Author Topic: The cyclefarcility photo thread (Read 18531 times)

David Martin · « **on:** 27 April, 2009, 09:53:33 am »

For classic examples of design stuidity.
From the peoples republic of Bangor..

urban_biker · « **Reply #1 on:** 27 April, 2009, 09:58:58 am »

Did they really mean to put that sign there? I suspect they looked in their stock to see what "warning cyclists" signs they had in the bunker and this is what they found.

IMHO the sign for look out for cyclists and no cycling are way too similar and I bet a lot of drivers don't know the difference.

David Martin · « **Reply #2 on:** 27 April, 2009, 10:07:21 am »

Quote from: urban_biker on 27 April, 2009, 09:58:58 am

Did they really mean to put that sign there? I suspect they looked in their stock to see what "warning cyclists" signs they had in the bunker and this is what they found.

IMHO the sign for look out for cyclists and no cycling are way too similar and I bet a lot of drivers don't know the difference.

It took me a while to work it out. On the back is a shared use path sign, so i presume the 'no cycling' applies to the narrow strip of overgrown bumpy tarmac, and the NCN directions to the adjacent road.

But it makes a good photo.

nuttycyclist · « **Reply #3 on:** 27 April, 2009, 10:57:13 am »

It's a standard sustrans sign

I'll take your sign and add a 'no motor vehicles' to it

rogerzilla · « **Reply #4 on:** 27 April, 2009, 06:45:49 pm »

Someone has painted an enormous CDC on the one I use to leave work. Photo later this week, hopefully.

clarion · « **Reply #5 on:** 27 April, 2009, 08:59:52 pm »

Yebbut, they both have a bicycle and red round the edge. You expecting the half-awake meathead chatting on his phone in a car to do geometry as well?

woollypigs · « **Reply #6 on:** 27 April, 2009, 09:15:31 pm »

Yeah I can understand why a lot of people don't understand the no cycling sign, because all the no smoking signs I see around have a nice red line through it.

no smoking signs - Google Image Search

perpetual dan · « **Reply #7 on:** 27 April, 2009, 09:26:17 pm »

Quote from: road-runner on 27 April, 2009, 07:28:37 pm

Quote from: urban_biker on 27 April, 2009, 09:58:58 am
IMHO the sign for look out for cyclists and no cycling are way too similar and I bet a lot of drivers don't know the difference.

Really? Warnings are mostly triangular whereas prohibitions are mostly circular.

And the no right- / left- / u- turn signs with the line through are therefore a double negative, so maybe the cabbies have been getting it right all these years?

teethgrinder · « **Reply #8 on:** 27 April, 2009, 09:30:12 pm »

Quote from: David Martin on 27 April, 2009, 09:53:33 am

For classic examples of design stuidity.
From the peoples republic of Bangor..

Does the sign refer to the footpath/cyclepath, the road or both?
There is no way of knowing.

Sustrans cycle route 51 sends you through Bicester and through a pedestrian area. (Can't remember whether its a no entry or no cycling sign now though)

It also goes through Milton Keynes shopping centre with, "No cycling on footway," signs which are blue rectangles with white writing, so reccommendatory. I've never worked out whether it is only a footway or a shared use cycle path.

Biggsy · « **Reply #9 on:** 28 April, 2009, 12:41:55 am »

Quote from: road-runner on 27 April, 2009, 07:28:37 pm

Quote from: urban_biker on 27 April, 2009, 09:58:58 am
IMHO the sign for look out for cyclists and no cycling are way too similar and I bet a lot of drivers don't know the difference.

Really? Warnings are mostly triangular whereas prohibitions are mostly circular.

More than half of British motorists cannot interpret road signs properly, according to an RAC survey in 2001, and I doubt it's improved since.

They are too similar. It's ridiculous that the no-cycling sign doesn't have a line through it.

nuttycyclist · « **Reply #10 on:** 28 April, 2009, 12:53:24 am »

It's not ridiculous, it's identical to all the other prohibitory signs.

e.g. "No motor vehicles" - the famous circle with a motorbike leaping over a car.

nuttycyclist · « **Reply #11 on:** 28 April, 2009, 01:27:53 am »

Quote from: road-runner on 28 April, 2009, 01:03:15 am

....I agree that a diagonal line through prohibition signs would make their message more obvious.

So what's this one then

Biggsy · « **Reply #12 on:** 28 April, 2009, 01:59:20 am »

Quote from: nuttycyclist on 28 April, 2009, 12:53:24 am

It's not ridiculous, it's identical to all the other prohibitory signs.

Helloo....

It is ridiculous that they don't all have lines through them.

The Australian one:

nuttycyclist · « **Reply #13 on:** 28 April, 2009, 02:10:48 am »

I'm sorry, that picture obscured behind the thick red line looks similar to the French moped logo (from memory, which is what I go from when on the road), is it bicycles prohibited or scooters prohibited.

I seem to recall the only difference is the picture of the moped's engine.

Please leave the pictures clear and not obfsucated.

Biggsy · « **Reply #14 on:** 28 April, 2009, 02:53:08 am »

Looks like a bicycle to me

and a sign that means no cycling.

David Martin · « **Reply #15 on:** 28 April, 2009, 08:38:40 am »

Quote from: Biggsy on 28 April, 2009, 02:53:08 am

Looks like a bicycle to me

and a sign that means no cycling.

No, it is a sign which has a picture of not cycling in a sign which means the activity is prohibited. So no not cycling, or in other words, get on your bike.

..d

clarion · « **Reply #16 on:** 28 April, 2009, 08:58:50 am »

Quote from: road-runner on 28 April, 2009, 01:03:15 am

Quote from: clarion on 27 April, 2009, 08:59:52 pm
Yebbut, they both have a bicycle and red round the edge. You expecting the half-awake meathead chatting on his phone in a car to do geometry as well?

Are you telling me that you can't tell the difference between round and triangular wheels on your bike?

I'm not in a car, though...

Jaded · « **Reply #17 on:** 28 April, 2009, 08:59:16 am »

Quote from: clarion on 27 April, 2009, 08:59:52 pm

You expecting the half-awake meathead chatting on his phone in a car to do geometry as well?

Hmm, you have a point. Perhaps a GCSE module on top tube angles would help?

Tewdric · « **Reply #18 on:** 09 May, 2009, 09:34:42 am »

Sign language: week 48 - Telegraph

Jasmine · « **Reply #19 on:** 11 May, 2009, 12:34:47 pm »

Quote from: robbarker on 09 May, 2009, 09:34:42 am

Sign language: week 48 - Telegraph

You might notice that both this fine example and David's original example both come from NCN route 5 on the North Wales coast, possibly the country's shittest cycle route. There is an excellent section of NCN 5 between Prestatyn and Rhyl where it runs along the seafront - complete with sand and a banking camber that wouldn't be out of place in a velodrome.

nicknack · « **Reply #20 on:** 11 May, 2009, 03:23:59 pm »

Quote from: Jasmine on 11 May, 2009, 12:34:47 pm

[the country's shittest cycle route.

No chance - it can't possibly be as bad as NCN1 in North Kent.

ed_o_brain · « **Reply #21 on:** 12 May, 2009, 03:10:12 pm »

Mobile phone pics, so do excuse quality:

Not so much a bad facility (tho I do think they are pointless) but a typical abuse of it. All the above taken on Old Hall Road in Sale in between the junctions of Dane Road and Wythenshawe Road.

And here is Greater Manchester Police's attempt at secure cycle parking:

clarion · « **Reply #22 on:** 12 May, 2009, 03:17:25 pm »

The parking is fairly typical of any facility anywhere, though, isn't it? I guess that the Police will be too busy to do anything about anyone parking there.

Meanwhile, I can see that GMP aren't quite busy enough, so are giving the local la's a bit of a chance to bump up the theft stats

gordon taylor · « **Reply #23 on:** 12 May, 2009, 09:23:39 pm »

ed, I don't believe that car is parked illegaly - which is part of our problem, of course.

Regulator · « **Reply #24 on:** 13 May, 2009, 12:07:29 pm »

Quote from: Gordy on 12 May, 2009, 09:23:39 pm

ed, I don't believe that car is parked illegaly - which is part of our problem, of course.

It's parked in a cycle lane to the the left of the hatched markings...

Author Topic: The cyclefarcility photo thread (Read 18531 times)

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