As I write this, our great and good nation's roads are slowly becoming impassable because an inch of the white stuff has fallen. Which is a pain is you want to get anywhere before Christmas. However, this is not going to be a blog post ranting about how useless we are at dealing with a little bit of snow. No, instead I am going to lead on from my last post on our electric road signs.
You see, since I last posted on here, which I will admit has been a while but I have a life as well, I have - shock horror for anyone who knows me - been out. Alright, it was to do a couple of things that I won't disclose because I don't want to be stalked by a twelve foot tall Gillian McKeith lookalike.
Anyway, while I was out and about, I went along the M5 motorway to get to my destination, nothing unusual there, but the message on the pointless electric signs that litter the side of the motorway was unusual. It read - and once again I'd love to say that I am joking, once again - "Remember to check your fuel." Right, I see, are we as a nation are so incompetent that we now need to reminded to check our fuel, as we cannot think for ourselves anymore while we are driving? The chap on the magic laptop certainly thinks so, and I'm guessing that he has a Powerpoint presentation with twenty-four different graphs to explain how many people die from not checking their fuel while motoring along at seventy miles an hour. To be honest, I'm surprised that I haven't seen "Remember to have a wank tonight" on it yet.
I am not going not going to repeat my suggestion for the road signs - if you want to read it, read my other post - no, I am going to use this space to complain that my idea hasn't been implemented yet. There we go, now that my complaint is done, I get on with grumbling about another (non electric this time), sign...
It was one of those "Danger." signs, but instead of warning of an upcoming tricky bend that the Health and Safety bods now insist are everywhere, it had a picture of a bicycle. Right, I see. So I need to look out for a lycra-wearing idiot here, on a remote road in Somerset? At this exact moment on a Tuesday evening? And if I had the misfortune to have a cyclist ride his bike into our car in ten miles time, could I sue the council for not warning me of a lunatic? This is what I hate about these signs; they give no useful information- much like their electric counterparts on the motorways - but even worse because these are here forever now.
Above are just two example of stupid signs in our country, of which I suspect, the total figure is very high. Something needs to done about it, and quickly. Please, somebody sort it out before I rant some more. Because I am not going to give up on this until we get rid of these useless and infuriating signs off of our highways and byways.
And no, I not going to use fire before anyone suggests that..
Until next time, remember to watch out of people on 'bikes.
-Dan.
PS: A shout out goes to Meg for being annoying and pestering me for a mention. Here you go.
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