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Span Wires in the UK!

PostPosted: Sat May 25, 2013 7:50 am
by traffic-light-man
Check this out in the West Yorkshire city of Bradford, UK - it's relatively new, only about a year or two old.

There used to be an old Mellor one in nearby Leeds, but this was replaced with a mast-arm when the building it was attached to was demolished.

Re: Span Wires in the UK!

PostPosted: Sat May 25, 2013 8:08 am
by 3liteguy
That is cool to see, especially since it seems many of your installations are post mount over there. What do the squiggly lines indicate approaching the crossing?

Re: Span Wires in the UK!

PostPosted: Sat May 25, 2013 8:54 am
by Ampelfreund
I know that, but in UK very rare :)

in germany I know one trafficlight like this

Re: Span Wires in the UK!

PostPosted: Sat May 25, 2013 9:44 am
by coyttl
3liteguy wrote:That is cool to see, especially since it seems many of your installations are post mount over there. What do the squiggly lines indicate approaching the crossing?

The squiggly lines means you can't stop there, as you're in the visibility area of the crosswalk. :thumbsup:

Maybe it's the picture, but those look EXTREMELY high!! :grin:

Re: Span Wires in the UK!

PostPosted: Mon May 27, 2013 1:49 pm
by traffic-light-man
Yeah, that's correct. If you park/wait on the zig-zags, then you can get a £60 fine and 3 penalty points on your driving license. They use yellow zig-zags outside schools, to achieve the same thing.

I don't think they're any higher than our usual over-head street furniture. There is a legal maximum height set in the TSRGD - I can't remember it off the top of my head.

Re: Span Wires in the UK!

PostPosted: Mon May 27, 2013 4:03 pm
by signal-in-the-box
coyttl wrote:Maybe it's the picture, but those look EXTREMELY high!! :grin:

probably because of the double decker buses! :grin:

Re: Span Wires in the UK!

PostPosted: Tue May 28, 2013 10:58 am
by traffictechgreg
That's cool, they look so high! :drool: