Stupid road signs

OutbackOiler

OutbackOiler

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When I was travelling past Mackay today I finally had to share what would have to be the most ridiculous signs that I believe will do the exact opposite of what they are designed
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Now I have not photoshopped these, they are fair dinkum road signs to try and help miners not kill themselves on the road by driving home after a 12 hour shift.
I am sure the appropriate millions in research were done and the correct shrinks were called to make sure it got the right message through, but for the love of god do you think they could ask someone who has kids and travels because the last thing a parent wants plowing in their ears after 11 hours on the road is that crap if anything they can be aggrivating and possibly even cause an accident by setting an on the edge tired father off.
Secondly the target audience are generally in the car by themselves so if the point is to get the family aware its as usefull as the introduction of cane toads to get cane bugs (for our overseas brethren the cane toad was a catastrophic **** up that has done irreversable damage to Australian flora and fauna) .

These signs only appear around Mackay which is having major trouble with miners dying because they think they can work 2 day 12 hour shifts straight to 2 night 12 hour shifts and believe they have the ability to drive 6 or 7 hours straight home and this crap is their answer. The worst part is there are people in an office somewhere thinking they are great because they have solved a problem and all they have done is waste tax payers money

Lets face it how on gods green earth is a sign that says "Still a long way to go kids" meant to brighten your day, thats enough to send someone over the edge.

Rant over :iconwink:
 
I love what they've done in SA, with their "Don't drive like a ...." series. It's hilarious, and makes you think. Some are obvious, but there are a couple of subtle ones.

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sjm said:
I love what they've done in SA, with their "Don't drive like a ...." series. It's hilarious, and makes you think. Some are obvious, but there are a couple of subtle ones.

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We need those in Townsville, those are good and make you laugh.
Actually they could put them all over Queensland :lol:
 
I like the last couple they're great :lol:

However, as for the first ones that OutbackOiler posted :shake: :huh: :shake:
They are just a big big big (thats one for each) waste of $$$$.

Just what were they thinking :yell:

Regards
Mr Turbo
 
They are not the worst of it either, one company has taken to putting corflute signs on the side of the road spaced apart with random safety words in them like "caution, high, crash, zone, fatigue, death"
Those words are on separate signs. It's completely out of hand

The government is bending over so much for the mines that they are changing the law to allow ROPS (roll over protection systems) to be put onto trucks and 4wd's that are actually unsafe in high speed conditions. They have added these bits of steel behind the cab that attach to the chassis rail and then have a frame attached that goes over the top of the cab. They also act as FOPS (Falling Object Protection System), now these babies ramp up from behind the cab so not only have you added an extra tonne of weight over the steer tyres you have a system that then lifts the front of the truck at highway speed. Not to mention the ROPS on the dual cab 4wds that kill the passengers in the car when they crush through the cab as they are bolted to the tray and not the chassis. The whole safety system is designed to be seen as doing something not actually doing anything. I know one company that was not allowed access to a mine because they had a full roll cage inside the vehicle that was engineer approved.
Most accidents outside the mines that deaths have occurred due to these safety features are covered up.
The company that I used to work for used mainly kenworths, and when we approached kenworth they told us if we did that our vehicles would become unsafe as the trucks were designed the way they were for safety and if you mess with the dynamics you mess with the way the vehicle performs.
It all comes down to liability not safety, if they are seen to be doing something then their lawyers can pass on the blame
 
We have the same type of signs here in NSW too.
Most, accidents, occur, on bends, slow down.
All of which appear on separate signs.

Regards
Mr Turbo
 
and ..... they are now going to allow the flashy sign types at Sydney airport out on the highways; the signs that change at different intervals! What an overkill; no wonder we have trouble recognising a genuine road sign.
 
OutbackOiler said:
These signs only appear around Mackay
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There is a series of them on the New England H'way between Stanthorpe and Warwick too. They have been there for years and every time I drive past I nearly throw up. Visual pollution for the bogans I reckon. Authorities realize it is an area with an extra high accident rate so they have to pretend they are doing something to prevent it. Yet it is so obvious that the road needs improving. There must be some psychologist they employed who is laughing all the way to the bank.
 
In the same areas as the sign they have containers on the side of the road with the sides cut open, replace the walls with cages and wrecked cars in them from accidents that are fatalities in the area, now they make you think except the grass is half way up the side of the container at the moment so the impact is kind of taken away
 
Not so much stupid signs but stupid placement of speed signs in victoria, If you come into a down on a main hwy it'll have 3-4 different speed limits! just stick a warning 50 or 60 ahead sign in the 100 zone and make the entire stretch through the town 50-60 like alot of places in nsw. bloody stupid going through some of the towns around here 100 to 70 to 60 to 50 to 80 to 60 to 50 to 100 again. And if the speed limits 50 through towns maybe the idiots and "hurrying parents" will do the 40 infront of the schools.
 
I'm hearing you idw, the focus on speed is such a misguided game but it is a way that authorities make it apparent to the masses that they are doing something and also a good way to make money, for example about 10-11 years ago in Brisbane the state government took it upon themselves to lower the speed limit on the Ipswich motorway because there was an insane amount of accidents, they advertised how great they were being proactive and fixing the problem.
It was the biggest load of hog wash that was ever fed to the public because of 2 very fundamental reasons, the first being that 95% of accidents on that road occurred at speeds between 10-40 kmh because 95% occurred during peak hour traffic, secondly the actual percentage that occurred at speeds around 100kmh was less than 1%. Most of the others were due to DUI and speeds in excess of 130kmh.
Needless to say the drop in the speed limit did not affect the road toll in one bit in fact it actually started to increase.
 
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