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Old September 18th 04, 12:47 PM
Paul Hopwood
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Conor wrote:

Most people probably don't know nor have any reason to know the
numbers of the main roads. Even if they use the road daily they
probably know where it goes and how to get there so why would they
need to know what number it's been designated?


So you're telling me that you live in whatever town you live in, work
at a place in the same town, know where the High St is but can't
describe how to get from the High St to where you work?


I don't recall telling you any such thing.


You must be joking. I've quoted it above. At no point did I mention
road numbers did I so why did you?


I believe knowing them is all part and parcel of navigation. Unless
you happen to be local and/or have a street map then directing without
them is difficult.

It's not unusual for older/larger cities tend to have several main
roads with the same name, which might once of been part of the same
road but been split by urban development. Roads called "London Road"
or with the names of adjacent towns are common and sometimes
duplicated.

I live on a main road in/out of town and regularly get stopped and
asked for directions; the people asking rarely have more than an UK
road map and an address. If the address isn't close by it'd be
difficult to give directions they were able to follow without
referring to road numbers.

OK then, I assume you've got Satnav so using the following delivery
address tell me what roads the following are on:


Cadbury Trebor Bassett
PO Box 12, Bournville
Birmingham


And number 2:


Grange Storage
Batley
West Yorkshire.


Ok, fair enough, point taken.

If I did happen to drive for a living I would probably invest in GPS.
That said, it wouldn't be helpful with your examples, but at least you
could just call and ask for their postal code - I'm sure even the
dumbest receptionist could manage to provide that.

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