What is this sign?

Car_54

PasturesNew wrote: »

The OP's sign is a combination of:

- the Highway Code sign for U turns
- the red circle meaning "prohibited"

So it's a warning that there's a gap - and you're not allowed to make U turns there.

Except that it's a triangle, not a circle ... so it's not a prohibition.

PasturesNew

[quote=[Deleted User];66318215]Except that it's a triangle, not a circle ... so it's not a prohibition.[/QUOTE]

Ah, I'd forgotten that bit by the time I'd loaded/unloaded streetview...

In that case it's a warning sign ... that something is happening. And the happening is U turns. So it's a warning that people might be doing U turns.

Paula_Smith

[quote=[Deleted User];66318215]Except that it's a triangle, not a circle ... so it's not a prohibition.[/QUOTE]

I thought triangles were warnings,
Red circles = dont do something,
and blue circles = do do something.

[Deleted User]

Well it's not in 'Know your signs' - https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/222621/dg_191955.pdf

Warning about traffic turning into your side of the road might make sense

Hoof_Hearted

This sign clearly means:

"woman with saggy boobs ahead"

societys_child

Move forward a bit, there's a U-turn from the other side

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Go forward a bit more . . . . .
there's a slip road on the off side and a u-turn


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Rubbish sign though.

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Paula_Smith wrote: »

I thought triangles were warnings,
Red circles = dont do something,
and blue circles = do do something.

Yes except

Picture of car inside red circle = no cars
Picture of bent arrow inside red circle with oblique red stroke = no turning in direction of arrow

Consistent eh?

Suppose it is like we know that 30 in a red circle means "do not exceed 30mph", rather than simply "don't do 30" so 60 would be o.k.

WestonDave

I wonder if its a warning that the U- turn provision in the centre of the road is such that a longer vehicle (e.g. articulated lorry) may start the turn in the left hand lane and cross the path of those in the right hand lane in order to get enough swing to get round the tight curve? However even if that's the case its not intuitive so driving past it at 40mph and having to work out what it means suggests its not very useful!


Edit - looking elsewhere, another suggestion is that the line up the middle is supposed to represent the central reservation and that the sign is there to indicate an upcoming opportunity to do a U turn across the reservation!

mgdavid

PasturesNew wrote: »

The OP's sign is a combination of:

- the Highway Code sign for U turns
- the red circle meaning "prohibited"

So it's a warning that there's a gap - and you're not allowed to make U turns there.

what red circle?

System

Thanks for all the suggestions. The same sign is on the other carriageway as well. I think the suggestion of some sort of U-turn/right turn warning is along the right lines given the road layout. I am not really bothered just puzzled as I'd never seen it before. As I will probably never go back there then its not a worry.

I can see that advantages of that sign though. As you drive up, you see the sign and go "!!!!!!!" and automatically slow down