seen that on top gear last night, made me piss my pants, i thought you were sposed to have taken xmas trees down by now

 

PMSL


But ive never seen it.....

 

I saw that on topgear lastnight and thought WTF. If that is real can someone let me know where it is so I can avoid it

 

someone put a picture of it up at work, with the following statement

"After many hours of consultation, network rail decided that the easiest way to confuse a driver and increase spads, was to install multi-aspect signals at all major junctions"

 

yup i spotted on top gear too! wtf!

 

purely decorative IMO

Supposed to look like the surrounding tree's i think.

Waste of Money if you ask me

 

No its a bit of artwork.

Cool aint it.

EDIT

Pierre Vivant's Traffic Light Tree is apparently on Heron Quays roundabout.

Link

 

for those that dont know, a spad is not a retard, it stands for Signal Passed At Danger - railway term meaning the driver ran a red light

 

dan you spad

 

just cos my mummy says im special

 

found this on the web

Traffic Light Sculpture, Canary Wharf
Situated in the middle of a roundabout, this sculpture confuses unsuspecting motorists every day. Standing over eight metres tall it has 75 fully working traffic signal heads. It was created by Pierre Vivant and is in the shape of two plane trees. The light sequence mainly displays just red and amber - supposedly to mimic the 24 hour nature of the city behind.

 

Whys there a few on green in that pic then?

 

you certainly are

 

The light sequence mainly displays just red and amber

Doesn't say only red and amber

 

Next sculpture will be one of Gatsos

 

Fuck approaching that whilst doing your driving test

 

I used to drive past that everyday when i was doing bus driving,you got used to it after a while. Some of these artist have some weird ideas

 

Agree with Ryan, bit of a waste of time really, don't think it represents fook all!

 

Quite impressive though at the same time.

Think i will still put this on my list on things to go and see.

 

yeah i pass it when we go shopping, the only place in london ya dont have to cue whilst shopping is the isle of dogs asda as no fooker lives there on weekends

first time i seen it i did wonder but it was on green so i went through, on the way back they was loads of colours so i waited then took a gamble

strange though as its deffo somink that will confuse and could cause a crash yet theres no signs stating its not real ect on it

also causes traffic when the other new people wait for em

 

im glad you said it wasnt a real traffic signal ginge as i was gonna ask that not very fuckin obvious is it really

 

no a spad is also a retard lol

alex

 

J871yhk,

 

Just for you...

 

alex you cock whore

 

shut it