Another "Hmmm"!
There surely is surely something 'definitely not right' about the 'rules' if they have to say that non-conformity with the rules is acceptable if conforming with them would result in confusion, isn't there??
Kind Regards, John
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There surely is surely something 'definitely not right' about the 'rules' if they have to say that non-conformity with the rules is acceptable if conforming with them would result in confusion, isn't there??
Kind Regards, John
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On the face of it, taking your comment out of any other context or conversations, I have to agree.Another "Hmmm"!
There surely is surely something 'definitely not right' about the 'rules' if they have to say that non-conformity with the rules is acceptable if conforming with them would result in confusion, isn't there??
Kind Regards, John
However real life is very complicated sometimes and there will always be situations where the rules don't quite work and adhering to the rules would be confusing and therefore life threatening. The exit signs are put up for safety reasons and would blatently contravine H&S law which makes it illegal to do something hazardous to others. Therefore a balancing act is sometimes required between rules and safety and this is incorperated into the rules about exit signs.
The man looks fatter now
Maybe over did it at Christmas?
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Quite.
My point was a generalisation, which I think must always be true - that one simply cannot have a "rule" (or regulation, or even law) which says "If complying/conforming with this rule causes confusion, you must not comply/conform with it". At the vey most, it then becomes 'guidance', not a 'rule'.
Indeed - so they can only give 'guidance' or 'recommendations', in relation to common situations - and cannot (should not) attempt to create 'rules'. A 'rule' which can (or, in some circumstances, 'must') be broken is not really a 'rule' in my book!
Kind Regards, John
Not at all. As I said, I would undoubtedly ignore any arrows unless they were telling me which way to go at a junction, so I personally don't care which direction they point.
The issue is all about others, and 'rules'.
Kind Regards, John
This pdf has the details held in BS5499-4:2013. No idea why road signs, airplane regs, French or German signs are quoted.
http://www.trafalgarfire.co.uk/_web...es/Guidance Fire Safety Signs and Notices.pdf
Good to see you, and I hope all is well with you and yours.
I would suggest that at least one of the reasons why those various other things (at least, the UK ones!) are being quoted (albeit not by me)) is probably that those are things which people are familiar with, so if 'Fire Safety Signs' were inconsistent with (or, worse, contradictory to) those things, there could presumably be resultant (potentially dangerous) confusion.
I doubt that many of the people who will ever need to use emergency routes/exists will ever have seen (or, in most cases, even heard of) BS5499-4:2013, so the contents of that, per se, will not assist the 'users'.
Kind Regards, John
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Captain Nemesis
Is it one of those puzzles where you have to spot the differences? Should I look at the traditional favourites of numbers of coat buttons etc?
Actually Ive just noticed that his head is closer to the top of the doorway in the right illustration. Maybe it means no tall people to use the exit, or its a ban on banging your head as you run through.
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Captain Nemesis
Have you considred that they dont know either?
Not an uncommon situation.
Thanks for quoting OP, reading it again there is of course no question that it should be sympathetic with whats on sight.
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