Bloody stupid temporary motorway signs

[swee'pea99]

Why do they leave these bloody signs up for hours after the cause has gone? We passed three of the damn things today on the way back from Derbyshire, warning of debris or pedestrians and demanding that everyone slows down to 50. Sign after sign after sign, over five miles or more. Any sign of debris or pedestrians? Of course not. So of course everyone ignores the damn things, knowing them to be leftovers from something that happened three hours ago.

It's not the delay that pisses me off (insofar as there is any). It's the way it brings the whole system into total disrepute. Being able to warn people of an impending hazard is a really useful facility. But because some moronic jobsworth gets a kick out of thinking he's controlling people (doubtless he'd call it 'erring on the safe side') the entire system is rendered null and void. God help anyone who ever does need protection.

Who are these imbeciles, and why can't they switch the damn signs off as quickly as they switch them on? Have they never heard the story of the boy who cried wolf?

 

[snorri]

Excellent.

That's a 9.9 out of 10 rant swee'pea99

 

[Rhythm Thief]

I used to regularly see one when driving down the M74 fropm Glasgow at silly hours of the morning. Mile after mile after mile of absolutely deserted motorway. Suddenly, you'd see a small orange glow in the distance, which would gradually resolve itself into a matrix sign saying "End". End of what? What did I miss?

Seriously, though, some of them are positively dangerous. I've been told to slow to 20mph on an otherwise free flowing motorway before now, all because there are roadworks on one carriageway of a joining motorway, if you see what I mean. I have no problem with slowing down for roadworks, but there's absolutely no way I'm going to be slowing down to 20 on a motorway.

 

[crow_bag]

I used to have similar experiences driving back to work down the M6 on Sundays. Usually a warning of fog or spray on the road when there's a bright blue sky, with shining sun and singing birds.

 

[Andy_R]

Anyone been on the M6 Toll recently......"sign not in use" signs.....sigh....