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New insights into DfT thinking in recent years
In this article, Ronnie Cohen passes on information he has recently received from the Department for Transport (DfT). Likes(9)Dislikes(0)
Posted in Road signs, Transport
Tagged Department for Transport, DfT, dual-unit, metric, metric road signs, metrication, TSRGD
9 Comments
Imperial on the surface, metric beneath
Following on from his article about the far-reaching influence of the measurement units used on road traffic signs, Ronnie Cohen now takes a look at the signs themselves and the roads they complement. Likes(9)Dislikes(0)
Posted in Road signs, Transport
Tagged construction, contractors, design, designs, DfT, graphics, markings, road, roads, roadworks, signs, Traffic Signs Manual, transport, TSRGD
3 Comments
Could London bus accident have been prevented?
This weekend we heard the sad news that 26 people were injured when a double-deck bus hit a low bridge in Tottenham, north London. But could this accident have been prevented? Likes(24)Dislikes(16)
Posted in Road signs, Transport
Tagged Department for Transport, DfT, dual-unit, height, measurement units, metric, metric road signs, Road signs, TSRGD
29 Comments
Progress at last on vehicle dimension signs
The 2016 traffic sign regulations banning new imperial-only vehicle dimension signs were laid before Parliament on 23 March 2016 and came into force on 22 April. Ronnie Cohen looks at the chequered history of this commonsense reform. Likes(0)Dislikes(0)
Posted in Road signs, Transport
Tagged consultation, dimension, dual, height, length, limits, local authorities, mandatory, proposals, signs, TSRGD, vehicle, width
23 Comments
Review of The Official Highway Code 2015 Edition
Ronnie Cohen reviews the 2015 Edition of the The Official Highway Code to comment on what has changed since the last edition and what has remained the same. Likes(1)Dislikes(0)
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
8 Comments
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(0)
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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Novel signs around the UK
Following on from our article last week about those curious signs in Southend, Ronnie Cohen, one of our regular readers, now reports on a few others that have attracted his attention. Likes(0)Dislikes(0)
Posted in General, Myths, Road signs, Transport
Tagged authorised, confusion, conversion, errors, muddle, non-authorised, non-standard, official, restriction, sign, signage, signs, TSRGD, unauthorised, unofficial
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