9 February 2011

New sign on the Tuggeranong Parkway (nth bound b4 woden)

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This brightness of this sign is really dangerous. Driving up the parkway on a foggy morning visibility was reduced to zero. It is the equivalent of using highbeams in fog.

Deckard said :

Has anyone else seen how bright these things are? The writing’s actually a bluish white light and in a dark sky is almost blinding.

Someone forgot to include a dimmer switch.

HOLY SHIRTS IS IS BRIGHT! The inside of my windscreen was dirty and as I drove paste I could not see anything, turn it down I am not blind!

$2.4 million on ‘big city’ signs, its a disgusting waste of money. How about $2.4 million into mental health care or something worthwhile?

Thoroughly Smashed8:53 am 28 Apr 11

This morning it says:

SAFER SPEEDS
SAVES LIVES

Urgh.

Deckard said :

Has anyone else seen how bright these things are? The writing’s actually a bluish white light and in a dark sky is almost blinding..

I found when you drive near it with your eyes wide open (difficult to do), its more of like a light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel feel to it, coming out the other side I was blinded by it as it took my eyes a few seconds to adjust to seeing anything again. These things arent just a nuisance and waste of money, theyre downright dangerous.

The thing is lit up at the moment 24 hrs with warnings about the double demerits – I wondered what the bright glow in such a dark area of the parkway was driving south – Deckard is right it could be a beacon for the aliens if they wanted!

Has anyone else seen how bright these things are? The writing’s actually a bluish white light and in a dark sky is almost blinding.

Someone forgot to include a dimmer switch.

georgesgenitals9:01 pm 13 Mar 11

Frustrated said :

Swaggie said :

Just our Gvmt showing again an unrivalled ability to squander our money. So what’s new?

Piss off, another blue blooded conservative who doesn’t believe in spending our taxes, only saving it for a rainy day.

Who cares about infrastructure etc?

You people make me sick

Maybe you could go to one of those wonderful progressive countries where noone cares to watch government spending, then, and enjoy your being sick there.

(Let us know how it works out for you)

Swaggie said :

Just our Gvmt showing again an unrivalled ability to squander our money. So what’s new?

Piss off, another blue blooded conservative who doesn’t believe in spending our taxes, only saving it for a rainy day.

Who cares about infrastructure etc?

You people make me sick

kezzafezza said :

Speaking of signs on the parkway, the skiing kangaroo sign is in need of repair. His skis are coming off, and someone has put a white and black sticker on the bottom of the sign.

I maintain that that roo is the best piece of public artwork our roads have.

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is a wholly remarkable book. More popular, certainly more successful than the Celestial Home Care Omnibus, better selling than Fifty-Three More Things to do in Zero Gravity, and more controversial than Oolon Colluphid’s trilogy of philosophical blockbusters Where God Went Wrong, Some More of God’s Greatest Mistakes and Who is this God Person Anyway?

Holden Caulfield said :

Keijidosha said :

It would be more useful if they took a feed from @Traffic_Canberra’s twitter account.

Why not cut out the middle man and just use the @ACTPol_Traffic feed instead?

Better yet, have it display any tweet with a #bigsignontheparkway hashtag. We could call it a public art installation.

Because the world needs more penis themed ASCII art?

Holden Caulfield6:52 pm 09 Feb 11

Keijidosha said :

It would be more useful if they took a feed from @Traffic_Canberra’s twitter account.

Why not cut out the middle man and just use the @ACTPol_Traffic feed instead?

All those big cities have them so we have to have them too…

enrique said :

Our dams 100%

Talk n text u b next

Safe speeding there’s no such thing

Police targeting speeding…

What else would they put there?

Why spend 2.4m of our taxes (when the budget is already very tight) on building an electronic sign that is most likely only going to repeat the messages that are already available on fixed signage?

There’s a pearler on Ginninderra Drive: “PEOPLE DIE ON ACT ROADS”. I’ve often wondered what that message is trying to achieve.

I agree with your point though, it would have been far cheaper to erect a billboard that says “accident/heavy traffic, expect delays” – which is what these electronic signs will be bleating most of the time.

It would be more useful if they took a feed from @Traffic_Canberra’s twitter account.

Speaking of signs on the parkway, the skiing kangaroo sign is in need of repair. His skis are coming off, and someone has put a white and black sticker on the bottom of the sign.

Clown Killer2:54 pm 09 Feb 11

When did Kambah become God’s Country??

What do you mean by “When”? If you’ve got to ask, it’s probably not for you.

Captain RAAF2:39 pm 09 Feb 11

Someones playing silly buggers!

[img]http://img703.imageshack.us/i/signvj.jpg/[/img]

When did Kambah become God’s Country??

The problem was they needed these signs when the majority of the Glenloch interchange work was going on. Maybe variable speed limit signs although i doubt it, they don’t look like theones used in sydney. Probably event information only for things like car parking and access.

We really need faster or variable speed limit signs on the parkway. I’m sick of hearing from the ultra conservative about people speeding on the road. It really is good enough for a 110 limit. And the 3 accidents i’ve seen and one I was in, generally involved slow moving traffic changing lanes or merging. Once a person came to a complete halt on an entrance way onto the 100km/h parkway.
Caused a 4 car accident and I bet the person who stopped copped none of the blame.

JC said :

enrique said :

What else would they put there?

This sign not in use! As dumb as it sounds driving through the UK recently I saw many signs like this showing these very words. Not sure what their point was.

I would have gone with “This sign intentionally left blank.”

Which gods do you suppose they’re talking about?

enrique said :

What else would they put there?

This sign not in use! As dumb as it sounds driving through the UK recently I saw many signs like this showing these very words. Not sure what their point was.

Our dams 100%

Talk n text u b next

Safe speeding there’s no such thing

Police targeting speeding…

What else would they put there?

Why spend 2.4m of our taxes (when the budget is already very tight) on building an electronic sign that is most likely only going to repeat the messages that are already available on fixed signage?

I prefer the Zombies ahead sign that hackers put up a few years ago.

Just our Gvmt showing again an unrivalled ability to squander our money. So what’s new?

They were mentioned in the budget.

$2.4 million over three years has also been provided for variable message signs.

There’s also one on Gungahlin Drive southbound just past Sandford St.

“roadwork ahead, use alternate route”

Waiting For Godot10:02 am 09 Feb 11

At least it’s better than “You’re an idiot”.

Rawhide Kid Part39:41 am 09 Feb 11

It could also be one of the mounting points for those new point to point speed cameras they (ACT GOV) have been promising.

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