Re: York's Latest Offering

Adrian Godwin wrote on 30/06/2007 09:31 +0100:
Dave Larrington <smert.spamionam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I tried to count them last night but got confused when I reached forty-eight. So in a mile and a half a cyclist using the path in accordance with the intentions of the spanner who designed would have to get off and walk at least twenty-four times in a mile and a half.


I'm confused by the intention of these signs. They're blue rectangles,
which makes them information rather than instruction or warning, right ?

So they can't be instructing cyclists to dismount, or warning other
road users that cyclists stopping to dismount might cause a hazard. By the logic of the highway code and the limited text on the signs
themselves, they appear to be informing the world at large that
cyclists do in fact, sometimes dismount their cycles in this area (but they don't have to and aren't a hazard).


Indeed, I take it as a statement of fact and since I am not aware of any cyclist that stays on their bike for life, all cyclists must dismount at some point in time. I expect them to be joined over time by a wide range of other public informational signs such as "The Pope is a Catholic" and "Ducks swim"

--
Tony

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