In uk.transport, John Rowland wrote:
A solution could be to give the different styles of bollard different
asymmetrical shapes at the bottom, with matching differently shaped
metal frames set into the concrete - then it would be impossible to
switch them or put them in the right hole the wrong way around.

That seems rather inflexible. I'd have a sticker on the diffuser showing
the proper sign. And, for good measure, which way it should face. :-)

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Mike Barnes

Mike Barnes wrote:
That seems rather inflexible. I'd have a sticker on the diffuser showing
the proper sign. And, for good measure, which way it should face. :-)

In the case of a keep left/keep right sign, it must be possible to have
a swappable sign that's fitted in a 'window' at the top and secured in
place somehow, to prevent kids playing around with it.

Then you can have an arrow either way, plus other symbols can be placed
in this 'window' so you don't need to carry a whole bollard for each
sign. You can have 'pass both sides', 'no entry', 'cycles only/no
cycles' etc.

Jonathan

In uk.transport, Jonathan Morris wrote:
Mike Barnes wrote:
That seems rather inflexible. I'd have a sticker on the diffuser showing
the proper sign. And, for good measure, which way it should face. :-)

In the case of a keep left/keep right sign, it must be possible to have
a swappable sign that's fitted in a 'window' at the top and secured in
place somehow, to prevent kids playing around with it.

Then you can have an arrow either way, plus other symbols can be placed
in this 'window' so you don't need to carry a whole bollard for each
sign. You can have 'pass both sides', 'no entry', 'cycles only/no
cycles' etc.

Good thinking.

However what I meant, and expressed poorly, was which way the *bollard*
should face.

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Mike Barnes

Jonathan Morris wrote:
Mike Barnes wrote:
That seems rather inflexible. I'd have a sticker on the diffuser showing
the proper sign. And, for good measure, which way it should face. :-)

In the case of a keep left/keep right sign, it must be possible to have
a swappable sign that's fitted in a 'window' at the top and secured in
place somehow, to prevent kids playing around with it.


Hmm - "secured in place somehow, to prevent kids playing around with
it" - perhaps the ultimate technical challenge of our time!

In article .com,
Jonathan Morris says...

In the case of a keep left/keep right sign, it must be possible to have
a swappable sign that's fitted in a 'window' at the top and secured in
place somehow, to prevent kids playing around with it.

Like they already are?

Then you can have an arrow either way,

You didn't do well in mental agility tests did you? If you rotate the
keep left sign 270 degrees, it looks like a keep right one...


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Conor

Windows & Outlook/OE in particular, shipped with settings making them
as open to entry as a starlet in a porno. Steve B

"Conor" wrote in message
t...
In article .com,
Jonathan Morris says...

In the case of a keep left/keep right sign, it must be possible to have
a swappable sign that's fitted in a 'window' at the top and secured in
place somehow, to prevent kids playing around with it.

Like they already are?

Then you can have an arrow either way,

You didn't do well in mental agility tests did you? If you rotate the
keep left sign 270 degrees, it looks like a keep right one...


--
Conor

Do you always go the long way round???

If you rotate the keep left sign *90* degrees the other way, it still
looks like a keep right one...

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IanH (L/Cpl Ret'd)

"ian henden" typed

You didn't do well in mental agility tests did you? If you rotate the
keep left sign 270 degrees, it looks like a keep right one...


--
Conor

Do you always go the long way round???

If you rotate the keep left sign *90* degrees the other way, it still
looks like a keep right one...

Mental agility, innit?

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Helen D. Vecht:
Edgware.

In message , Helen Deborah
Vecht writes
Mental agility, innit?
Squaddies aren't taught to think, just do as they're told.
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Clive

Clive wrote:
In message , Helen Deborah
Vecht writes
Mental agility, innit?
Squaddies aren't taught to think, just do as they're told.

Stereotypes are only used by those incapable of thinking.

In article , ian henden
says...

If you rotate the keep left sign *90* degrees the other way, it still
looks like a keep right one...

LOL. It's Sods law as applied to posts regarding peoples spelling.


--
Conor

Windows & Outlook/OE in particular, shipped with settings making them
as open to entry as a starlet in a porno. Steve B