More road sign questions….

Truck Drivers beware of Alien Abduction?

That sign reminded me of the Skylab Landing Bay level of Manic Miner…

It would interesting to see how many of these signs and markings were recognised by cyclists and non-cyclists…

Some signs I have spotted of which I am fond…

aaaand

Start of cycle lane
Shared use carriageway/cyclelane
‘Virtual’ cycle lane
Contra flow dual carriageway/cycle lane
Contra flow cycle lane
Cycle lane starts this way
Crossing a cycle lane coming from the right
Self explanatory
Shared use cycle/foot way
Segregated cycle/foot way
Cycle path
No cycling
Cycle parking
Dead end except for cycles

The three down the right are
Advance stop line (ASL)
Mandatory cycle lane G(mandatory meaning that cars are not allowed to cross the solid white line rather than cyclist have to use it.)
Advisory cycle lane.

Hey not bad toppers. Couple of slight misfires (“dual carriageway”?) but multiple bonus points awarded for knowing the difference between a mandatory and an advisory lane. 😀

For those playing at home the full answers are:

Start of mandatory cycle lane ahead.
Mandatory with-flow cycle lane.
Route recommended for cycles on the main carriageway of a road.
Mandatory contra-flow cycle lane – with two traffic lanes coming the other way.
Contra-flow pedal cycles in a one-way street (may or may not be a lane)
Pedal cycle lane on road at junction ahead.
Look out for cycles approaching from the right.
End of cycle lane, track or route.
Shared use bikes and pedestrians.
Segregated shared use.
Route for pedal cycles only.
No cycling
Cycle parking
No through road except for pedal cycles.
Pedal cycle route crossing or joining road ahead.

and yes ASL, mandatory lane and advisory lane road markings down the side.

Dual carriageway had stuck in my brain and couldn’t think of an alternative. I know it isn’t but couldn’t change my train of thought.
I confess that i did 4 years as a trainee highways engineer, so i should really know them. Not done any of it for 3 years now so thats my excuse and I’m sticking to it. 😀

(I didn’t check Chapter 3 either or i would have had them all.) 😉

Toppers got the three down the side wrong.

1. “Bottled it box”

2. Parking okay with hazards but look out for traffic warden.

3. Parking

Why did the Mustelid cross the road?

to get to the otter side.

Going back to the original question, the Give Way sign is an order, a mandatory sign.
The others are for information / warnings.
Hence the different shapes.

Except mandatory signs are circular?

FWIW the official reason given in the DfT “Know Your Traffic Signs” PDF that I was cribbing my answers from is:

There are a few exceptions to the shape and colour rules, to give certain signs greater prominence. Examples are the “STOP” and “GIVE WAY” signs

So there you go.

just to add to the slightly off topic amusing signs

The last one’s genius!

there was a junction with a beware, cattle crossing sign near where I grew up

somebody changed it to an elephant and it kept reappearing whenever the council cleaned or replaced the sign

I still think of that junction’s location as the elephant

This was my favourite. Many STW points if you can (accurately) identify where it is.

Australia!

I think I actually passed that sign… I swear ❗

see, in Australia that probably does mean “watch out for deadly snakes”

That sign in s the best invite to ‘make progress’ with Strava on my car….

Yeah but if you want the points… *where* in Australia?

Long windy road in Oz?

Great Ocean Road?

Also re stop and give way signs, they can be identified from the other side (from behind) which helps in crossroads situations to clarify priority.

@maccyb, somewhere along the east coast up to the blue mountains.

GrahamS, that No explosives in car one, is used all over the place in China.
They borrowed it from Hong Kong, when it was ours.

It’s further south than the Blue Mountains – it’s the (checks Google Maps) C612 Bonang Highway across the NSW/Victoria border, between Delegate and Orbost. Travels through one of the best-preserved patches of original forest, and it really is 100km of almost uninterrupted twisting, winding road.

It would be an awesome rally stage, if you could be 100% sure there was nothing coming the other way. It’s pretty remote (not by real Aussie standards of course) so you wouldn’t want to rely on anyone passing by to spot you wrapped around a tree…

Well, I think I rode past that sign 6 odd years ago when I rode from Melbourne to Brisbane. I certainly stayed in Orbost, and around that area I want only on the Prince’s Highway, so it must be possible…

The one pictured is very close to the Orbost end of the road in question, so that fits, though it wasn’t the Princes Highway itself. Sadly the Google Streetview pictures are from 2008 and the sign doesn’t appear.

We came the other way and saw the same sign at that end of the winding section first, but didn’t think to stop in time for a photo. So we checked the mileage and kept an eye out for its twin 105km later, and there it was!

Meanwhile in Scotland…

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Harsh. Harsh, but fair.

Complicity 🙂

thanks Matt – I laugh every time I pass that Strome Ferry sign. 🙂

😆 @ squirrelking