Motorway information signs

"Think! Don't drive tired, take a break". It was flashing at me on my way home again this evening. I'd love to take a break, but it's not practical on my way home from work and you need a mortgage to buy refreshments at services. Strange that this "warning" notification only started at the same time that some local motorway services opened.

The thing is, you see these things flashing in the distance and you wonder whether you're heading into the back of a multiple pile-up. Then you're finally enlightened with some useless infomation: Think! Don't drive tired; Think! Don't drink and drive; Think! Don't use your mobile while driving. Just fuck off and tell us something useful, like whether there are hold-ups ahead that can be avoided if we get off the road at the next junction. Or the footie scores or something like novel ideas for things to do with cous-cous or raffia. Actually, they could publish useful household tips up there. That'd be more useful than being woken up by all those flashing lights while you're trying to have a snooze in the traffic jam.

There's a fantastic facility on the Highways Agency website where you can click on an area of the UK map and see what each of these signs are communicating at any one time.

I must say, I'm very impressed - most useful while you're doing 90mph in the fast lane.

Arsewipes.