Local Facepalms

[T B]

Three new signs I spotted while walking through town today, installed today. Dismal efforts at advertising the new subdivision across the road.

 

[Leo Giusti]

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On 5 February 2013 21:20, T B <vortec-...@live.com.au> wrote:

Three new signs I spotted while walking through town today, installed today. Dismal efforts at advertising the new subdivision across the road.

 

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[T B]

Now that I think about it, Acacia Grove could easily pass as a street name. Combined with the white nameplate, that’s even more of a facepalm. Not to mention the first one points to the right when it should be straight ahead.

 

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On 5 February 2013 21:20, T B <vortec-...@live.com.au> wrote:

Three new signs I spotted while walking through town today, installed today. Dismal efforts at advertising the new subdivision across the road.

 

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[Sam Laybutt]

That's a shocker. 


Today's facepalm: coming up King St to the junction with Wellington St, some <insert comment on the mental competence of said person> had placed a temporary 'no right turn' sign facing traffic coming up King St. This was, of course, contradicted by the green right turn arrow on the traffic signal. This sort of stuff is just disgraceful. 

[mubd1234]

The poor vertical centreing of the road name patch indicates the designer used Trasicad's automated wizard and didn't enter a focal point. Yuck.

[Musa Hodzic]

UGLY!!!! Vertical alignment, proportion, direction pointing, not
matching with old chevron (gap towards edge), chevron on a rectangular
"ID" sign, road name patch...

I didn't know QLD used round edges on the road name patches.

[T B]

Originally they didn't use round edges. Many of the signs up this way still
use nameplates that are squared edges, but recently (2007-2008 ish) the
rounded edges have become more popular. Looks so much better IMO.

Honestly I fail to see the need for these signs; it's just a housing estate.
That ID fingerboard at Beerburrum-Woodford Road is crying for a decent
replacement, and those distances aren't even
correct anymore. What's more, it only dates from 1991. However if it was to
be replaced by one of the ghastly conceptions of late, I think I'd rather it
not be replaced.

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[B. J. Winzer]

This.

[T B]

Facepalm of the day

https://maps.google.com.au/maps?hl=en&ll=-34.590753,150.780948&spn=0.004831,0.009645&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=-34.590594,150.78103&panoid=30ILk0_8wGzYYy_I1Jz3eQ&cbp=12,160.12,,0,1.9

Jamberoo Road at the East-West Arterial Road roundabout

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[Vincent Muller]

Ah yes, the old faithfuls. These signs have been there since the East-West arterial opened (so about ten years now), and I started a thread asking about these signs about five years ago. As I remember, the explanation is that 266 is the internal reference number for Terry Street, but abysmally made its way onto regular signage. Neither Shellharbour City Council or the RMS seem overly enthusiastic about removing the signs, so there they remain.

Vincent

On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 9:17 PM, T B <vortec-...@live.com.au> wrote:

Facepalm of the day

https://maps.google.com.au/maps?hl=en&ll=-34.590753,150.780948&spn=0.004831,0.009645&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=-34.590594,150.78103&panoid=30ILk0_8wGzYYy_I1Jz3eQ&cbp=12,160.12,,0,1.9

Jamberoo Road at the East-West Arterial Road roundabout

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This.

On 06-Feb-2013 00:36, T B wrote:

Honestly I fail to see the need for these signs; it's just a housing estate.

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[Sam Laybutt]

So they won't be getting an alpha-numeric replacement? awwww :p

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[Vincent Muller]

Ha! B266, amazing :p

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[T B]

I wouldn’t put B266 past them lol. They mucked up before, they could do it again. Means more entertainment for us!

 

From: Vincent Muller

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Ha! B266, amazing :p

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So they won't be getting an alpha-numeric replacement? awwww :p

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Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:18:18 +1100
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Ah yes, the old faithfuls. These signs have been there since the East-West arterial opened (so about ten years now), and I started a thread asking about these signs about five years ago. As I remember, the explanation is that 266 is the internal reference number for Terry Street, but abysmally made its way onto regular signage. Neither Shellharbour City Council or the RMS seem overly enthusiastic about removing the signs, so there they remain.

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[T B]

Hey guys, thought I’d post these images. Several new signs that have been installed along Coonowrin Road and Old Gympie Road at Glasshouse Mountains.

 

I will admit they’re not perfect but damn, I think for council signs these are much better than the other shoddy signs along those roads. There’s a few other new ones going the other direction as well, pretty similar to their counterparts.

[Paul Rands]

I would suggest the designer of these could show the BCC and QMR sign designers a few things. That said, I think the brown panel in the last image needs an arrow

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[T B]

I know right! I wanna meet the designer and buy him a drink.

 

From: Paul Rands

Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 7:11 PM

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I would suggest the designer of these could show the BCC and QMR sign designers a few things. That said, I think the brown panel in the last image needs an arrow

 

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On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 5:44 PM, T B <vortec-...@live.com.au> wrote:

Hey guys, thought I’d post these images. Several new signs that have been installed along Coonowrin Road and Old Gympie Road at Glasshouse Mountains.

 

I will admit they’re not perfect but damn, I think for council signs these are much better than the other shoddy signs along those roads. There’s a few other new ones going the other direction as well, pretty similar to their counterparts.

 

From: Sam Laybutt

Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 9:08 PM

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That's a shocker.


Today's facepalm: coming up King St to the junction with Wellington St, some <insert comment on the mental competence of said person> had placed a temporary 'no right turn' sign facing traffic coming up King St. This was, of course, contradicted by the green right turn arrow on the traffic signal. This sort of stuff is just disgraceful.

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[Musa Hodzic]

I agree with the first two photos, signs look surprisingly great but the one in the last photo, there's something odd about it.

[T B]

I really do think they need more of these signs around here. It’s a huge tourist region and Beerburrum-Woodford Road has very poor signage (not to mention the road’s appalling condition).