Tag Archives: imperial road signs

DfT misses another trick

Posted on 2013-01-18 by Erithacus

The Department for Transport wants to reduce sign clutter.  Very commendable, you might think.  So why don’t they adopt an obvious measure that would make many signs smaller, simpler and easier to read – and thereby reduce clutter?

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Surprise choice for transport

Posted on 2012-11-30 by derekp

This was the headline in a back number of a trade magazine that recently came to our attention. So who was this choice, why the surprise, and when was he or she chosen for transport?

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DfT admits: no basis for blocking metric signs

Posted on 2012-03-16 by Erithacus

After finally admitting they were wrong to try to withhold this information, the DfT have now published their analysis of the responses to their earlier consultation on the proposed phasing out of imperial-only height and width restriction traffic signs.  What … Continue reading →

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DfT rejects industry view on metric signs

Posted on 2012-01-02 by Erithacus

The Department for Transport (DfT) has given in to anti-metric lobbying and backtracked on its earlier proposal that imperial-only height and width restriction signs should be replaced with dual metric/imperial signs within four years.  This climbdown is despite the responses … Continue reading →

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Who should pay for metrication of road signs?

Posted on 2011-12-02 by Erithacus

The Department for Transport have claimed that converting road signs to show metric units would be an unjustifiable diversion of resources from other priority areas.  So is there an argument that the costs should be met from some other budget?  … Continue reading →

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Review fails to address major traffic sign issues

Posted on 2011-10-16 by Isaac

A three-year review of traffic signs has failed to address major problems with the UK’s signs.

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Road safety experts ignore UK sign problems

Posted on 2011-07-24 by Isaac

A recent report into the safety implications of variations in road signs across Europe has ignored problems caused by the UK’s continued use of imperial units.

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‘Optimism bias’ falls from favour

Posted on 2010-11-08 by derekp

In November 2005, the UK Department for Transport (DfT) produced an estimate of the cost of converting road traffic signs for speed and distance measurements to metric units. Optimism bias accounted for between 26% and 33% of the total overall … Continue reading →

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Southwark goes back to the 1980s

Posted on 2010-09-19 by Erithacus

The London Borough of Southwark appears to relish its role as the setting for the BBC’s 1980s retro series Ashes to Ashes, which was filmed on location in the borough. Just a few hundred metres from filming locations, which were … Continue reading →

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‘Rebalancing of the UK economy’ postponed?

Posted on 2010-08-03 by derekp

Metric Views has learned that the coalition government may drop the proposed amendments to road traffic sign regulations, which would have required dual signage of height and width restrictions within four years and which would have achieved savings and improvements in … Continue reading →

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