Paulatic wrote: ↑10 Aug 2022, 4:07pm
cycle tramp wrote: ↑10 Aug 2022, 9:38am
Paulatic wrote: ↑10 Aug 2022, 6:55am
Sounds like I’ve just blown £2000 in the last week alone.
I passed this sign last week at home
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That sign was put there the hot Tuesday in July while fire crews tackled a forestry fire.
My last three days here in N Yorks I’ve gone through seven similar signs where the road wasn’t closed.
The signs IMV are worthless.
That's nice for you.... doesn't change anything though, does it?
Are you really telling me that you’re such a law abiding person that every red rectangular sign Ive passed in the last week you would obey?
You would also comply to the OP sign even if there was no pedestrian on that path complete with dropped kerb. While I certainly would cycle down it I would never compromise the safety of any pedestrian on it. I’d more than likely stop as it maybe isn’t wide enough to get off and walk beside.
There seems to be a huge legal argument going on here I’ve realised I don’t have long enough to live to worry about. All I’d like is for common sense to prevail and just get on with life but then you’ll always find someone who waves a rule book at you.
In answer to your question;
When I was 18 through my own inattention I crashed my motorcycle into the front of a transit delivery van, and punched a large hole in my spleen. I also died. It was actually quiet pieceful as my brain neurons shut themselves down. Luckily it was only for a few seconds, and the paramedics made me better. Never under estimate just how badly you can seriously &*%$ up every thing good in your life, or other people's live with a moment's inattention...
..road closed signs. Are a pain in the bum. Usually placed at the last t-junction, but there's no information as to why, or where (come on guys, we have qr codes we can use now). Treat with caution. It may be that your destination which past the road closed sign is before the actual closure, it may be that around the next corner is a massive steel fence cutting off any further forward motion. It could be a flood, or part of the road has fallen into a sink hole. It might be that it's very windy today, the road goes through a wood and the landowner has failed to carry out his legal checks to ensure the trees won't loose any major branches. It could a fallen tree. It could be that it's a drought, and the road has been closed to stop cars from using that road and throwing their cigarettes out into the dry grass. It could be that works finished 4 weeks ago and the signs haven't been collected. It could be that it's a coast road and there's been a landslip, Who knows? Planned road closures used to be publicly displayed on
www.roadworks.org but I think they've changed the site. If you are doing a long ride, always worth checking. If I am honest I treat 'road closed signs' as information signs, proceed with caution, especially in extreme weather and around blind bends and use your imagination as to try and work out why they may have closed the road.
'No vehicles past this point' yeah, definitely do not pass. Gas leaks, chemical spills, fire arms/crime incidents (yes, there has been one when roads were closed) unexploded bombs.
There could be some serious $#!÷ beyond that sign which you don't want cluttering your life.
Road work signs which ask you to 'get off and push your bike'. Yeah, I do that. Whilst it may look like they've only dug up the road, they may have dropped in a trench or a hole across the pavement and covered it with a big sheet of slippery (but weight bearing) steel, or the trench might be left unfinished and an inch lower than the footway surface or even worse (and occasionally it happens) the trench has been dug, its not filled in but the strong plastic plate that the workman have placed over the top has become unsecured and has moved leaving the 3 foot deep trench open...