Cats eyes removed ...

What!!!

So with councils moaning about lack of funding and cuts to essential services, they still have time to a) discuss it and b) implement it. Appreciate its probably a low cost thing but even so, don't moan about lack of money if this is a focus!
 
camerassassin said:
Oh for goodness sake !
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cambsno said:
What!!!
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I found stronger words to use tbh :D

This was being discussed on the radio and it seems ( abridged version) that Percy Shaw was returning from the pub late one night, probably worse for wear,
and was just about to run off the road and fall into the abyss.
He saw a cat ( well the reflection of its eyes) sitting on the wall, which effectively saved his life...
The rest as they say is history.
 
Something to do with careless wording of original notices?
 
The route cause of the problem here is not the situation, the signs or even the resolution it's the fact that in this day and age apparently everyone's option is equally valid and should be taken seriously, honestly it high time we started just ignoring this kind of stupidity or countering it

And in actual fact there's another point the fact that either sign even exists is a signal of over zelious H&S and all it's doing is slowing the country down and wasting time and money, we don't need a sign to give us this information in the first place
 
MWHCVT said:
we don't need a sign to give us this information in the first place
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Yeah we do, how else are we going to notice they are missing, eh?
:D
 
MWHCVT said:
Well you know, driving with your eyes open, I learnt to do that the hard way :p
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Stunt driving on the Queens highway, is not compulsory you know :D
 
Next time I go to America will they take notice if I complain about shop signs selling "Fanny" pack cos I find fanny over this side of the puddle can have another meaning
 
Combine 'foreigners telling us what to do' with a dash of 'political correctness gone mad' and what do you get - a headline in the express, and people frothing at the mouthing OOF!
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MWHCVT said:
Yeah but I scored 6 points for that stunt
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Someone must have been impressed by it then, as that's the maximum for ice skating :thumbs:

:D
 
Not sure if it is worth mentioning...
If you look carefully at the article, it never says that the council have changed the signs "because" of complaints, it says "following" complaints. Note that these complaints are in the gutter journalist first place to look for quotes - social media. It also mentions (my bold)

A spokeswoman for Suffolk County Council said while they had received no complaints about the 'cat's eyes' signs, they were changing the name to match 'industry standards'
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So they state that the renaming is not due to the complaints. But they trick hard of thinking readers into mock outrage by apparently linking the two events even though no such link exists (you only have to read the article for that).

Also i see that "Cats Eyes" is a trademark:-

“Catseye” is the registered trademark of Reflecting Roadstuds Ltd it is incorrect to use this word or any phonetically equivalent such as “cats eyes” to describe roadstuds in general
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That is a far more likely reason why the signs have been changed don’t you think?

You could also check Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 5, which never mention the word "eye" but has 152 mentions of the word "stud", and also, a whole chapter titled "Road Studs". Shouldn’t mail reader be up in arms about this?

I still hold out hope that people will actually consider what they read and see such articles for what they are, you don’t need to engage much of your grey matter to do so!
 
Rapscallion said:
If you look carefully at the article, it never says that the council have changed the signs "because" of complaints, it says "following" complaints.
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Same thing surely

Rapscallion said:
Also i see that "Cats Eyes" is a trademark:-
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Yep and so is Hoover but people still use the word, to cover vacuum the carpet, I assume because its easier to say..
And "Cats eyes" are to the point, everyone knows what a cats eye is when mention with the word "road"
Road stud, wtf is that? could be a lump of metal holding the road together.

And a few more for your delight

These names are or were trademarked,
but are now often used to describe any brand in a product category.
  • Jet Ski. ...
  • Bubble Wrap. ...
  • Onesies. ...
  • Jacuzzi. ...
  • Seeing Eye Dog. ...
  • Breathalyzer.
 
Cobra said:
Same thing surely
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If you look at the article it clearly states that it isn't because of the complaints - see the only words from Suffolk county council - "A spokeswoman for Suffolk County Council said while they had received no complaints about the 'cat's eyes' signs, they were changing the name to match 'industry standards'".

Cobra said:
Yep and so is Hoover but people still use the word, to cover vacuum the carpet, I assume because its easier to say..
And "Cats eyes" are to the point, everyone knows what a cats eye is when mention with the word "road"
Road stud, wtf is that? could be a lump of metal holding the road together.

And a few more for your delight

These names are or were trademarked,
but are now often used to describe any brand in a product category.
  • Jet Ski. ...
  • Bubble Wrap. ...
  • Onesies. ...
  • Jacuzzi. ...
  • Seeing Eye Dog. ...
  • Breathalyzer.
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You are 100% correct, there are a lot of trademarks entering common language and I was merely suggesting alternatives as to why the signs were changed that at least had some logic rather than the drivel in that article.
 
Rapscallion said:
its in the mail article: -
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Ah yes the daily fail as you would say, no wonder I couldn't see it, I linked a totally different article ....
 
Cobra said:
Ah yes the daily fail as you would say, no wonder I couldn't see it, I linked a totally different article ....
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Does it say that the council received no complaint?
 
A local council in England has decided to change the name of the reflective road markings known as 'cat's eyes' in favour of 'road studs' after confused tourists and worried children thought real animals parts were used on British highways.


Let's be honest, just how many folk actually thought it involved animals/cats? It's just ridiculous.
 
Rapscallion said:
Does it say that the council received no complaint?
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Dunno didn't read it as that wasn't the article I linked ..
Why argue a point that isn't even under discussion from the available evidence?
 
Many aren't even studs (or eyes) now, but strips.
 
Cobra said:
Dunno didn't read it as that wasn't the article I linked ..
Why argue a point that isn't even under discussion from the available evidence?
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It's a nonsense story full stop. I have shown you clearly why with links and quotes. Perhaps expecting too much for you to acknowledge the facts put in front of you and agree the article you posted is BS and you instead choose to argue a side point of no consequence. So what that I linked to a different source, it was the same BS story for designed to incense little englanders to spout things like "WTF I mean seriously?" or "over zelious H&S" or "Oh for goodness sake !" to themselves in a fit of righteous indignation.
 
Rapscallion said:
I have shown you clearly why with links and quotes.
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No you haven't, its 2 news items about the same story, one is obviously true the other obviously not.
Mine is the truth because I say so ..
(That's how it works these days, isn't it? )

Rapscallion said:
story for designed to incense little englanders to spout things like "WTF I mean seriously?"
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No its a light hearted thread, about a story to make people like you bite.
Seems it never fails :thumbs:
 
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