Oh Dear: Spot the difference (it's 3mm)

**Bovvered** · 28 April 2006, 06:39

I really hope that we are only hearing a snippet of the story, and in-fact the screens will quickly be upgraded.

**threaded** · 28 April 2006, 06:44

Quite right that they should be withdrawn. They knew what the regulations were and choose to flout them.

The trains should not just be mothballed, but scrapped completely and sent to China as the Chinese are absolutely desperate for scrap metal. The scrap metal shortage is so bad it's causing the price to skyrocket and thieves are stealing manhole covers to make a few bob. People are falling into these open manholes and becoming disabled, and hence requiring the need for trains with proper signage.

threaded in "holistic" mode

**milanbenes** · 28 April 2006, 06:48

sorry threaded these trains were made before the regulations...

'SWT said that it would cost £750,000 to install new screens. It was unwilling to pay this to extend the trains’ service by six months before returning them to Porterbrook, the leasing company that owns them.

The Junipers were ordered in 1997, a year before the existing rules on letter size were agreed. ',

Milan.

**threaded** · 28 April 2006, 06:52

Oh that is plain quibbling, the letter size for signage has been set ages and ages before, this 'agreement' was because this new type of sign, LEDs, wasn't listed in the methods of signage, nothing to do with its size. If they'd used plasma bulbs they would have failed the regs. for example.

**milanbenes** · 28 April 2006, 06:57

ahhh that explains it

sun shining and a clear blue sky here in FFM, how is the weather today in Denmark ?

Milan.

**threaded** · 28 April 2006, 07:04

Absolutely fantastic this morning. The Sun is just so bright. Managed my commute on my cycle to this client in under 1 hour, which is a new record for me.

What a wonderful day this promises to be, watch some twat spoil it...

**EternalOptimist** · 28 April 2006, 07:14

Originally posted by threaded

Absolutely fantastic this morning. The Sun is just so bright. Managed my commute on my cycle to this client in under 1 hour, which is a new record for me.

What a wonderful day this promises to be, watch some twat spoil it...

i hate to be a quibbler , but the sun is always bright even on a cloudy day. In fact it stays bright even at night time. The next time you see a full moon at night ring someone in Australia (eg Rolf Harris) and ask them if the sun is bright. I can guarantee what the answer will be. HTH

**BoredBloke** · 28 April 2006, 07:40

As the parent of a blind child, I agree with what is happening here. OK this is an extreme state of affairs, but where would you draw the line? So the letters are only 3mm too short, so that is ok - what is 3 mm? But what if they were 5mm, or 10mm too short. When does the short become too short.

People with poor sight do not have the option of using their own forms of transport for the obvious reasons. Because they cannot simply jump into their car, having a sign to inform those who have some useable sight is not too much to ask. The standards were produced to provide uniformaty, allowing somebody to travel, knowing that if they can read the signs on one leg of their journey then they can expect to be able to read the signs on other parts of it.

**Gold Dalek** · 28 April 2006, 07:43

Originally posted by EternalOptimist

i hate to be a quibbler , but the sun is always bright even on a cloudy day. In fact it stays bright even at night time. The next time you see a full moon at night ring someone in Australia (eg Rolf Harris) and ask them if the sun is bright. I can guarantee what the answer will be. HTH

I hate to be a quibbler , but Rolf Harris is actually currently living in the UK, so to ring him about the weather in Australia would be pointless.

HTH

Oh Dear: Spot the difference (it's 3mm)