OT: 11mph Odd site speed limit ?

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They are urban clearways.

Spotted today behind London's Oxford St.

You know the reverse writing on the front of emergency vehicles? Soon all notices will be written that way :-)

Thank you ...

Its relatively rare only occuring in inner city centres now I believe. It can still catch you out, especially with some smart arse french driver determined to show foreigners the error of his ways.

Very clever but it is only a national variant of a standard international sign. Its meaning is still perfectly clear.

In Belgium on the 70s and later, many signs prohibiting cycling or warning of cyclists depicted a man with a trilby hat riding his bike in a sedate upright position!

Unfortunately this gives the impression that it only relates to France, which is incorrect.

Different countries use signs in different ways. In the Netherlands, for example, I once saw a no priority crossroads sign with a plate below it saying 'X 3'

However, before meting the next major junction we only encountered two junctions so we had to assume that it also applied to the farm entrance we had passed!

Many signs - the priority sign is one of them - cancel at each junction.

Belgium is punctillious about providing repeaters after every junction along the entire length of road with priority

- I've also seen cancellation signs a few feet from a set of traffic lights!

Other countries are not so good and the French can leave you guessing at times!

Entering a northern French town a few years ago we passed a concellation sign so I was very wary when approaching the large number of side roads on the right but was puzzled to see that every single one had the broad slab of white that passes for a stop line in France.

In the centre of the town, though, there was a large grassy area on the right with a converging road on the far side of it. Glancing across I could see a French car travelling at the same speed as me and it was obvious that we would both reach the junction at the same time.

I eased off and, sure enough, the French car swept out in front of me - at no point did the driver look to his left: it was his priority and that was that!

That was the only junction in the town with priority to the right!

You are most likely to encounter junctions with priority to the right on small side roads in towns. You approach a junction and spot another car coming from your left which is going to get to the intersection before you, so you slow down. But the other driver sees you and stops because it is your priority and if you don't take it they can get very annoyed!

Yes but not just France and it can and does often apply to junctions between two minor roads.

Er no. The exact reverse.

It is the equivaleint of a clearway typoe sign - you have priority .

It can still catch you out, especially with some smart arse french driver determined to show foreigners the error of his ways.

The same reason a driving test appointment is never a "cardinal" point on the clock face, presumably they have found using this psychology makes candidates punctual.

So double it. Four times. Then move the point.

... or in this case, it's 1*11 + 0.6*11 and I hope you know your eleven times table so you can do pre-decimal currency arithmetic... :)

Andy

What pre-decimal currency uses 11?

(I think 11 was "just for the sake of completeness" between 10 and 12.)

How much is four boxes of eggs at 11d each?

(44d. 3/8. I think, I'm a bit young for that)

Andy

well its 3' 8d if each BOX is 11d or its rather dependent on how many eggs there are in a box if its 11d an egg, as each dozen eggs is obviously 11/-

so 6 to a box its 22/- or £2 2s 0d. or two guineas.

Or 126 groats, I believe.

Current cheapest eggs I buy are a quid for a box of six.

So around 20d in old money or 1'8d

Tesco value eggs are a bit cheaper at £.08 *2.4 = 19.2d each

I am not sure even back in the day you could get a half dozen eggs for 11d.

I found some data for 1970 where eggs were 3s 4d (40d) for a box of 6.

So its entirely unclear as to wether the OP was referring to prices today in old money, in which case 11d an egg is pretty cheap and 11d a box is ridiculous, or back in the 1950s, when it is JUSAT conceiveable tahat a half dozen eggs might have been had for less than a shillling, though I doubt it even then, or they would have featured more in my childhood than they did.

One obscure reference in a BBC article suggest 3d a half dozen in WWI!!!

So 11d a box might havce been a reality in the 1930s or thereabouts.