{"id":389,"date":"2010-02-27T21:44:27","date_gmt":"2010-02-27T10:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meganix.net\/pavement\/?p=389"},"modified":"2013-01-10T22:42:09","modified_gmt":"2013-01-10T11:42:09","slug":"dragon-teeth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meganix.net\/pavement\/2010\/02\/27\/dragon-teeth\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragon teeth"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Liberty Street, Enmore<\/p><\/div>\n

Rows of triangular marks have just been planted on roads in the Inner West. I had to do a bit of research to find out that they are Dragon\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Teeth. To date no fully armed warriors have sprung from the asphalt.<\/p>\n

The lexicon of official road signs continues to grow. The rollout of this latest addition apparently began in mid-2009, when the RTA\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s press release was dutifully rendered as a news story in the Sydney Morning Herald<\/a>. These triangular markings are meant to indicate to motorists that they are entering a 40 kmh school zone.<\/p>\n

The indignant Mr Peter Olsen, on his School Zone Santa.Com<\/a> blog, reckons that \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the Government has completely lost the plot on school zones. Static markings, including the proposed new \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcdragon’s teeth\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 achieve nothing because they do not distinguish between school zone hours and non-school zone hours\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, whereas if the school zone instead has flashing lights during the relevant hours \u00e2\u20ac\u0153drivers are instantly reminded and can slow down, but then of course the Government can no longer collect speeding fine revenue from them\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p>\n

Note to apostrophe pedants: Dragon\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Teeth is the official New South Wales Government term for these road marks (see Technical Direction TD 2009 SR02<\/a>). There is only one dragon involved. It is a particular toothy dragon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rows of triangular marks have just been planted on roads in the Inner West. I had to do a bit of research to find out that they are Dragon\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Teeth. To date no fully armed warriors have sprung from the asphalt. The lexicon of official road signs continues to grow. The rollout of this latest <\/p>\n

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