Interesting re-think on traffic management...

Now that[/i] I agree with. There are far too many signs. As drivers, we ought to be able to judge a road situation without being told by a multitude of signs just what is going on.

Hell, we even have small 'roundabout sponsored by' advertising signs appearing on small roundabouts here now. That sucks.

Shall we go and rip all the signs out now sir?

I agree, drivers should have to learn to read the road they're on, and guage a safe speed, distance from the next car, etc for themselves, rather than having the signs tell them what to do and then following each other like sheep, with no regard for the conditions around them, so that when those conditions change, like pedestirans trying to cross, fog patches, an accident up ahead even, all they do is follow each other into a disaster in waiting, ie the sign said 60, how could a pile up have happened? Or the ones who plain ignore the fact that there's a big vehicle trying to turn, such as an articulated lorry at a roundabout, so that they can refuse to give him room, drive alongside him when he obviously needs room to swing the trailer around, and end up going straight under the lorry or getting smacked off the road by it because they were too busy reading the signs that said they could drive in that lane or at that speed or whatever, to see that there were more important things to worry about than the speed limit. That sort of eejit gets on my nerves every time they nearly hit me in the Imp, since they invariably cut you up or drive inches away in the wet or on ice.

Excelent idea!
Have you noticed how traffic flows much better when traffic lights aren't working? People pay more attention to what's around them, instead of mindlessly following the car in front through the lights....

Remember.... "A red light never stopped anybody" ;D

I was near Leicester in Stanton under barden.