What a UK metric road signs changeover could look like

We have explained the need to go metric, to have metric road signs, and have given many examples of what metric road signs would look like. I also believe metrication is a good time to have a look at signage improvements including clutter removal.  I do not plan on going into too much detail about the changeover, as metrication and road signs have been rather overdone (on this blog). But I do intend on looking at the key points.

Signage improvements: Cycle, bus, tram, and car sharing lanes

In this article, signage improvements are suggested for cycle lanes, bus lanes, and car sharing lanes which are also known as carpool lanes and officially known as High Occupancy Vehicle lanes (HOVs).  As well as metricating the signs and making times 24 hour (which are the most important), improvements which make the signs clearer are also shown, and some new signs are suggested.

Example signs are shown in this article.

Metrication and improvement of road works signs

In this article, we look at road works signs. The most important thing is to make the road signs metric, as part of a general road signs metrication programme. As well as this, there are many improvements that can be made to the road works signs, including getting rid of superfluous words and supplementary plates, and in making the signs clearer in general, and examples to illustrate these improvements are shown in this article.

24 hour time on road signs is also needed

We have mentioned the need to go metric in previous articles. What also needs to be done is to use 24 hour time only where time does and should appear on road signs (e.g. No parking between 09:00 and 18:00).  Examples of 24 hour road signs, and other related improvements (such as getting rid of wordy signs) are also shown in this article.

Restriction signs and depth indicators

Following on from the previous article "Supplementary plates for warning and restriction signs", this article looks at restriction signs and depth indicators, which needs to be converted to metric-only.  This article gives examples of metric-only signs for height restrictions, width restrictions, and length restrictions signs, signs warning of restrictions ahead, and correcting the symbol on the already metric weight restriction signs.  In addition to this, an example of a metric-only depth indicator is shown.