More signage - one way streets

If you arrive at a one way street in the middle, say you've come down an
alleyway or pedestrianised area, then you often can't tell it is one
way. If you go against the flow then the 'one way' signs have their
backs towards you! (And the 'no entry' is way behind you.) [Up yours
plod and town planners!]

BTW
'No right turn' only applies to ridden bikes (being a 'vehicle') so I
stop in the middle of the road and walk across then get on again.

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Peter Fox wrote:
If you arrive at a one way street in the middle, say you've come down
an alleyway or pedestrianised area, then you often can't tell it is
one way. If you go against the flow then the 'one way' signs have
their backs towards you! (And the 'no entry' is way behind you.)
[Up yours plod and town planners!]

You want more signs for the beneifit of pavement cyclists?

You can tell it is one way if you've come down a *road*.

BTW
'No right turn' only applies to ridden bikes (being a 'vehicle') so I
stop in the middle of the road and walk across then get on again.

How silly.

~PB

On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 15:42:54 +0100 someone who may be "Pete Biggs"
wrote this:-

If you arrive at a one way street in the middle, say you've come down
an alleyway or pedestrianised area, then you often can't tell it is
one way. If you go against the flow then the 'one way' signs have
their backs towards you! (And the 'no entry' is way behind you.)
[Up yours plod and town planners!]

You want more signs for the beneifit of pavement cyclists?

Peter does not appear to specify whether the bike is ridden or
pushed through the alleyway or pedestrianised area.


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David Hansen wrote:
On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 15:42:54 +0100 someone who may be "Pete Biggs"
wrote this:-

If you arrive at a one way street in the middle, say you've come
down an alleyway or pedestrianised area, then you often can't tell
it is one way. If you go against the flow then the 'one way' signs
have their backs towards you! (And the 'no entry' is way behind
you.) [Up yours plod and town planners!]

You want more signs for the beneifit of pavement cyclists?

Peter does not appear to specify whether the bike is ridden or
pushed through the alleyway or pedestrianised area.

In that case Peter has a point and I apologise, and I must admit that I've
found my self in the same situation! But I'm not sure I want the streets
cluttered up with even more lolipop signs for both aesthetic and
visual-overload reasons. Something subtle painted onto the road/pavement
might be OK.

~PB

"Peter Fox" wrote in
message ...
If you arrive at a one way street in the middle, say you've come down an
alleyway or pedestrianised area, then you often can't tell it is one
way. If you go against the flow then the 'one way' signs have their
backs towards you! (And the 'no entry' is way behind you.) [Up yours
plod and town planners!]


Parked cars all facing one way are a big clue.

Mark

"Mark Burch" wrote in message
t...
"Peter Fox" wrote in
message ...
If you arrive at a one way street in the middle, say you've come down an
alleyway or pedestrianised area, then you often can't tell it is one
way. If you go against the flow then the 'one way' signs have their
backs towards you! (And the 'no entry' is way behind you.) [Up yours
plod and town planners!]


Parked cars all facing one way are a big clue.

Mark

Not really, I've seen parked cars facing the wrong way on a one way street.
--
the.Mark

the.Mark wrote:
"Mark Burch" wrote in message

Parked cars all facing one way are a big clue.

Not really, I've seen parked cars facing the wrong way on a one way
street.

And I've seen a one way steet with no parked cars.

~PB

On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 09:47:42 +0100, Peter Fox wrote:

If you arrive at a one way street in the middle, say you've come down an
alleyway or pedestrianised area, then you often can't tell it is one
way. If you go against the flow then the 'one way' signs have their
backs towards you! (And the 'no entry' is way behind you.) [Up yours
plod and town planners!]

BTW
'No right turn' only applies to ridden bikes (being a 'vehicle') so I
stop in the middle of the road and walk across then get on again.

ISTR that you should observe all traffic signs & signals, even when walking
with a bike. I doubt it would be enforced though.

On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 00:31:19 +0100, "Pete Biggs"
wrote:

the.Mark wrote:
"Mark Burch" wrote in message

Parked cars all facing one way are a big clue.

Not really, I've seen parked cars facing the wrong way on a one way
street.

And I've seen a one way steet with no parked cars.

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At Thu, 30 Jun 2005 05:33:04 +0100, message
was posted by nog
, including some, all or none of the following:

ISTR that you should observe all traffic signs & signals, even when walking
with a bike. I doubt it would be enforced though.

ISTR that a bike, when pushed, is classed as a burden, not a vehicle.
But the only case law I can think of is Crank v Brooks and that only
covers the specific case of a pedestrian crossing.


Guy
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