Re:A Type of Road Junction that Kills Cyclists
by viraptor on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @12:37AM
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Poland also loves stop signs. Actually, Poland just loves signs in general which is a problem: https://d-w24.ppstatic.pl/g2/6b/6f/65/116789_1258901612_33ec...
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Re:A Type of Road Junction that Kills Cyclists
by ygra on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @08:56AM
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Well, one reason for that amount of signage is that there are multiple roads from the right and some of those signs only extend to the next junction. There's simply no way to have fewer of those signs. Same for the pedestrian crossings.
Some of the signs are only relevant to pedestrians and cyclists, or motorists looking for a place to park, so it's not that bad.
Re:A Type of Road Junction that Kills Cyclists
by viraptor on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @03:42PM
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It can be way better. Some ideas:
- pedestrian/cyclists signs can be made on the pavement instead
- which lane goes where is repeated 3 times - if it's so that you know them when you join the road, 2 can be moved to the side roads instead
- one of the right of way signs can go
- no parking can be replaced with a chain / bolards
- the end of pedestrian/cyclist path is useless since it's reopened after the crossing
Poland puts the repeated signs after each and every tiny side road. Many countries don't do that. Instead they rely on more informative big signs over the intersections that can be visible from further away.
Re:A Type of Road Junction that Kills Cyclists
by ygra on Thursday January 11, 2018 @03:39AM
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I'm not sure the signs on the pavement have the same meaning as the actual signs. In many places (Germany for example) »signs« on the ground are merely a courtesy (e.g. the 30 in 30 zones), but not legally binding, and the actual signs define the rules.