Or the potential to be distracted from an actual risk by the sign, or to cause evasive action that results in an incident to happen if surprised by the sign...but it seems to me a bad idea to normalise seeing children in the road that you don't have to react to. — Craig Marriott
I wonder how much more some speed bumps or other similar physical (engineering) controls would have been for the car park? — MattD2
I would also suggest the carpark in the photo (plus many others I come across) could benefit from a reverse parking policy. — Matt Ward
Yes, don't have store entry/exit next to a driveway, don't have long corridors that vehicles can build up speed anywhere peds are going to be. A classic fail is to have the Mall on one side of a road and a car park on the other.Dedicated, demarcated and physically separated zones for pedestrians and vehicles would seem the trick here Stuart. Have seen it done effectively in some carparks where guardrails guide pedestrians and prevent people crossing anywhere other than a dedicated crossing point. Relatively low cost. Signs (no matter how great) should only be supplementary to real 'hard' controls. — Matt Ward
I'll remind you all. Eliminate, Substitute, Administrate. — Bruce Tollan
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