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As the warmer weather approaches, something for cyclists to bear in mind please. The footpaths are not two wheeled race tracks solely for you to speed on. They are for pedestrians & families to use enjoy too.
This is a growing problem, experienced first hand, as the numbers of selfish cyclists increases as the warmer weather approaches.
I am a cyclist too but the speed with which some of these selfish and dangerous cyclists weave in and out of pedestrians, buggies, children and dogs defies belief. Some actually cycle with no hands on the handlebars as they are looking at and using their phones!!!!
Going around a blind corner in the wrong lane - they must be mad. Life's pretty cheap to that type! ;)
I have to admit to ignorance of the fact that a separate Highway Code was issued for Northern Ireland as in this 1955 edition. There are some minor differences such as in the subsitution of local place names on direction signs and the various Road Acts and Regulations are versions promulgated as being specific to Northern Ireland. I do like the line about "you must not loiter on pedestrian crossings'.
These pages show signs that 'warn' and 'inform' and are of the pre-Worboys designs that had been revised in 1944. This shows the original 'schools' sign using the torch of knowledge or learning that was replaced after 1955 by the school-children symbols.
The direction signs use local destinations to explain and so the A29 to Coleraine, the A37 to Limavady and the B186 to Dungiven appear.
Here we have the familiar UK road sign depicting a man trying to open his umbrella.
At Pound Common Cottages, on the Linch Road near Redford.
This photo is the result of walking for an hour and finding absolutely NOTHING to shoot.
Having learned to drive at a young age on the single track roads of Caithness, perhaps I am being unfair to some tourists I 'met' in Skye. But surely, surely, they must have realised that the car stuck behind them did not also want to do 20-25 mph for the next 15 miles. Are single track roads with Passing Places unique to the Highlands of Scotland? They cannot be found anywhere else in the world? I mean, locals in Caithness had it down to a fine art, judging the approach speed of an on-coming car to the position of the next passing place or gateway and with the precision of two Red Arrow jets, pass each other with inches to spare whilst both doing anything from 40-70 mph. The knack was to recognise if the approaching vehicle was local or stranger, but normally the look of increasing terror on the other driver's face gave it away before they swerved into the ditch.
I should have dashed for the car park exit at Elgol ahead of the 'foreigners' in their VW Golf and VW Caravelle but foolishly I dawdled and politely let them go first not realising the mental torture they would force on me for the next half hour.
I sat patiently behind the two cars for the first 3/4 mile as they gradually sped up to 20-25mph, although slowing for each cattle grid and stopping at each passing place as an oncoming car came into sight no matter how far away it was. I tried to let them know I was there, that I was keen to get on, by edging out a bit directly into their field of rear vision. I tried to get close enough that they could make out the grimace on my face: I tried to look like a local. But all to no avail.
We must have passed 20-30 potential passing places, where they could have just eased over and let me through, before I gave a friendly peep-peep on the horn. Nothing. I waited another 5, 6, 7, 8 passing places, and went peep-peep, peep- peep and once again moved to the right as if to overtake. Nothing. More miles went by, accompanied by regular but friendly peeps, until I burst and let rip with a load of roared expletives and leant on the horn for a 10 second blast. Suddenly three little faces in the back seat spun round with their mouths the shape of big 'O's and the Caravelle swung to the left and let me through. Now I just had five young foreign women in the Golf to contend with. They had probably been warned never to stop in a foreign country for someone behind them telling you to pull over. The fear of being raped and murdered by me inevitably ensured they remained stuck to the centre of the road. It was only after a torturous 11 miles, about half an hour, they relented and let me through, and the location was perfect for me to stick my arm out of the window and point at the blue sign we were passing that said, "POLICE NOTICE. Single track road. Use passing places to permit overtaking "
See
www.scotlandinfo.eu/driving-single-track-roads-in-scotland/
(By the way the road from Carbost down to Glenbrittle and the Fairy Pools has some shocking potholes which will destroy your tyres and wheels. Some are so deep and square sided they are the equivalent of driving at 30mph perpendicularly at a roadside kerb)
I have to admit to ignorance of the fact that a separate Highway Code was issued for Northern Ireland as in this 1955 edition. There are some minor differences such as in the subsitution of local place names on direction signs and the various Road Acts and Regulations are versions promulgated as being specific to Northern Ireland. I do like the line about "you must not loiter on pedestrian crossings'.
These pages show signs which "must be obeyed" and signs that "prohibit or restrict" the use of the road. They are of course of the old style of road traffic signs, revised in 1944, that were replaced under the 1964 design changes implemented by the Worboys Committee.
Visit the Maraid Blog www.maraid.co.uk/blog/2013/03/free-vintage-desktop-wallpaper-highway-code/ for free desktop wallpaper with illustrations from The Highway Code published in 1954. Happy Easter!
The UK's first Highway Code was issued in 1931 and this is an early version of the Northern Ireland version. Printed in 1936 it was published by authority of the Minister of Home Affairs. It details basic points as to road safety and driving, including drivers hand signals. Oddly it does not contain road or traffic signs as reference.
The cover proudly announces the Code as "The way to safety" - as the Minister notes in his foreword "the cultivation of habits of prudence on the road becomes an absolute necessity".
I have to admit to ignorance of the fact that a separate Highway Code was issued for Northern Ireland as in this 1955 edition. There are some minor differences such as in the subsitution of local place names on direction signs and the various Road Acts and Regulations are versions promulgated as being specific to Northern Ireland. I do like the line about "you must not loiter on pedestrian crossings'.
07/09/2014 - September Photo A Day Challenge
In a world where we are controlled by signs.. controlled by a piece of metal on a post. Some signs you never know what they mean, or sometimes these signs can be misleading. At the end of the day signs are there to help guide us, control us and to save us.
The UK's motorway network was expanding quickly in the first years of the 1970s and this Royal Automobile Club map folder shows the extent of the new roads as well as giving advice as to the 'rules of the road' and information as to signs and services.
The motorway signs are those introduced in the 1960s and designed by Margaret Calvert and Jock Kinneir and that formed part of a wider redesign of the UK's road and traffic signs that formed part of the Worboys Committee. The early electronic signs were starting to be introduced especialy in urban sitiations whilst the vertical flashing amber light posts were, I recall, introduced along with the 70 mph speed limit after a series of very bad traffic accidents due to fog.
I noticed this guy sitting opposite me reading the highway code. It reminded me that not only did I have a copy, but I probably haven't re-read it in thirty years. I probably should go and buy a new one!
No Entry (Except for authorised vehicles) post worboys order sign at Chelmsford Railway Station in the County of Essex (UK).
An authorised vehicle at this point would generally be a rail replacement coach or a HGV truck or similar which would be to tall to go under the height restricted railway viaduct arches and the usual one way out traffic route at Chelmsford Station.
Not that this wonky no entry sign doesn't stop some private cars who use this way out of the station as a (considerable) short cut. If you know this location you'll know exactly what I mean.
Ignoring a no entry sign in the United Kingdom is an endorsable driving offence (Code TS50) and you could receive a 'fixed penalty' of 3 points on your driving license and a £100 fine.
My Signs album flic.kr/s/aHsjbbYKf9
Despite having a dedicated 2 way cycle lane alongside the Promenade these selfish cyclists still ignore the signs and cycle 3 abreast along the Promenade where cycling is not permitted for the safety of pedestrians.
Why did I take these photos?
Because a selfish cyclist actually hit my backpack as he cycled past.
He was going so fast and was so close to me that the first I knew was that I felt I had been punched hard in the back. The force of the blow actually spun me to one side.
I never heard him coming and he never even shouted a warning or rang a bell to warn me. He just hit me in the back, wobbled and cycled off.
I was so angry that as well taking some photographs of the pier I then took some random shots of the cyclists who ignore all the warning signs and their dedicated cycle lane 10 feet away, to cycle in the pedestrian only zone.
Ignorant, lazy, selfish people all of them.
The local cyclists campaign for dedicated cycle routes and then chose to ignore using them and cycle where cycling is not permitted.
So here is a selection of the morons cycling in the pedestrian only seafront zone taken whilst I was there to photograph the pier.
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Triangular post Worboys warning signs under construction into an art exhibit at Snape Maltings in Suffolk (UK). Never seen signs used like this before!
Bonus points for who can identify what they mean.. ;-)
Nice spot by David on his travels and posted here with kind permission.
Other photos:
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From left to right:
- The High Cost of Free Parking by Donald Shoup (now signed!)
- Design of Cities by Edmund Bacon
- The New Transit Town by Dittmar & Ohland
- The Geography of Nowhere by James Kunstler
- The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs
- Crabgrass Frontier by Kenneth Jackson
- The American Suburb by Jon Teaford
- Taking the High Road by Katz & Puentes
- How Women Saved the City by Daphne Spain
- Save Our Land, Save Our Towns by Hylton & Seitz
- The City Shaped by Spiro Kostof
- The Highway Code by the Department for Transport and Driving Standards Agency of Great Britain
- Signspotting by Lonely Planet
- Readings in Planning Theory edited by Campbell and Fainstein
- Urban Transportation Planning by Meyer & Miller
- Modelling Transport by Ortúzar & Willumsen
- Traffic Engineering by Roess, Prassas, & McChane
- Principles of Highway Engineering and Traffic Analysis by Mannering, Washburn, & Kilareski
- Commuting in America III by Alan Pisarski with the NCHRP, TCRP, for TRB.
- Some loose papers of research from Sweden
- A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge by the Project Management Institute
- Project Management in Practice by Mantel, Meredith, Shafer, & Sutton
- Developing Management Skills by Whetten & Cameron
- Positive Leadership by Kim Cameron
- Building the Bridge As You Walk On It by Robert Quinn
- Trip Generation 8 (1 notebook & 2 books) by the Institute of Transportation Engineers
- Book of maintenance of traffic standards
- Book of work zone guidelines
- Mighty Goomba!!!
However, what's missing because it's either lower on my desk, in my backpack, or back at my apartment:
- Countless issues of ITE Journal
- Countless issues of Traffic International
- Several issues of Better Roads
- Traffic by Tom Vanderbilt
- The Boulevard Book by Allan Jacobs, Elizabeth Macdonald, Yodan Rofé
- The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
- Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, 2003 Edition from the FHWA
- The Highway Capacity Manual, 2000 Edition from the Transportation Research Board
- A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets, 4th Edition from AASHTO
- And a photo of Robert Moses to counter-balance Jane Jacobs.
...I'm not keen on all the self-esteem books: none of them quite conform with the way my mind works. They're just leftover from some classes I took back in the grad school days.
While I like Jane Jacobs, I also have an infatuation with Robert Moses. I have to respect that he single-handedly became among the most powerful men ever to exist in America whilst acquiring rather little wealth. He helped form New York City today: both what we hate and what we love. His capabilities to see projects through were phenomenal, and his preference for greater good rather than individual good is a bit in line with my philosophy... though with consideration of Jane Jacobs, I do agree that Moses crossed the line on some (or many) occasions. Both were right, and both were wrong; each in different ways.
And then to pick at two others: Hylton's book is good at providing visual impacts of sprawl but is rather short on details and solutions. Kunstler's book is great at criticising but also very lacking on suggestions. Most of others provide some great commentary and suggestions, though not necessarily all of which I agree with wholeheartedly.
Despite having a dedicated 2 way cycle lane alongside the Promenade these selfish cyclists still ignore the signs and cycle 3 abreast along the Promenade where cycling is not permitted for the safety of pedestrians.
Why did I take these photos?
Because a selfish cyclist actually hit my backpack as he cycled past.
He was going so fast and was so close to me that the first I knew was that I felt I had been punched hard in the back. The force of the blow actually spun me to one side.
I never heard him coming and he never even shouted a warning or rang a bell to warn me. He just hit me in the back, wobbled and cycled off.
I was so angry that as well taking some photographs of the pier I then took some random shots of the cyclists who ignore all the warning signs and their dedicated cycle lane 10 feet away, to cycle in the pedestrian only zone.
Ignorant, lazy, selfish people all of them.
The local cyclists campaign for dedicated cycle routes and then chose to ignore using them and cycle where cycling is not permitted.
So here is a selection of the morons cycling in the pedestrian only seafront zone taken whilst I was there to photograph the pier.
A1 Naarden 07/10/2013 12h23
Netherlands is probably the only country where it is allowed to use the hard shoulder of the highway when indicated. This is made possible to fight traffic jams. A good policy, but the lines on the highway are continuous. Also on places where the hard shoulder is used for extra driving lane (spitsstrook in Dutch). This goes against the most basic traffic laws and highway codes that you never and I mean never may exceed unbroken lines. Not for entering the extra lane and also not for changing lanes. In the Netherlands it is the rule and custom to drive as right as possible but most people (especially foreign drivers) are not prepared to drive on the hard shoulders due to the unbroken line. Green arrows above the lane or not.
#Nederlanditis
It wasn't until 1931 that the first official guide to using the UK's roads was issued by the Government - this is the cover of that version of the Highway Code. It was to stay a remarkably slender and simple guide until the 1970s. The signature is of interest - R M McLeod - who at the time was the Traffic Superintendent of Edinburgh Corporation Transport and who, in 1935, would become the General Manager of the undertaking.
The cover is plain typography using a variety of faces along with the royal arms (a Kruger Grey version I think).
The parking on the corner was getting out of hand.
After the leaving the busy main road (40mph zone) and onto this side street (30mph zone) there would be cars parked within a few metres.
The police were contacted and they spoke to the culprits and placed this notice. Seems to be working so far...
Police Constable Steane was used by London's Metropolitan Police for many publicity and information purposes. He was around 6'5" tall and always immaculately turned out.
This particular photograph was taken on the Victoria Embankment opposite Scotland Yard the then Headquarters of the Metropolitan Police.
One of his 'claims to fame' was a series of official black and white photographs demonstrating the legal traffic signals and directions given by police officers whilst on traffic point duty.
These were circulated throughout the Metropolitan Police and other forces. They were also used in the 'Highway Code' booklet issued by the then Ministry of Transport.
Police Constable Steane was attached to Cannon Row Police Station (Alpha Delta) the Headquarters of the Metropolitan Police's 'A' or Whitehall Division that formed part of the world famous Scotland Yard designed by the acclaimed Scottish architect Norman Shaw in 1898.
Cannon Row Police Station handled all of the major ceremonial occasions in the Capital from 1902 plus the many large demonstrations that took place most weeks on Trafalgar Square, Whitehall, Parliament Square and Downing Street.
As well as the above, the station was responsible for the protection of the Monarch and the Royal Family when resident at Buckingham Palace, Clarence House, Holyrood House (Scotland), Balmoral Castle, (Scotland), Castle of Mey (Scotland), Birkhall House (Scotland), Windsor Castle (Berkshire), Royal Lodge, (Berkshire).
The station also had huge policing responsibilities for the Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament).
For more about Cannon Row Police Station click on the links below.
The first post-war edition of the slender Highway Code - and the first, I think, to have a pictorial cover rather than the rather austere plain version. There's a reminder here that horse traffic - although much reduced since the 1930s - was still prevalent on UK roads.
New River Arms - two roundabouts in Turnford, the borough of Broxbourne with links to the A10,B176 and M25 (Herts) 10/11/15
One thing can't be denied – the conversion of this old road from being an old road to a footpath/cyclepath was done on the cheap. Plant life was cropping up left right and centre, boulders lay strewn on part of the tarmac. Oh and old road signs were left in situ. Still, these two did tell us one thing – our pathway wasn't going to be open air for ever.
I also just love the little lines behind the falling rocks – put in to display motion in an otherwise static picture. Makes the UK version look positively static in comparison.
Taken on day 7 of our fjord based holiday in Norway.
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This is how the safety of Southsea Promenade was designed after much discussion with all parties including the very vocal cycling groups who wanted dedicated cycle lanes - which they got at great expense from Portsmouth City Council and Hampshire County Council.
From the left there is one lane of car parking; one lane of one way traffic; two dedicated cycle lanes and the pedestrian only Promenade.
The idea is very simple. Designated zones for Cars - Cyclists - Pedestrians. No cars in the cycle lanes and no cycles in the pedestrian zones.
Why then do the selfish Southsea cyclists still ride in the pedestrian only zone, weaving in and out of pedestrians, pushchairs, wheelchairs, children and dogs?
Ignorant, selfish, rude and aggressive cyclists putting others at risk with their bad attitude.
Despite having a dedicated 2 way cycle lane alongside the Promenade these selfish cyclists still ignore the signs and cycle 3 abreast along the Promenade where cycling is not permitted for the safety of pedestrians.
Why did I take these photos?
Because a selfish cyclist actually hit my backpack as he cycled past.
He was going so fast and was so close to me that the first I knew was that I felt I had been punched hard in the back. The force of the blow actually spun me to one side.
I never heard him coming and he never even shouted a warning or rang a bell to warn me. He just hit me in the back, wobbled and cycled off.
I was so angry that as well taking some photographs of the pier I then took some random shots of the cyclists who ignore all the warning signs and their dedicated cycle lane 10 feet away, to cycle in the pedestrian only zone.
Ignorant, lazy, selfish people all of them.
The local cyclists campaign for dedicated cycle routes and then chose to ignore using them and cycle where cycling is not permitted.
So here is a selection of the morons cycling in the pedestrian only seafront zone taken whilst I was there to photograph the pier.
On my way to get some lunch, this police van pulled up outside the super save off license and the driver got out to buy a drink, leaving a policewoman passenger in the van.
Unfortunately the police van parked on double yellow lines in a cycle path, just in front of a junction. The vehicle was also at least a foot from the kerb ("stop as close as you can to the side"). I count 4 contraventions of the highway code.
Incidentally, the spot in front of the shiny glass buildings opposite is a favourite place for the police to do random stops of traffic.
www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_06...
Quick cake for my son's 17th birthday. He loves me testing out new cake flavours on his birthday cakes - and I understand this champagne and strawberry flavour was a huge hit!!! Wishing my first-born baby (because my boys will ALWAYS be my babies!!) a very happy birthday. x x x
Roadside Tai Che is a metaphor for semaphore, to put more simply it’s an interpretation of the road signs as found in the highway code. The man you see here is in the “no right turn” position, and all being well he’ll be representing his country in the 2012 Olympics. He really is in a class of his own [literally].
One for the AssHat group.
There's an advanced stop line under there somewhere...
An all-too-common sight in Brighton.