Anybody every wondered what those flashing signs on gantries over motorways mean? They certainly can’t have anything to do with speed limits.<\/p>\n
A case in point. Last Thursday I was beetling down the M4 on my way home. The signs overhead started flashing “50”. So I slowed down a bit to around 65. All the other traffic was whizzing past. “Still, there must be a reason for this”, I thought to myself. The next lot of signs were flashing “40”. Not wanting to be rear-ended by approaching traffic, I stayed at 65. All the other traffic was still whizzing past. A few miles down the road the signs were once again flashing “50”. Still nobody took any notice. I sped up a bit. That was the end of the flashing speed limits (if that’s what they are – I think the Highway Code must have it wrong).<\/p>\n
I think the controller in charge of the M4 traffic regulation switched them on the night before and went home.<\/p>\n
The other fun thing that the traffic controllers do is set the signs flashing to, say, “50”. Everybody still drives at 70. A few miles down the road the signs will flash “40”. Everybody still drives at 70. Then you’ll see the sign flashing “END”. Everybody screeches to a halt.<\/p>\n
Bizarre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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