Elderly people road sign

Bishbash · World Chat Champion Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Karma :

Chatting in the office today and road signs popped up in conversation...Riveting huh?

Anyway, he then explained that he read somewhere that the elderly people across the UK are angry due to the road sign, here is the article and sign;

stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

Never mind the sign. They ought to fit some of them with flashing orange lights.
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pa_broon74 · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Mar 2006 Karma :

A good excuse for a caption compo of sorts... What would you have instead. What iconic symbol represents old people?

A pair of pork pie shoes? Maybe just a walking stick? Would an incontenance pad be to ambiguous?

I feel a paint diagram coming on... (I should really get a proper job... Rolling Eyes

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Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

Maybe they should change it; many modern pensioners are in cars and they're a far bigger danger than the ones on foot!! Shocked

If pensioners are making a fuss over it they should just do away with those signs, they're for the pensioners benefit so if they want to complain about the signs then the easiest answer is to just get rid of the signs. Smile

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Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

Nah nah nah. The ones getting ploughed into won't be doing any more complaining about anything. Then there's the saving for society in respect of less state pensions, less medical care, less prescriptions, etc etc etc.

Yes, I'm a cunt. Razz

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Skudd · Super Spammer Joined: 01 Oct 2006 Karma :

You need to read between the lines and see it is a plot by the government bastard child scum to rid this piss pot sham of a dictatorial crappy country of old people who have squandered their lives by not seeing that their excuse of a life has buggered up the land and they are still leaching, like the parasitic scum they are, on the depraved society that we have to fester within. anyone with even the smallest IQ can see the facts for themselves or are you just moronic sheep being shafted by the Internet scum suckers. Rolling Eyes

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aaronb74 · Crazy Courier Joined: 05 Aug 2008 Karma :

WTF?? This is ridiculous. What about a sign showing a pension book some false teeth and a pack of Werthers Original instead? Oh and a bingo card as well, just so nobody's left out

The internationally recognised symbol for disabled toilets/parking spaces, etc clearly depicts someone in a wheelchair, yet I haven't heard a single complaint that this isn't representative of all people with disabilities.

As Ste said, if they don't like the signs, why not get rid of them altogether?
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Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

If they reinvented the OAP sign, what would they come up?

If the stop sign was invented today. Laughing

MaybeGuy · Super Spammer Joined: 12 Mar 2007 Karma :

has anyone ever actually seen a coffin dodger crossing by one of these? because im missing out if you have...

they're useless in the first place.
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b-f-c · Traffic Copper Joined: 06 Sep 2006 Karma :

Make a new one then Mr. Green

https://www.online-sign.com/catalog.php

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Misc · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Aug 2005 Karma :

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Itchy · Super Spammer Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Karma :

Looks like we need more signs , for the first time ever people of pensionable age out number under 16s , this is a huge demographic shift which means more taxes..
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