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Jul 3, 2018 at 3:56 PM | Supertroll
How do you know they were unwanred? From your description, it seems they had formed a mutual support group. Single traffic cones are very vulnerable to being picked up by drunken students for a solo night of entertainment, but a year or two later, they still haven't left
golf charlie
I have seen clusters of unwanted traffic cones, up to 20 strong nestled one inside another like slipper limpet mating chains. Is the lowest cone, like its molluscan lookalike, female and the rest male? I suspect sexing traffic cones is a very skilled operation.
If you disagree, then bollards to you.
Supertroll
I think the purchasing department at the London end over ordered traffic cones and it shows - more than can be sensibly justified by proximity to the capital I think.
Jul 3, 2018 at 10:57 AM | tomo
The M4 and M25 are used as a (long term) temporary holding camps for migrating cones when they are evicted from squats on London's Roads. A bit of country air is thought to do them some good, but over extended periods they go a bit green around the reflective strips.
The A3 north of Portsmouth has been another favoured summer camp over recent years, and the M27 from Fareham towards Chichester has recently become a dumping ground for cones "rescued" by Medecin Sans Frontiere.
It does seem that no one wants to pay for temporary accommodation for homeless cones, so they just get moved-on occasionally, rather than get locked away in warehouses.
golf charlie
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stewgreen
Jul 3, 2018 at 10:57 AM | tomo
It can be a bit uncomfortable for car drivers too!
golf charlie
Gwen. He obviously didn't have the sense to take a downer.
Jul 3, 2018 at 8:49 AM | Supertroll
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golf charlie
gc
nervous air travelers might not want to know how many times the M4 has been mistaken for a Heathrow runway.
Being a regular night time M4 user at the moment I see significant differences in operational implementations between the London and Bristol ends when it comes to light bulb changing - I think the purchasing department at the London end over ordered traffic cones and it shows - more than can be sensibly justified by proximity to the capital I think.
tomo
It already takes 3 vans and 7 people to change a light bulb - you are simply inviting them to add an air traffic liaison officer and the extra cost of NOTAMs to each task.
Jul 3, 2018 at 9:07 AM | tomo
Even if a single white bulb is fitted, it may appear more colourful and dazzling than the Blackkpool Illuminations. Air traffic liason may be required to prevent planes from landing in housing estates
golf charlie
gc 8:07
Human flight and Highways England (Highways Agency is no more) ?
It already takes 3 vans and 7 people to change a light bulb - you are simply inviting them to add an air traffic liaison officer and the extra cost of NOTAMs to each task.
tomo
There are thousands of blue and yellow traffic cones cast aside on the eastern reaches of the M4 - they look like a failed project to diversify the colour of traffic cones and have never been satisfactorily explained (no High Voltage warning on these) - they just sit forlornly in groups alongside the M4 disappearing into the grass.... unwanted and unloved it seems.