Design genius on Tom Roberts Avenue

Gerry-Built said :

How the hell does crap like this happen?

shirty_bear said :

What JB said. I recently raised a road safety issue with TAMS, only to be told po-faced that it’s all completely legal and so will not be modified. Safety/commonsense be damned.

People mindlessly doing their individual little tasks in accordance with their little lists and their actual or perceived guidelines/regulations, without stopping to either switch on common sense or see the bigger picture. I once reported something to TAMS and other people probably reported it too so fortunately after a few hair-raising weeks it was fixed, but it was the sort of thing that the people who did it should have noticed straight away and said hey wait, this won’t work, better not proceed with this job until someone has a second look at it. But I guess it was no-one’s job to stop and think.

Claerly the location of this sign warranty a warning sign that states “Beware of Safety Sign”

At least if kids dodge the sign and get run over the government can say you were warned.

troll-sniffer said :

matt31221 said :

The sign isn’t even properly vertically leveled! It is miles out!

Ummm no it’s vertical. The photo has the tilt.

Not to mention that vertically levelled is, I suspect, pushing the boundaries of the language just a little far…

FYI: plumb=vertical; level=horizontal

thy_dungeonman said :

Bah that’s nothing, at least there’s a path, I’ve seen a pedestrian crossing that connects to nothing on either side of the road.

At the intersection of Majura Road and Fairbairn Ave? You often see people wading through the grass around there.

I *should* be amazed. Regrettably I am not.

matt31221 said :

The sign isn’t even properly vertically leveled! It is miles out!

Ummm no it’s vertical. The photo has the tilt.

Not to mention that vertically levelled is, I suspect, pushing the boundaries of the language just a little far…

Bah that’s nothing, at least there’s a path, I’ve seen a pedestrian crossing that connects to nothing on either side of the road.

The sign isn’t even properly vertically leveled! It is miles out!

At least the car that runs you over when you step off the pavement to go around the sign will (hopefully) only be doing 40.

Idiots!
The sign is only temporary, however the road will take so long to build that they just concreted it into place.

Why couldn’t they just mount it on the handrail of the bridge? I imagine they had to dig up the concrete and re-do it…. jeez. Your taxes at work.

As long as they contract this guy to do the warning signs, I don’t see a problem with it.

http://region.com.au/a-city-with-no-shortage-of-signs/61204

It’s less obstructed than most of the footpaths around lyons. tempted to take a hedge trimmer with me for my walk to work…

Boy, you lot are harsh. They’ve left just enough room for a pedestrian to squeeze past on the traffic side of the footpath. Clearly, some thought has gone into this!

Wouldn’t like to try it in a wheelchair or pushing a pram, though.

johnboy said :

I imagine it’s scrupulously compliant with a number of standards.

If that is indeed the case; we have some idiots making some planning decisions… although the evidence of that is pretty clear in that photo anyway, isn’t it!?!

What JB said. I recently raised a road safety issue with TAMS, only to be told po-faced that it’s all completely legal and so will not be modified. Safety/commonsense be damned.

Can’t wait to find out what the bill to rectify this will be. I would take a stab at $2500-$5000… How the hell does crap like this happen?

Skidbladnir, Do you mind if I copy that photo for actroads.org?

LOL!