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The link between muddled units and verbose traffic signs
Successive UK governments have retained imperial units exclusively for distance and speed on road traffic signs. Ronnie Cohen argues that, as a result, we have been unable to take advantage of universal unit symbols, a feature of the metric system … Continue reading
Posted in General, Road signs, Transport
Tagged road sign, Road signs, symbols, transport, universal, verbose
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The Worboys Committee Report revisited
Ronnie Cohen looks back at the 1963 Worboys Committee report and reviews how well the current version of the TSRGD addresses the main criticisms of the earlier traffic signs system and the Committee’s findings and recommendations. He suggests ways that … Continue reading
Posted in History, Road signs, Technical, Transport
Tagged archaic, colour, committee, consistency, consistent, criticism, criticisms, English, examples, findings, font, imperial, international, language, letter, measurement, non-metric, pictograms, recommendations, Regulations, report, shapes, sign, signage, signs, sizes, spacing, symbols, system, text, thickness, traffic, TSRGD, units, Welsh, Worboys, words
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Money-saving tips for cash-starved Councils and the DfT
Ronnie Cohen suggests ways to help those responsible for transport budgets, both local and national, achieve savings targets without extra spending. Likes(0)Dislikes(1)
Posted in Road signs, Transport, Uncategorized
Tagged abbreviations, agencies, agency, anti-metric, authorities, authority, budget, cuts, Department, Department for Transport, departments, DfT, dimension, distance, finance, Government, highway, ideology, imperial, local, markings, pictograms, roundel, roundels, savings, sign, signs, symbols, translation, translations, transport, TSRGD, vehicle, vigilante, vigilantes, words
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A problem with symbols
A quest by one of our readers for a new washing machine has prompted a look at Britain’s confused approach to the use of symbols. Likes(4)Dislikes(0)
Posted in Consumer affairs, Education, General, Road signs
Tagged abbreviations, imperial, metric, SI, symbols
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