Ohhhh! Is THAT what they're for.

[wingman]

Was driving in deepest Lincolnshire today on my way up to Jim's place, when I started to notice red road signs with white lettering saying 'ER Out'. Originally, I thought these might have something to do with the military, but I thought that military signs are red lettering on a white background.

Turns out that they are evacuation routes in the event of severe flooding of the vulnerable East Lincs coastal towns. They direct 'evacuees' to higher ground and safety. The signs are not only for locals, but for visitors and holidaymakers unfamiliar with area. The signs also serve to keep traffic on designated routes which allow other routes to be used for the emergency responders.

Every day's a school day eh?

 

[rosalan]

The best signs can advise, inform or as in this anti-royalist sign, misinform.

 

[frogijock]

Lincolnshire council did not inform the populace about these signs and for months us locals had not a clue what they referred to

 

[DavidG58]

thanks for that, we have just driven back from Thetford via Lincs, saw loads of those signs and wondered

we also noted how many lay byes the CC provide and maintain. more on the A17 from Kings Lynn to Newark than we have spotted in virtually the rest of the country, good on you Lincs CC

 

[frogijock]

They may be good with supplying lay-bys but they are total cr-p at maintaining road surfaces

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[Gromett]

I have never seen these signs. I better open my eyes in future. Although I do know Lincs well enough to know my way out already

 

[Welsh girl]

Well that explains them. I've seen them and wondered what they were. Thanks for explaining.

 

[Stretto Boy]

Doesn't 'ER Out' mean the missus isn't at home, probably shopping?

 

[Chrysalis]

Doesn't 'ER Out' mean the missus isn't at home, probably shopping?

That warning would need an apostrophe, Stretto Boy ! It might also mean that the lady's cricket innings was over!

 

[Stretto Boy]

I did spot the punctuation error in the official sign, so corrected it in my post! It's like the apple's sign at the fruit counter in the supermarket. So annoying. P.S. Aaaaaaargh! Just noticed the rogue ' after Out in my post. Must improve my typing. Exit stage left in shame to eat humble pie (or 'umble pie) . . . . . . . .

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[Dare_Devil_Dennis]

I grind my teeth at road signs That either do not inform or miss-inform. How about the common "USE BOTH LANES FOR xxx"? If I did, and straddled two lanes, I would get at best a few rude gestures and at worst a "pull" from a Police Officer. What is wrong with "USE EITHER LANE FOR xxx"? Before anyone instructs me that the sign does not address me personally but the traffic collectively, please consider "MERGE IN TURN" signs which do address the individual driver. No consistency here.

Come on, own up, who writes the standards for these "informative" signs? Someone gets a good salary out of it.