nauczyciel
30 Jan 2010 / #1
did anyone think this thru before painting it? So typical.
Poland's Idiotic Road Marking
Wroclaw Boy
30 Jan 2010 / #2
The one that usually fool sme is the KM mark from Krakow to Sandomierz on the 79, at one point it says something like Sandomierz 58 KM but three KM's up the road it says sandomierz 62 KM.
Also a speed checker near me has the speed in MPH instead of KMH, so you go past breaking the limit but it reads in MPH, "thats the old not my job gov".
Also a speed checker near me has the speed in MPH instead of KMH, so you go past breaking the limit but it reads in MPH, "thats the old not my job gov".
OP nauczyciel
30 Jan 2010 / #3
yes i have noticed many times that the distance to a village/city signs are not accurate and they change like you said.
delphiandomine 86 | 17823
30 Jan 2010 / #4
Likewise in the UK, there are some brilliant examples of mileage going up, especially far away from signed cities. It's a lot to do with reliagnment of roads/etc - and different ages of signs.
OP nauczyciel
30 Jan 2010 / #5
wow....i'm surprised that you are not attacking me for something in this thread.
delphiandomine 86 | 17823
30 Jan 2010 / #6
What's there to attack you over? It's a common, annoying thing in many places!
What irritates me here is the practice of signing obscure places and not signing major places. For instance, going towards Katowice from Poznan - Bytom is signed, but not Katowice...why?!
(and don't even get me started on the idiocy of signing Swiecko and not Berlin!)
What irritates me here is the practice of signing obscure places and not signing major places. For instance, going towards Katowice from Poznan - Bytom is signed, but not Katowice...why?!
(and don't even get me started on the idiocy of signing Swiecko and not Berlin!)
Bytom is the centre of the universe, didn't you know? ;) ;)
Perhaps because you need constant directional arrows to find Bytom as you can't see it for all the air pollution, smog etc etc ;) ;)
Perhaps because you need constant directional arrows to find Bytom as you can't see it for all the air pollution, smog etc etc ;) ;)
Agreed BIG TIME. My major bugbear is the amount of times people have driven down from Olsztyn to Warsaw airport and got lost. There are no signs anywhere for over 200km, no signs as you come into the city, no signs in the city... until you are about 2 km from it.
My colleague said, "Follow the signs for Katowice" I said I didn't want katowice airport. "No, follow the signs for katowice and eventually you'll see the pilots memorial (probably for those who got lost trying to find the airport by car!), turn left and go straight on!"
Gdansk, is fairly well signposted for a good distance beforehand.
With regards to the markings in the video, it reminds me of when they removed a roundabout in Olsztyn and replaced it with traffic lights. Just one problem, they didn't put filter lights in for those turning left... so as soon as the lights change the poor sods are stuck in the middle of the junction with2 lines of traffic haring towards them with horns blaring!
Mind you, I think Olsztyn is the playground for cretins masquerading as road designers... and don't even start me about the alfa shopping centre!
My colleague said, "Follow the signs for Katowice" I said I didn't want katowice airport. "No, follow the signs for katowice and eventually you'll see the pilots memorial (probably for those who got lost trying to find the airport by car!), turn left and go straight on!"
Gdansk, is fairly well signposted for a good distance beforehand.
With regards to the markings in the video, it reminds me of when they removed a roundabout in Olsztyn and replaced it with traffic lights. Just one problem, they didn't put filter lights in for those turning left... so as soon as the lights change the poor sods are stuck in the middle of the junction with2 lines of traffic haring towards them with horns blaring!
Mind you, I think Olsztyn is the playground for cretins masquerading as road designers... and don't even start me about the alfa shopping centre!
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