glacial pace' is hardly the lorry drivers' fault, it's simply down to the speed governor on the lorry. So why doesn't the guy on the inside lift his foot for half a minute? -- Tim Lamb |
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Brian Reay wrote
DerbyBorn wrote Sometimes one sees ideas when on holiday and it makes you wonder why the idea is not more commonplace. An obvious one to me has been count-down displays on Traffic Lights (and/or the Pedestrian Light) An idea I just saw in Italy was Pre-cast Curb Stones with a tongue and groove a the end so they interlocked. Must make installation easier. We (in the UK) seem unable to copy ideas from overseas which are good Could have sworn you did with mobile phones, credit cards, nuclear weapons, etc etc etc. but happily adopt bad ones ;-( I recall joking to a German that they would learn that trams were a bad idea and scrap them. I didn't realise Germans lack our sense of humour. Likewise, every time I see a 'bendy bus' in a French City I am reminded that they are unsuitable for use in cities, which is why Boris got rid of them. (They cope fine with narrow streets etc in France.) Plus, of course, there is the attitude to alcohol and licensing laws etc. You simply don't see the drunken behaviour we have here elsewhere in Europe, at least unless it is Brits. |
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On Mon, 18 Jun 2018 05:41:14 +1000, Rod Speed wrote:
DerbyBorn wrote Sometimes one sees ideas when on holiday and it makes you wonder why the idea is not more commonplace. An obvious one to me has been count-down displays on Traffic Lights (and/or the Pedestrian Light) Yeah, useful idea. You pesky senile oaf need a count-down display on your watch showing the remaining time for you! That MIGHT make you a bit less irascible! |
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On Mon, 18 Jun 2018 07:29:42 +1000, cantankerous geezer Rot Speed blabbered,
again: We (in the UK) seem unable to copy ideas from overseas which are good Could have sworn you did with mobile phones, credit cards, nuclear weapons, etc etc etc. Some people swear you are an argumentative asshole, Rot! -- Sqwertz to Rot Speed: "This is just a hunch, but I'm betting you're kinda an argumentative asshole. MID: |
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I'm sure we have count down lights here at some places. The snag is that if
a crowd of people come along and are in the middle when it expires. Not sure about the interlocking curbs as what happens on bends? Brian -- ----- -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! "DerbyBorn" wrote in message 2.236... Sometimes one sees ideas when on holiday and it makes you wonder why the idea is not more commonplace. An obvious one to me has been count-down displays on Traffic Lights (and/or the Pedestrian Light) An idea I just saw in Italy was Pre-cast Curb Stones with a tongue and groove a the end so they interlocked. Must make installation easier. |
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With regard to crossings. There are now some that interface with an app on a
smart phone for the pedestrian to help you find them and alert you of their mode at a given time using blutooth I understand.There are moves afoot to try to agree an international standard. It wold certainly help blind people who no longer would need to either hear the bleeps not knowing if they aare even there or hang on to a little rotating cone under the box. Brian -- ----- -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! "Fredxx" wrote in message ... On 17/06/2018 15:50, alan_m wrote: On 17/06/2018 15:42, DerbyBorn wrote: Sometimes one sees ideas when on holiday and it makes you wonder why the idea is not more commonplace. An obvious one to me has been count-down displays on Traffic Lights (and/or the Pedestrian Light) Possibly with the consequence that people will jump the lights in a car before going green and hit the car jumping the lights after red. If the timer doesn't faithfully represent the time to green this is certainly a possibility. Otherwise its a brilliant idea and I've never seen a car jumping the lights with these countdowns. An idea I just saw in Italy was Pre-cast Curb Stones with a tongue and groove a the end so they interlocked. Must make installation easier. Or possibly more difficult when replacing existing curbs or when one gets damaged after a heavy goods vehicle has mounted the curb. It could even be reinforced so it doesn't break. |
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One weird import that I understand is around in other countries is the
'inlink' street terminal. This magnificent piece of hard ware has an lcd screen mainly used for advertising which is very bright. A charging bay for phones and tablets, an actual telephone but with loudspeaker and touch buttons and often much more. Its started to appear here in Kingston upon thames and has wifi and also often a seat nearby. The term jack of all trades master of none comes to mind . No call is private as it can be heard by the world and his wife and is free subsidised by the adverts. For a town which talks about decluttering the streets this seems an odd move to me. Brian -- ----- -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! "charles" wrote in message ... In article 6, DerbyBorn wrote: Sometimes one sees ideas when on holiday and it makes you wonder why the idea is not more commonplace. An obvious one to me has been count-down displays on Traffic Lights (and/or the Pedestrian Light) these have turned up in central London - for the benefit of tourists, no doubt. An idea I just saw in Italy was Pre-cast Curb Stones with a tongue and groove a the end so they interlocked. Must make installation easier. -- from KT24 in Surrey, England "I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle |
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Who invented armadillos for lane segregation of a cycle lane? These look
apparently like bits of car tyre raised up through the road surface designed not to damage vehicles. The trouble is that they also do not really work to make cyclists feel safe from traffic either and look bloody awful. Then who decided to have floating bus stops? These are where you have a cycle lane but the bus has to stay on the road, so you have to cross the cycle lane to find the stop, but often for a blind person there is now no flag on the pavement to indicate where the bus stop is, and neither are there standards of tactile or which direction from a crossing the buss stop is, no railings either so you can walk straight off into traffic. Signage is sparse for cyclists so the think they have right of way and mow the blindy down. The problem in the worlds seems to be a complete lack of standards and indeed awareness that all pavement and public transport users are not able bodied youths. Brian -- ----- -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! "ARW" wrote in message ... On 17/06/2018 15:42, DerbyBorn wrote: Sometimes one sees ideas when on holiday and it makes you wonder why the idea is not more commonplace. An obvious one to me has been count-down displays on Traffic Lights (and/or the Pedestrian Light) Doncaster has them on some pedestrian crossing. An idea I just saw in Italy was Pre-cast Curb Stones with a tongue and groove a the end so they interlocked. Must make installation easier. Just goes to show how lazy the Italians are. -- Adam |
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in 1700446 20180617 154218 DerbyBorn wrote:
Sometimes one sees ideas when on holiday and it makes you wonder why the idea is not more commonplace. An obvious one to me has been count-down displays on Traffic Lights (and/or the Pedestrian Light) An idea I just saw in Italy was Pre-cast Curb Stones with a tongue and groove a the end so they interlocked. Must make installation easier. It's called "the NIH syndrome" (Not Invented Here). |
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In article ,
Jethro_uk wrote: A while ago now (so not "new") on holiday in Cornwall, I noticed the St. Austell ASDA had a clever car park design whereby the blue badge spaces - despite being at the front of the store - could only be accessed after driving through the entire car park. That does sound a good idea. It was telling that a chat with the security guard revealed they were never abused (i.e. had cars with no BB parking). Which suggests most BB abuse is because some people are lazy ****s. The supermarket I use most has very easy parking mid week. But never ceases to amaze me how many spend ages slotting into a space close to the entrance. Back and forth. Rather than drive a few extra yards and drive straight into a space. Must be some sort of competition they want to win. Suits me, though. Having had cars damaged by having doors opened onto them. Leaves the far end of the park nice and clear. Because its an easy place to park and no restrictions other than a time limit, it often gets used by van drivers on a break. Why do they always leave their engine running? Even on a day when neither heating or cooling is needed? And why do so many husbands waiting for the wife do the same? -- *Windows will never cease * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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Chris Green wrote:
Fredxx wrote: On 17/06/2018 19:56, Another Dave wrote: On 17/06/18 15:42, DerbyBorn wrote: Sometimes one sees ideas when on holiday and it makes you wonder why the idea is not more commonplace. An obvious one to me has been count-down displays on Traffic Lights (and/or the Pedestrian Light) An idea I just saw in Italy was Pre-cast Curb Stones with a tongue and groove a the end so they interlocked. Must make installation easier. In France they have stretches of motorway (10 to 20kms) where lorries are not allowed to overtake each other. I think the police must take offenders aside and shoot them because you don't get lorries passing at the glacial pace the do here. The 'glacial pace' is hardly the lorry drivers' fault, it's simply down to the speed governor on the lorry. Its the glacial pace of overtaking rather than absolute speed thats the problem. Two lorries overtaking on a dual carriageway can form a rolling roadblock that can last for miles if theyre really pig-headed. Tim -- Please don't feed the trolls |
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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
Because its an easy place to park and no restrictions other than a time limit, it often gets used by van drivers on a break. Just about to leave my local Wickes the other day when a twin cab pickup swooped in and stopped diagonally across two disabled bays. Chris -- Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK Plant amazing Acers. |
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On Mon, 18 Jun 2018 11:30:08 +0100, Chris J Dixon wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) wrote: Because its an easy place to park and no restrictions other than a time limit, it often gets used by van drivers on a break. Just about to leave my local Wickes the other day when a twin cab pickup swooped in and stopped diagonally across two disabled bays. Chris Should take a picture and upload to the YPLAC Twitter account or their website! -- My posts are my copyright and if @diy_forums or Home Owners' Hub wish to copy them they can pay me £1 a message. Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning surge protection* - a w_tom conductor |
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In article , Dave Plowman (News)
wrote: In article , Jethro_uk wrote: A while ago now (so not "new") on holiday in Cornwall, I noticed the St. Austell ASDA had a clever car park design whereby the blue badge spaces - despite being at the front of the store - could only be accessed after driving through the entire car park. That does sound a good idea. It was telling that a chat with the security guard revealed they were never abused (i.e. had cars with no BB parking). Which suggests most BB abuse is because some people are lazy ****s. The supermarket I use most has very easy parking mid week. But never ceases to amaze me how many spend ages slotting into a space close to the entrance. Back and forth. Rather than drive a few extra yards and drive straight into a space. Must be some sort of competition they want to win. Suits me, though. Having had cars damaged by having doors opened onto them. Leaves the far end of the park nice and clear. Because its an easy place to park and no restrictions other than a time limit, it often gets used by van drivers on a break. Our nearest Sainsbury has put a height barrier to stop vans doingb this. Why do they always leave their engine running? Even on a day when neither heating or cooling is needed? And why do so many husbands waiting for the wife do the same? so they can listen to the radio? -- from KT24 in Surrey, England "I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle |
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On Sun, 17 Jun 2018 15:50:54 +0100, alan_m
wrote: On 17/06/2018 15:42, DerbyBorn wrote: Sometimes one sees ideas when on holiday and it makes you wonder why the idea is not more commonplace. An obvious one to me has been count-down displays on Traffic Lights (and/or the Pedestrian Light) Possibly with the consequence that people will jump the lights in a car before going green and hit the car jumping the lights after red. Where I've seen it the exact opposite occured and there was no edging forward in a mistimed expectation of a green light showing. I don't recall noticing any issue with cars jumping the red. Maybe they learnt to realise they would get hit? Or maybe there was a longer delay between the opposing red and the forthcoming green. An idea I just saw in Italy was Pre-cast Curb Stones with a tongue and groove a the end so they interlocked. Must make installation easier. Or possibly more difficult when replacing existing curbs or when one gets damaged after a heavy goods vehicle has mounted the curb. -- mailto : news {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk -- AnthonyL |
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In article ,
charles wrote: Because its an easy place to park and no restrictions other than a time limit, it often gets used by van drivers on a break. Our nearest Sainsbury has put a height barrier to stop vans doingb this. This one has too. But many vans are lower than some Chelsea tractors. ;-) -- *I see you've set aside this special time to humiliate yourself in public Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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AnthonyL wrote: I don't recall noticing any issue with cars jumping the red. You're very lucky round your way, then. Happens all the time these days. Making it even slower for traffic waiting to turn right. -- *I never drink anything stronger than gin before breakfast * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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"DerbyBorn" wrote in message 2.236... Sometimes one sees ideas when on holiday and it makes you wonder why the idea is not more commonplace. An obvious one to me has been count-down displays on Traffic Lights (and/or the Pedestrian Light) we have them in the UK I crossed the road by one only last week Ludgate Hill IIRC tim |
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"alan_m" wrote in message ... On 17/06/2018 15:42, DerbyBorn wrote: Sometimes one sees ideas when on holiday and it makes you wonder why the idea is not more commonplace. An obvious one to me has been count-down displays on Traffic Lights (and/or the Pedestrian Light) Possibly with the consequence that people will jump the lights in a car before going green and hit the car jumping the lights after red. I don't think they put them in the driver's view, only pedestrians tim |
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On 17/06/2018 20:16, Chris Green wrote:
Fredxx wrote: On 17/06/2018 19:56, Another Dave wrote: On 17/06/18 15:42, DerbyBorn wrote: Sometimes one sees ideas when on holiday and it makes you wonder why the idea is not more commonplace. An obvious one to me has been count-down displays on Traffic Lights (and/or the Pedestrian Light) An idea I just saw in Italy was Pre-cast Curb Stones with a tongue and groove a the end so they interlocked. Must make installation easier. In France they have stretches of motorway (10 to 20kms) where lorries are not allowed to overtake each other. I think the police must take offenders aside and shoot them because you don't get lorries passing at the glacial pace the do here. The 'glacial pace' is hardly the lorry drivers' fault, it's simply down to the speed governor on the lorry. Of course its the drivers fault, he knows its going to happen and still does it. Just an ignorant bstard. |
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In article ,
tim... wrote: "alan_m" wrote in message ... On 17/06/2018 15:42, DerbyBorn wrote: Sometimes one sees ideas when on holiday and it makes you wonder why the idea is not more commonplace. An obvious one to me has been count-down displays on Traffic Lights (and/or the Pedestrian Light) Possibly with the consequence that people will jump the lights in a car before going green and hit the car jumping the lights after red. I don't think they put them in the driver's view, only pedestrians Pretty well all of then round here can be read by drivers too. -- *It was all so different before everything changed. Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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On Monday, 18 June 2018 13:52:14 UTC+1, tim... wrote:
"DerbyBorn" wrote in message 2.236... Sometimes one sees ideas when on holiday and it makes you wonder why the idea is not more commonplace. An obvious one to me has been count-down displays on Traffic Lights (and/or the Pedestrian Light) we have them in the UK I crossed the road by one only last week Ludgate Hill IIRC tim Same here the one in straford has been there a year or so if not more could have been there since the olympics. |
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On 18/06/18 11:39, Martin wrote:
On Sun, 17 Jun 2018 19:41:13 +0100, ARW wrote: On 17/06/2018 15:42, DerbyBorn wrote: Sometimes one sees ideas when on holiday and it makes you wonder why the idea is not more commonplace. An obvious one to me has been count-down displays on Traffic Lights (and/or the Pedestrian Light) Doncaster has them on some pedestrian crossing. An idea I just saw in Italy was Pre-cast Curb Stones with a tongue and groove a the end so they interlocked. Must make installation easier. Just goes to show how lazy the Italians are. WTF has that got to do with laziness? You're not English/British are you? |
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On 18/06/18 11:47, Martin wrote:
On Sun, 17 Jun 2018 20:20:32 -0000 (UTC), Jethro_uk wrote: On Sun, 17 Jun 2018 20:16:57 +0100, Chris Green wrote: Fredxx wrote: On 17/06/2018 19:56, Another Dave wrote: On 17/06/18 15:42, DerbyBorn wrote: Sometimes one sees ideas when on holiday and it makes you wonder why the idea is not more commonplace. An obvious one to me has been count-down displays on Traffic Lights (and/or the Pedestrian Light) An idea I just saw in Italy was Pre-cast Curb Stones with a tongue and groove a the end so they interlocked. Must make installation easier. In France they have stretches of motorway (10 to 20kms) where lorries are not allowed to overtake each other. I think the police must take offenders aside and shoot them because you don't get lorries passing at the glacial pace the do here. The 'glacial pace' is hardly the lorry drivers' fault, it's simply down to the speed governor on the lorry. So why overtake in the first place ? A question I have asked myself over and over again :-) Stop asking if you couldn't be bothered to reply then. |
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Chris J Dixon Wrote in message:
Dave Plowman (News) wrote: Because its an easy place to park and no restrictions other than a time limit, it often gets used by van drivers on a break. Just about to leave my local Wickes the other day when a twin cab pickup swooped in and stopped diagonally across two disabled bays. Yplac.com -- -- Jim K ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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On 18/06/18 17:37, Martin wrote:
On Mon, 18 Jun 2018 16:33:43 +0100, Richard wrote: On 18/06/18 11:39, Martin wrote: On Sun, 17 Jun 2018 19:41:13 +0100, ARW wrote: On 17/06/2018 15:42, DerbyBorn wrote: Sometimes one sees ideas when on holiday and it makes you wonder why the idea is not more commonplace. An obvious one to me has been count-down displays on Traffic Lights (and/or the Pedestrian Light) Doncaster has them on some pedestrian crossing. An idea I just saw in Italy was Pre-cast Curb Stones with a tongue and groove a the end so they interlocked. Must make installation easier. Just goes to show how lazy the Italians are. WTF has that got to do with laziness? You're not English/British are you? Of course I am, but have lived abroad long enough to not use UK stereo types. Now answer my question. No. |
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