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GNU Free Documentation License OK, if the Irish government is so skint, why is it wasting money on new road signs? Q. A few years ago it spent a fortune changing our road signs from miles to metric, now (in Inishowen at least, but I assume more likely than not, everywhere) they are sticking new signs with numbers on most of the streets. Now, for example, I live in 'L5661'. They can't afford to reduce class sizes or improve hospitals, but they can afford these pointless signs. Why? Asked by Lynette McGavigan - Sun May 4 22:21:21 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. the only reason for this is because the EEC is paying for it Answered by dermotpurcell24 - Mon May 5 06:32:59 2008 How do the road signs which give estimated travel times work? Q. I live in the Bay Area and drive to work on 101. On the freeway, I pass "signs" that give you automated estimates of driving times to various destinations (e.g. 10 minutes to 237, 25 minutes to 280, etc). These signs are updated dynamically, presumably to reflect current traffic conditions, and I have found them to generally be pretty accurate. But my question is this: does anyone know how they actually work? Is there a traffic helicopter taking pictures and some human expert who then guessimates based on these pictures and updates the sign? Is it automatically counting the number of cars that pass certain checkpoints in a given time period and estimating based on that? What is actually going on? Does anyone know for sure how these signs… [cont.] Asked by Gordon S - Wed Dec 6 21:58:00 2006 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments A. I also live in the Bay Area. I remember when, how they estimate driving times, by data gathered by the Fastrak transponder (maybe now the road speed sensors). That is how I remember at that time. Copy and Paste from the How does the Driving Times feature work? Answered by glen - Thu Dec 14 17:20:32 2006 Can you please give me a list of road trafic signs in portruguese?
Q. I mean the horizontal road trafic signs put on the road.eg:a place wher children go school. Asked by kapalok - Fri Jul 6 10:32:17 2007 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. Well being Portuguese the traffic signs most popular one is Stop just like everywhere else in the world. Children going to school is Criancas nas Escolas. A park is O parque School is Escola Hospital is the same in English and Portuguese If you could be more specific maybe I could be more helpful. Answered by GDJS - Fri Jul 6 10:38:16 2007 From Yahoo Answer Search: "road signs"  news.google.com Amarillo.com About a dozen campaign signs , all from one candidate, line Georgia Street and the Interstate 27 access road around the building. Spring flowers are starting ... news.google.com Dundalk Democrat By Staff Reporter TWO special speed signs have been set up at Louth Village to try and improve road safety. The signs will indicate to approaching motorists ... news.google.com Business Gazette Plans for the new Colesville Road entrance would remove an existing fountain and large tree blocking the current City Place sign and move the facade closer ... Little changes presage big ones at City Place Mall Greater Greater Washington all 2 news articles » From Google News Search: "road signs"  irrationalsigns.com 333px x 500px | 156.50kB [source page] I Could Hope To Be Such A Monkey  irrationalsigns.com 375px x 500px | 127.30kB [source page] What Is Ferrouranium And Why Do I Want To Eat It From Yahoo Image Search: "road signs"  drboli.wordpress.com drboli ue, 02 Mar 2010 23:21:40 GM Learning to recognize . road signs. at a glance is an important accomplishment for any driver. In this installment of our occasional series, Dr. Boli explains a few more of the many signs commonly seen on our streets and highways. ...  witneygazette.co.uk unknown Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:35:44 GM Seven . signs. have been found riddled with bullet holes on roads in Carterton, Shilton, Brize Norton and Burford.  getwokingham.co.uk unknown Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GM The flashy lights and barriers give quite a clue, and surely given the warning . road signs. of approaching a level crossing, one pays more attention? Spanky 8/03/2010 at 13:53 Offensive or Inappropriate? Please let us know the reason you ... From Google Blog Search: "road signs" See also:
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