Originally posted by Serial_Apologist
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Too many road signs
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"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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amateur51
Originally posted by johnb View Post
On one occasion I did this and although I saw a policeman on a bike about 400 yards away I carried on as normal (I used to pedal quite fast so thought nothing of it). Some minutes later a red faced, puffing policeman over took me and told me to stop. He booked me for not stopping at the junction!
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Originally posted by johnb View PostI wonder how many drivers actually comply with a Halt sign, or even notice them. My impression is that most drivers judge whether to come to a complete standstill or not depending on whether there is any on-coming traffic.
Mind you, I could be biased about Halt signs so, in the spirit of the times, I have a confession to make. In the early 1960's, when I was a teenager, we lived on a very quiet road on the outskirts of Manchester. This road fed onto another very quiet road, with a Halt sign at the junction. Those days I rode a push bike everywhere and used to slow down at that junction, look to see whether there was any traffic and then continue without actually coming to a standstill if the roads were empty (and there was rarely any traffic there).
On one occasion I did this and although I saw a policeman on a bike about 400 yards away I carried on as normal (I used to pedal quite fast so thought nothing of it). Some minutes later a red faced, puffing policeman over took me and told me to stop. He booked me for not stopping at the junction!
About six months later there was a hearing at Strangeways Magistrate's Court (adjacent to the prison) which I attended and was fined 10 bob. (On reflection, it might have been 15 bob. The equivalent of 75p.)
Feel better now that's out in the open, johnb?"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Resurrection Man
I wonder how many road accidents are caused by the road signs in Wales. You're driving along, all innocent like, trying to see where you need to go and what do you see? Complicated mixture of places in two languages. Seriously I'm all in favour of the Welsh language maintaining its presence but just how many drivers are there in Wales who don't speak English?
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Anna
Originally posted by Resurrection Man View PostI wonder how many road accidents are caused by the road signs in Wales. You're driving along, all innocent like, trying to see where you need to go and what do you see? Complicated mixture of places in two languages. Seriously I'm all in favour of the Welsh language maintaining its presence but just how many drivers are there in Wales who don't speak English?
All signs have to be bilingual otherwise it is not Politically Correct. If visitors to Wales bother to learn the Welsh placenames they cannot get confused:
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Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View PostI recall my student days in North Wales, when English-only street signs were daubed with the word "Cymraeg". As a reaction, Welsh-only signs were daubed "Saesneg", which was illogical, as it meant that the Welsh speakers had won, having persuaded the opposion to daub in their language.
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Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostDoes that mean the same as Sassenach?
In which case, I dread to think what "Cymraeg" means![FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]
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