someone explain a couple of road sighns

[FROSTY:Me]

WTF is the point in a road sighn saying 95 when ya in a 100km/h zone ?
I mean really --what the heck diff will 5km/h make?
also --Whats with all the sighns warning car drivers about me??
Slippery when frosty--When frosty what? rided his oily old xj900 down the road?
Crashes on the road ? --Or is it just a general warning to cagers watch out for frosty? :spudwhat:

[Jantar]

The 95 advisory sign is because the LTSA KNOW that most drivers are actually doing 110 - 120 safely, but that particular corner just needs a bit more care.

The "Slippery when Frosty" is actually a misprint. It should read "Frosty is Slippery"

[madandy]

Yeah those 95 signs crack me up...
Frost tends to affect roads all day in shaded condition...so "Frosty is Slippery when Shady" :spudwave:

[Krusti]

I've never come across any of those slippery snakes yet either. Keep looking tho.

Always make a note not to send my kids to any school which has a sign up the road stating "SLOW SCHOOL" Slow kids should go to normal schools

[Riff Raff]

The 95 advisory sign is because the LTSA KNOW that most drivers are actually doing 110 - 120 safely, but that particular corner just needs a bit more care.

So it's ok to do them at 160+ ?
I saw heaps of those 95 corners on the way back from Welly.

[What?]

My favourites are:

"55Km/h" (corner) in a 50K zone.

"Winding road next x Km" placed several Km into a twisty stretch.

[magnum]

"slippery when frosty" crashes,the oil slick left behind

[Will]

Aaaah, so those numbers on the corner refer to Ks and not miles?

That's gonna take the fun outa them.

[Sniper]

Yeah those 95 signs crack me up...
Frost tends to affect roads all day in shaded condition...so "Frosty is Slippery when Shady" :spudwave:

You guys get 95kph signs in the North. And just when I thouight North Islander were becoming normal.

[XTC]

5km differevce up there makes 30km down here......

[scumdog]

The side road by my place goes from 50kph to 70kph - and the sign showing that is place 18-20metres before from a complulsory Stop sign!

It's murder booting it from 50 to 70 then slamming on the brakes for the stop sign!

[Jonty]

Aaaah, so those numbers on the corner refer to Ks and not miles?

That's gonna take the fun outa them.

mmmm - I guess it is not 95 degrees! Maybe they should have signs with degrees on the twisties. Would be great for getting lines right and a potential market for portable gyro's for bike dashs.....

ahh what am I saying, much more fun not knowing if you are going to overshoot

[Posh Tourer :P]

There was one I saw that had a 50km sign on the left, and a 70km sign on the right (I think it is around Tuakau - FF?) Thats the way it ought to be - you can go faster when you are overtaking!

[MSTRS:Me]

The side road by my place goes from 50kph to 70kph - and the sign showing that is place 18-20metres before from a complulsory Stop sign!

It's murder booting it from 50 to 70 then slamming on the brakes for the stop sign!

You're not looking ahead, are you. Have trouble in the corners, hmmm??

[Marmoot]

The 95 advisory sign is because the LTSA KNOW that most drivers are actually doing 110 - 120 safely, but that particular corner just needs a bit more care.

So why not say "110 is ok but needs a bit more care"?
Bloody government....always cannot say the obvious and only say the ambiguous.....

What? The sign becomes too big? Make it with smaller font.