MOTORISTS have described a new give way sign on a busy Wokingham road as ‘ridiculous’ and ‘dangerous’.
The sign has been installed on Reading Road to reduce speeds, with vehicles heading towards Arborfield required to yield to oncoming traffic.
However, drivers cited limited visibility due to the sign’s location on a bend.
Shinfield resident, Rob Boreham-Fish, said: “Why would anybody think it was a good idea to spend thousands of pounds sticking a signpost literally in the middle of the road on bends, forcing you into oncoming traffic?
“The signs tell you to give way, but you can’t see what you are or aren’t giving way to!
“At night, there are no lights, just reflective bollards. These installations need removing as soon as possible before the council has a fatality on their hands.”
Cllr Paul Fishwick, executive member for active travel, transport and highways, responded by confirming the sign had complied with road safety checks.
He said: “We’d like to assure residents that this scheme had already passed the first two stages of an independent Road Safety Audit before installation, which would have considered issues like the layout, road markings and positioning of signs as part of both the preliminary and detailed design phases.
“This also included two visits to the site, and examination of the existing layout, by members of the audit team.
“Now that the work has substantially finished, we’re booking the third and final stage, in which an independent party will again visit both during the day and at night.
“They will be accompanied by a road safety trained police officer on one of these visits as well, and will suggest safety improvements afterwards if they are needed.”
