Needless Blue Signs

[Midnight]

19 minutes ago, magnetman said:

 

 

Or might it in fact be referring to people bowhauling vessels past the entrance and having unusual interactions with boats entering or exiting the marina.

 

May be people wearing pantomime horse outfits. That would make sense.

 

Edited October 8, 2023 by Midnight
found the image

[magnetman]

Its Milton Keynes isn't it? 

 

Bandit land where anything can happen.

 

 

[Alan de Enfield]

39 minutes ago, magnetman said:

 

First time I have seen "Please mind the gap" on a canal sign. 

 

 

 

 

 

Is this sign a windup?

 

 

It is obviously not uncommon on the railways ............

 

 

[ditchcrawler]

How about the read signs not to swim in the spill weirs that are 9" wide and 6" deep or these at Atherston when the gate is open walkers probably wouldn't even see the sign, its on both side so you don't fall up.

[Rob-M]

The problem in the modern world if someone falls over they are looking to blame someone else so they can sue them, so putting a warning sign up covers CRTs ass.

[magnetman]

34 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:

How about the read signs not to swim in the spill weirs that are 9" wide and 6" deep or these at Atherston when the gate is open walkers probably wouldn't even see the sign, its on both side so you don't fall up.

Is this real or a joke? 

 

Someone in the CRT management must have a mate or a relative with a sign making company. 

 

The wording is unclear. Is it an instruction? 

 

 

[Rob-M]

46 minutes ago, magnetman said:

Is this real or a joke? 

 

Someone in the CRT management must have a mate or a relative with a sign making company. 

 

The wording is unclear. Is it an instruction? 

 

 

It's because the end of the beam overhangs the wall so if you start pushing on the end of the beam you can walk off the edge quite easily and it is a big drop.

[magnetman]

22 minutes ago, Rob-M said:

It's because the end of the beam overhangs the wall so if you start pushing on the end of the beam you can walk off the edge quite easily and it is a big drop.

 

I do know that. 

 

 

 

It is incredibly obvious to anyone with basic hazard awareness skills. 

 

More dumbing down. 

 

 

Edited October 8, 2023 by magnetman
missing w

[ditchcrawler]

22 minutes ago, Rob-M said:

It's because the end of the beam overhangs the wall so if you start pushing on the end of the beam you can walk off the edge quite easily and it is a big drop.

That is not what the sign says. If the gate is open someone walking along the lock side looking at their phone could walk straight off the end and drop about 4-5 foot

[Momac]

2 hours ago, magnetman said:

 

It is incredibly obvious to anyone with basic hazard awareness skills. 

Maybe its obvious to you as you are familiar with locks.

 

[Midnight]

2 minutes ago, MartynG said:

Maybe its obvious to you as you are familiar with locks.

 

Are there people who are unfamiliar with 5ft drops?

 

Bit like the label on my car battery telling me not to drink battery acid.

[Ronaldo47]

The small personal safes in the cabins of a cruise ship we were on that were only big enough to hold   passports and a  couple  of wallets, had labels warning of danger of suffocation.

Edited October 8, 2023 by Ronaldo47
typos

[Sea Dog]

11 hours ago, magnetman said:

It is incredibly obvious to anyone with basic hazard awareness skills. 

So that's maybe 50% of modern society - perhaps CRT are aware of this? Some warning signs are genuinely warning signs, others are anti-litigation signs: they just protect different parties.

[magnetman]

Maybe of these at fixed points safely distant from sudden drops and water.

 

 

 

[system 4-50]

11 hours ago, magnetman said:

Maybe of these at fixed points safely distant from sudden drops and water.

 

 

 

But why would you be looking for stupid people?

[magnetman]

One could work on the font sizes.

 

 

[Sailbadthesinner]

19 hours ago, Ronaldo47 said:

The small personal safes in the cabins of a cruise ship we were on that were only big enough to hold   passports and a  couple  of wallets, had labels warning of danger of suffocation.

It's just a warning not to keep your pet mouse ini it.

 

 

[Momac]

13 minutes ago, system 4-50 said:

But why would you be looking for stupid people?

As an example - Looking out for stupid people is  the best way to drive on the roads.

I would say its generally a good idea to be looking out for stupid  people (or perhaps that should be peole who may not  be stupid but could at any moment  do stupid things).

 

 

[Steve Hayes]

Totally unnecessary duplication, just why ?

[MtB]

“Remember, when you are dead, you do not know you are dead. It is only painful for others.

The same applies when you are stupid.”

 

~ Ricky Gervais ~

 

 

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

considering the lack of maintenance:

 

[ditchcrawler]

I spotted this one today, can you guess where 😘? I don't think its a new one.😂

[PeterScott]

 

"Caution Sharp Bends Ahead" Hmmmmmmm. Approaching a T-junction under the bridge ...  Hardings Wood Junction (T&M: Main Line with Hall Green Branch) ... and the sign it replaced from 3Jun2019

 

 

[David Mack]

11 minutes ago, PeterScott said:

 

Off topic alert!

That's a needless yellow sign!

[Jen-in-Wellies]

On 09/10/2023 at 22:38, beerbeerbeerbeerbeer said:

considering the lack of maintenance:

 

On a lock landing, yes?