Even worse, they all drive on the WRONG SIDE OF THE STREET

But each had a valid Form 3802.....

/Do NOT question the logic of Form 3802!

"Miles per hour"? Really?

I thought you guys were metric over there.

They park on the sidewalks! It's madness over there, madness!

It makes sense though, the left lane is supposed to move faster than the right lane.

I'm fairly sure the sign on the left says "30 zone ENDS", which makes the two together technically correct. However, it's pretty stupid to have a sign with a big "30" on it to tell you it's now no longer the speed limit.

i wish we had roundabouts :(

So full of fail:

1: the old people are standing under the higher speed limit. Everyone knows the old people should be driving slower.

2: It appears to be a one-way corridor. But there's a car facing us in the pic. In the centre of the road.

3: Speed listed in miles per hour, when everyone knows it should be in Euros per furlong, or hogsheads per barleycorn.

DAMN YOU TWO DOGS FARKING!

/Missed it by that much!

There's fail on so many different levels in that picture.

To be fair, the "zone ends" may have been tacked on after the fact as a quick-fix solution.

Or maybe the people complaining about two different speed limits are just retarded.

Uh, apparently I need to run for council (after moving to the UK) as it made sense to me.

Stupid, but logical.

There's not really any reason to tell them how fast they can no longer go since you have already told them how fast the CAN go, eh?

I think this is a photoshopped picture that made news...

One is for pedestrians, the other for vehicles. Honestly, must I explain everything to you people?

Two Dogs Farking: Even worse, they all drive on the WRONG SIDE OF THE STREET

THEY HAVE BAD TEETH HURRR

emilyalamode: I'm fairly sure the sign on the left says "30 zone ENDS", which makes the two together technically correct. However, it's pretty stupid to have a sign with a big "30" on it to tell you it's now no longer the speed limit.

Exactly. They're not really giving people two different speeds, they're just unnecessarily stating that the previous speed limit zone ends where the new one begins.

emilyalamode: I'm fairly sure the sign on the left says "30 zone ENDS", which makes the two together technically correct. However, it's pretty stupid to have a sign with a big "30" on it to tell you it's now no longer the speed limit.

Yep. The 30 sign should probably have a big red line through it, but it's not as confusing as the article makes it out to be.

"We are aware that a mistake has been made in the mounting of the signs and it will be rectified as soon as possible."

rectified.

/rectum
//hehehe

bob's your uncle

I dunno, signs aside, that's a street I think I'd like to live on. Looks cozy.

Oh, almost forgot - See! This is why all governments should be banned! If they can't get two signs right how can we trust them to do anything right!

emilyalamode: I'm fairly sure the sign on the left says "30 zone ENDS", which makes the two together technically correct. However, it's pretty stupid to have a sign with a big "30" on it to tell you it's now no longer the speed limit.

The sign on the left says "30 20 zone ends", like so:
(hotlinked)

It's obvious, drive at 25 mph right down the middle.

Is parking on sidewalks common over there?

Burchill
It's obvious, drive at 25 mph right down the middle.

No, obviously it's a one-way street and you drive 20 in the right lane and 30 in the left. You just have to remember to pass on the left, not on the right.

I drove through North Dakota once. Never again.

I got off to get gas in one of the small/mid sized towns on the way through the interstate. Went to get back on the interstate and the sign that pointed towards Billings, MT (my destination) was pointing back at the way I just came. The goddamned interstate signs were backwards.

It was about 50 miles later that I saw an upside down speed limit sign. North Dakota "A State Full of Fail"

I once successfully fought a traffic ticket in Harrison, AR because the speed limits were different depending on what direction you were driving down the same stretch of the same street. I got popped for 36 in a 30 going east, but if I had been driving west, it would have been 36 in a 35.

I'm going to assume they've changed the signs. I don't plan on going back to find out.

The smaller and more desolate the town, the more you should drive *exactly* the speed limit.

They say get out and push it, get out and push it.

They shouldn't worry. Laws in England have no teeth in them.

moof: emilyalamode: I'm fairly sure the sign on the left says "30 zone ENDS", which makes the two together technically correct. However, it's pretty stupid to have a sign with a big "30" on it to tell you it's now no longer the speed limit.

The sign on the left says "30 20 zone ends", like so:
(hotlinked)

Ahh. So. The 30 should have a cross in it. Ah Yes..

And in British Columbia. The police are not allowed to enforce speed limits, within 300 feet, either side of the speed change zone.. Unless it's a school/play ground zone. Then I just do the speed limit to the sign and then slow down real quick at the school zone sign, to the school zone speed , just to piss off the cop there.

/But I love it when a concrete barrier separates two directions of highway traffic and one side is 60mph and the other is 50 mph and the cops make an extra buck to fend of being Repo'd for not paying their fuel bill on time every week....

Pastor of Muppets: I once successfully fought a traffic ticket in Harrison, AR because the speed limits were different depending on what direction you were driving down the same stretch of the same street. I got popped for 36 in a 30 going east, but if I had been driving west, it would have been 36 in a 35.

I'm going to assume they've changed the signs. I don't plan on going back to find out.

I had the same thing happen to me once in Snyder, TX. The speed limit was 50 one way and 35 the other. It was a construction zone and the cop was on the 35MPH side so he was pretty happy to pop me for 15 over in construction (double fine). He also got me for not wearing glasses but I renewed my license and passed the eye exam, so that got thrown out as well. It was a good day.

Yes, we use Miles Per Hour.
Yes, we park on the pavement.
Yes, we can park facing the wrong way. (Parked outside a friends house in California once and she had a heart attack because I was pointing into traffic. I'm parked, what does it matter?)

zz9: Yes, we use Miles Per Hour.
Yes, we park on the pavement.
Yes, we can park facing the wrong way. (Parked outside a friends house in California once and she had a heart attack because I was pointing into traffic. I'm parked, what does it matter?)


Can you take up the entire sidewalk? What sort of rules govern this?

Vanetia: emilyalamode: I'm fairly sure the sign on the left says "30 zone ENDS", which makes the two together technically correct. However, it's pretty stupid to have a sign with a big "30" on it to tell you it's now no longer the speed limit.

Exactly. They're not really giving people two different speeds, they're just unnecessarily stating that the previous speed limit zone ends where the new one begins.

Erm... they just put one of signs up backwards - one side is for entering the 20 zone and the other is for leaving it (and going back to the 30 zone - it says '20 zone ends' at the bottom, not '30 zone ends'). In fact someone might have flipped the sign around for a prank after they were installed.

Am I the only one who thinks it is even more stupid to have the signs so high up it is only easy to see if you are a passenger in the front row of a double decker bus?

staplermofo: zz9: Yes, we use Miles Per Hour.
Yes, we park on the pavement.
Yes, we can park facing the wrong way. (Parked outside a friends house in California once and she had a heart attack because I was pointing into traffic. I'm parked, what does it matter?)


Can you take up the entire sidewalk? What sort of rules govern this?

I think that you can get a ticket for 'obstucting the footpath', which presumably means not leaving enough space for a wheelchair/mobility scooter/stroller to get through.

emilyalamode: I'm fairly sure the sign on the left says "30 zone ENDS", which makes the two together technically correct. However, it's pretty stupid to have a sign with a big "30" on it to tell you it's now no longer the speed limit.

yeah i seen that right away still kinda dumb but that is what the 30 zone sign seems to me, the end of 30 and now is 20

emilyalamode: I'm fairly sure the sign on the left says "30 zone ENDS", which makes the two together technically correct. However, it's pretty stupid to have a sign with a big "30" on it to tell you it's now no longer the speed limit.

Err. No. The sign on the left has been put up facing the wrong way round. And thats it. Turn the post on the left around, and it'll say "20" on it, and the "30" will be facing people leaving the side street onto to main road (which is right). You can even see the signs facing backwards on the photo.

Gee, I knew people in Chorlton were dim...

pjc51: Oh, bugger. Yes, what you said.

so, the Brits have KPH on their speedos, MPH on the limit signs, drive on the wrong side of the street, park on the sidewalk, eat food not fit for canine consumption and still use rocks to measure weight.

you fogbreathers are an odd bunch.

they also don't like to dunk in milk

Look at all the a-holes parked on the sidewalk!

When in doubt add them together.

gwowen: emilyalamode: I'm fairly sure the sign on the left says "30 zone ENDS", which makes the two together technically correct. However, it's pretty stupid to have a sign with a big "30" on it to tell you it's now no longer the speed limit.

Err. No. The sign on the left has been put up facing the wrong way round. And thats it. Turn the post on the left around, and it'll say "20" on it, and the "30" will be facing people leaving the side street onto to main road (which is right). You can even see the signs facing backwards on the photo.

Gee, I knew people in Chorlton were dim...

Well how difficult can you make it? Where I come from, one of those signs wouldn't even be legal, since they must always be placed on the passenger's side. And driving two different speeds in one street? Why?

YEA !

A new FAIL ! !

Constance Velocity: Look at all the a-holes parked on the sidewalk!

It is quite normal. I live on a similar street (though i couldn't afford to live in Chorlton, Manchester) and all the cars have 2 wheels on the sidewalk.

On the last street I lived on, for some reason no-one parked on the sidewalk... but this meant that it was almost impossible for a fire engine to get through. Oddly, there was 3 house fires in 18 months.

As long as there is enough space for a wheelchair/stroller to get past, the police turn a blind eye.

spleef420: so, the Brits have KPH on their speedos, MPH on the limit signs, drive on the wrong side of the street, park on the sidewalk, eat food not fit for canine consumption and still use rocks to measure weight.

you fogbreathers are an odd bunch.

we have MPH AND KPH on our speedometers, but in most, MPH is the larger of the two numbers because we use MPH, but we can drive to continental Europe where they use KPH. I'm not going to respond to the other trolltastic comments

spleef420:
so, the Brits have KPHMPH on their speedos
drive on the wrongproper side of the street
park on the sidewalk pavement
eat food not fit for canine consumption
and still use rocks stones to measure weight.

FTFY