I saw on the BBC Somerset website today http://tinyurl.com/32lqysh that brown road signs are due to be replaced in order to support tourism in the county. Interestingly however, no mention was made as to what they were going to be replaced with. Has the county invested in some of Derek Cozen’s useless electronic flashing traffic lights that featured on last week’s Dragon’s Den, or are we going to see bumpkins standing on the side of the road pointing in the vague direction of a landmark as part of David Cameron’s big society plan. Perhaps they will follow the National Trust lead and paint them fluorescent orange (as mentioned elsewhere this evening) or maybe it will it be something else altogether?

What do you think these signs should be replaced with if anything? Should they be left alone, or are too many signs already a distraction to drivers? And if there is a possibly expensive solution who do you think should pay for it. Discuss it here.