Too Many Signs
Since part of my job involves designing signs now, I pay attention to signs, good and (mostly) bad. These signs installed as part of recent road work turn a simple intersection into a labyrinth. I counted more than 20 sign poles in a 40 ft radius, with almost 50 individual signs. In fact, this is worse than it looks. I expect someone to be injured or worse solely because no one in motion can figure out what they are supposed to do in time to take effective and safe action. I've heard that this configuration was mandated by road safety administrators and if you have leisure to contemplate this mess, it sorta makes sense. There are two separate sets, one (most of those on the right) are for bicycles and the others for cars. You have 20 feet and 2 seconds to decide which apply to you. The irony is that if you didn't pay attention to the signs, the road makes sense by itself and you'd figure out what is what on your own.
They fixed this see flickr.com/photos/ldjaffe/3148369479
Too Many Signs
Since part of my job involves designing signs now, I pay attention to signs, good and (mostly) bad. These signs installed as part of recent road work turn a simple intersection into a labyrinth. I counted more than 20 sign poles in a 40 ft radius, with almost 50 individual signs. In fact, this is worse than it looks. I expect someone to be injured or worse solely because no one in motion can figure out what they are supposed to do in time to take effective and safe action. I've heard that this configuration was mandated by road safety administrators and if you have leisure to contemplate this mess, it sorta makes sense. There are two separate sets, one (most of those on the right) are for bicycles and the others for cars. You have 20 feet and 2 seconds to decide which apply to you. The irony is that if you didn't pay attention to the signs, the road makes sense by itself and you'd figure out what is what on your own.
They fixed this see flickr.com/photos/ldjaffe/3148369479