Fly Posters
If Fly posting is illegal, why is it seemingly allowed to go by unchecked? I raise this point having just driven into town and notice that EVERY traffic light on both sides of the road have been equipped with huge plastic coated posters advertising a late night drinking establishment.
The owners of this club have shown a blatant disregard of our environment and are promoting urban decay along with their club. Those responsible and should not only be prosecuted but also be made to personally removal of these unsightly signs before they become just another piece of litter at the side of the road.
(OLD POST THAT I CANT DELETE!)
Bill
Edited by: Bill in Warrington at: 26/3/06 3:45 pm
At the beginning of last year, the council had a press release in the Guardian stating how they were going to get tough on fly posting. Later that same year, the council flyposted all the traffic lights with posters promoting an event at the Pyramid centre which prompted me to write into the Guardian to complain.
The council thanked me for pointing this out and said they would take steps to remove them and ensure that this doesn’t happen again. So why are there signs attached to the traffic lights again promoting the development of the Carrington (Rylands) development?
Even more bizarre are the bright fluorescent orange stickers that have now been stuck to these posters stating that the poster has been cancelled but the event remains on????????
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And B&Q putting there own bill boards up at the edge of there property on the A49.
John Regular Poster
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(26/3/06 1:52 pm) Reply
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I seem to remember reading some time ago that one council dealt with this problem by putting stickers over the posters to say the event had been cancelled. Presumably this would be an effective deterrent. They could do the same with B&Q, saying that the store was closed. Okay, it wouldn't stop everbody but it would probably put a dent in their profits. The only real solution would be for the council to licence all events/businesses and to recind the licence if they used unauthorised advertising. If the event still went ahead then they should be able to confiscate all the takings.
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I've just realised the Guardian did cover this but it was well back from the normal news stuff. Seems they’re following along the lines you mentioned John. I've posted this up on the main website because I think that this is so wrong. NEWS PAGE
If the signs are a heath and safety issue because of the distraction factor for drivers, then adding more signs can only make matters worse or am I missing the point?
Everyone knows that it's illegal to flypost, especially on highway furniture but because everyone else does it (including the council), it must be ok to do. It's cheap effective advertising but it makes our town look a mess and as long as nobody ever gets prosecuted or told to take the signs down they’ll just carry on doing it.
Countryside Properties are a massif company with loads of money and they know full well that they are breaking the law by flyposting. Begs the question if WBC are scared of upsetting them because there potential investors. I bet they’re thanking WBC for all the free publicity they’re getting on this one!
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Local residents should cut them down as soon as they go up. The fly posters would soon see that they are wasting their time.
The signs close to me don't last very long.
You could argue that they are the property of the fly posters but if they want to take me to court they are more than welcome to o so. Plus I store the signes in a water proof container for a limited time in case they are reclaimed. Then the bin man empties said container.
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It's comming up to three months now and while the countryside properties signs have dissapeared the ones advertising video to DVD conversions are still up on just about every trafic light in the town.
I think that the local media should refuse to print council press releases that are just empty promisses or at the very least add a footnote that they will report back if they fail to do what they claim. If they were a business, they would end up being reported to trading standards or even the press complaints comission for wrongfull advertising.
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If they were a business, they would end up being reported to trading standards or even the press complaints comission for wrongfull advertising.
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