I’m in the North West in the glorious county with the big hills and deep puddles 
Well it could be worse. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,484326,00.html
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Though i do agree we do seem to be getting a lot of duff information from these signs lately. Aswell as the animals in road what about the Pedestrians in Area that flashed up on the M62/M60 this week. of course there will be pedestrians in the area its a major built up conerbation you dont have to put up signs saying Water in Area around the lakes do you.
Of course you need to warn of pedestrians, it’s illegal to walk on the motorway unless you’re returning to your vehicle after using an orange phone. The last thing we want is a ped stepping out in front of traffic!
The Highway Man:
Of course you need to warn of pedestrians, it’s illegal to walk on the motorway unless you’re returning to your vehicle after using an orange phone. The last thing we want is a ped stepping out in front of traffic!
At the end of the day, the overwhelming majority have told you the motorway signs are [zb] and nobody takes a blind bit of notice. Tell the muppets at central control to wake up and get with it. We want real time information and not bull that happened last year, last week or even yesterday.
If you think drivers are going to spend £10 on mobile charges waiting for some office monkey to take them off hold while they listen to some elevator music your as far behind the times as the motorway signs you maintain.
Motorway signs are kin USLESS.
berewic:
Tell the muppets at central control to wake up and get with it. We want real time information and not bull that happened last year, last week or even yesterday.If you think drivers are going to spend £10 on mobile charges waiting for some office monkey to take them off hold while they listen to some elevator music your as far behind the times as the motorway signs you maintain.
Motorway signs are kin USLESS.
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There are 7 Regional Control Centres and 1 National Traffic Control Centre, so which one are you talking about?
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I only patrol the motorway, I don’t set the signs, however every time I do request them, THEY ARE FOR A REASON, they are to enable me to carry out my job safely. If you want to ignore the signs, that’s your right, but when you kill me doing my job, please feel free to tell my widow and my young son, who will grow up minus a father that the signs that were set to offer me protection were 'kin useless!!
The signs I request are set straight away and cancelled straight away once I no longer need them, and are on no longer than necessary.
Regardless of what anyone says about these signs whether for or against…I’m the driver of my vehicle and will react to what I can see, not what someone else thinks they can see. I’ll drive at whatever speed I think is appropriate for the conditions and that includes leaving a gap that I can stop in should something untoward happen.
WHY do they put up signs saying FOG 
If I can read the sign then surely I can see the fog 
Move left after overtaking…complete waste of energy for morons.
Why don’t the put messages up like - have a nice day…good morning…smile 
Cracks me up when i see…‘fog’ No [zb] Sherlock!!
Id just have simple but affective messages,like… M25 [zb]'d
M3 [zb]'d
And i d like Lyn Bowles and Sally triffic to come on and say…dont go near the M1…its [zb] 'd 
Personally, I don’t request signals for fog, if you can’t see it, you shouldn’t be driving!
Why cant we have some fun with these signs and put them up in different languages or dialects.
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Ark-Angel:
There’s only one problem with this sign, it’s the M6 in ■■■■■■■■ get it right, you’ll only confuse the poor locals
Thats the whole idea. Just imagine the fun of watching all those holiday makers turning around at the next junction because they blindly follow the satnav.
Ark-Angel:
Thats the whole idea. Just imagine the fun of watching all those holiday makers turning around at the next junction because they blindly follow the satnav.
Do you know what? it might just work. That way we won’t get plagued with tin tent pullers!! 
Why don’t these signs tell us how long the Q is at the next MSA’s Kentucky Fried Chicken or McDougals?
george3:
Why don’t these signs tell us how long the Q is at the next MSA’s Kentucky Fried Chicken or McDougals?
Can’t help you there, I am but a lowly, poorly paid civil servant, not a mega rich lorry driver so I can’t afford to eat in a MSA
The matrix signs i have seen recently have actually been up-todate and of some use, for a change, but you get so used to them being totally wrong you read them and take what it says with a pinch of salt 
It’s always good to know that it’s actuallt FOG not SCOTCH MIST i’m always get those 2 mixed up but usually the matrix signs display FOG just to re-assure drivers as they ponder on it instead of looking at the road.
One could argue that if your looking at the sign that says WARNING FOG - SLOW DOWN your not looking at the road ahead 
Are HAISU’s paid by the hour
i have rung HA 3 times and the phone was answered quick enough
and i spoke to a person who could do something
Believe it or not, part of the H.A. Key performance indicators is answering the phone within so many seconds, and setting and cancelling matrix signs within so many minutes of them being requested by police/HATO’s.
The Highway Man:
Believe it or not, part of the H.A. Key performance indicators is answering the phone within so many seconds, and setting and cancelling matrix signs within so many minutes of them being requested by police/HATO’s.
So what happens when Fred Flintstone phones up? How many Fred’s have to phone before anything gets done?
Personally, I can’t help you as I’m an on road HATO, the person whose brains you need to pick is Biffo as he’s a control room HATO
The Highway Man:
Personally, I can’t help you as I’m an on road HATO, the person whose brains you need to pick is Biffo as he’s a control room HATO
I’ll take that as an explanation why motorway signs give misinformation for days on end then, nobody’s listening.