On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 09:47:28 GMT someone who may be
"Sniper8052(L96A1)" <[email hidden]> wrote this:-
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:You'd better try and convince some councils of this assertion. I can
think of a few who have installed such things precisely to help
pedestrians cross.Yea, put in the rest of the sentence...
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:or to denote the difference between two speed limits or mark the entrance to a village,
although they may be used for any of the above.
Putting in the rest of the sentence makes no difference to the point
I made. It is simply unnecessary clutter.
I can take you to locations where islands have been provided as a
safe area for pedestrians; not part of a (formal) pedestrian
crossing, where there is no difference in speed limits and neither
is it the entrance to a village. Neither is the purpose to separate
opposing traffic which might otherwise come into conflict.
Quoted message said:Or better still quote it properly...
I did.
Quoted message said:Don't be a [censored]
Excellent, the resort of those with no better arguments.
Quoted message said:just to try and make a point which you know full well
you can only make by misrepresenting that which was written.
I did not misrepresent what was written. My point remains.
Quoted message said:I quite clearly state that they may well be used for that and other
purposes
Some other purposes.
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