Lamp post in way "design error"

[Alex321]

This'll either make you laugh or cry...

http://wcc.crankfoot.xyz/facility-of-the-month/book.htm

That site is blocked from my work computer.

 

[oldwheels]

 

[presta]

 

[Oldhippy]

Bonkers!

 

[mjr]

That site is blocked from my work computer.

It's a horror show of daft designs. Sadly, it seemed like more designers saw it and thought "well, if someone can get away with that, I'll be OK with this..." than feared inclusion in the website or book.

Many of the examples on the site remained unfixed, the last time I checked, so I don't blame the editor for not continuing to waste his time. Also, some of the things were pictured during construction and some were misdescribed: for example, the penultimate entry, Jan 2019, "A well lit cycleway" shows a signpost, not a lamppost, which still shouldn't be in a cycleway, but I guess a lamppost makes for an easier joke. So you can't trust the site, but that it's believable at all says nothing good about UK highways departments.

 

[sheddy]

The people who design & build this stuff should cycle to work before being let loose with highway planning

 

[classic33]

The people who design & build this stuff should cycle to work before being let loose with highway planning

It goes from one parking space to another*. It was supposed to go over the crossing, then continue down the other side. Against the proposed/planned traffic flow. Soon to be a one way system, with traffic going uphill.

*Paid for parking spaces.