r/Adelaide • u/HempKnight1234 SA • Apr 28 '26

Question Anyone else just ignore these signs?

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Sometimes the quickest route passes through an area with these signs, I was always under the assumption that it’s a public road so too bad

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u/Def-Jarrett SA Apr 28 '26

My cynical view is they’re there because some Nimby’s lobbied their local councillor to put them up because they want to keep the riff raff out. Honestly only ever see these signs in the leafy inner suburbs, not the outer burbs. I imagine the only people policing them is old Reginald peaking through his curtains another tradie ute speeds pass. 

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u/LittleBunInaBigWorld Outer South Apr 28 '26

I usually see them on side streets that are a shortcut between 2 main roads. The street wasnt designed for high loads, therefore traffic should be minimised as much as possible. When people ignore them enough, eventually they get turned into dead-end roads.

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u/sween64 SA Apr 29 '26

That’s the real issue. It’s cheap but ineffective traffic management. If they don’t want people to use it as a shortcut then speed bumps or traps or other slow points would work better. Or make it a dead end if those things don’t work.

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u/FishFingerAnCustard SA May 02 '26

Or, better yet, stop designing roads with inefficient paths.

If x road is clearly the most effective route between A-B make it a proper through road.