I was a little surprised to see the replacement sign being installed about 5 feet in front of the existing 112 miles sign. I was surprised for two reasons. Firstly, there was nothing wrong with the existing sign – it was in perfect condition as far as I could tell. Secondly, the replacement sign had Aberdeen marked as being 115 miles away. I can’t imagine that Aberdeen (or Fife for that matter) had moved 3 miles further apart.<\/p>\n
However, after the works had been completed I noticed that the sign didn’t read Aberdeen 115 as I expected it to – it read Aberdeen 117<\/strong>. So Aberdeen and Dunfermline were now magically 5 miles further apart. I’m sure this fact pleases some people, however I was more intrigued at how such a mistake can be made…either the original 112 was incorrect or the new 117 is…or both as the image below might confirm.<\/p>\n In reality, the Aberdeen 115 sign was located less than a half mile further south (back “down” towards Admiralty). Thus the first sign we see is Aberdeen 115<\/strong>, then a few seconds later, we see Aberdeen 117<\/strong>…even though we have driven “up” the motorway in a northerly direction.<\/p>\n Who does one report such “issues” to? I’m going to contact Transport Scotland<\/a> to find out! <\/p>\n Technorati Tags: M90<\/a>, Fife<\/a>, Scotland<\/a>, roadsign<\/a>, road sign<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Yes, I realise that what I am about to write here is perhaps taking my status as a geek too far…. Within the last 10-12 months, I noticed a handful of road engineers physically removing a motorway distance to destination sign. It was on the northbound M90 just after the Admiralty “Sky TV” junction. At … Continue reading [geek thing] It’s a long way to Aberdeen from Dunfermline…longer now<\/span> ![](\"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/M90.jpg\")
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