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British drivers face a continuing sign muddle
With the end in prospect for road traffic signs showing imperial-only vehicle dimensions, Ronnie Cohen takes a look at the current muddle. Likes(0)Dislikes(0)
Posted in Consumer affairs, Road signs, Transport, Uncategorized
Tagged bridges, car parks, DfT, distance, drivers, feet, height, inches, maximum, metres, official, private, restriction, road, sector, sign, signs, traffic, vehicle, yards
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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
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The battle for measurement supremacy
In December 2015, television weather forecasters expressed our record rainfall in millimetres while the national newspapers stubbornly stuck to inches. Apparently, the use two different measurement systems for the same phenomenon is alive and well in the UK. Ronnie Cohen … Continue reading
Posted in Consumer affairs, General, Road signs, Transport, Uncategorized, Views from abroad
Tagged area, areas, beer, car, competition, cycling, dimension, efficiency, fruit, fuel, gold, height, land, length, mess, milk, muddle, park, pressure, prices, railway, sales, signposts, signs, size, sizes, sports, system, systems, tourism, tourists, train, trains, tyre, vegetable, vehicle, walking, width
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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(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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