Public notices attached to lamposts / myLot

Preston, England

October 1, 2015 4:50pm CST

I find it weird that in the UK, the government still announces proposed planning ideas, licensing changes, parking legislation and requests for compulsory purchase of land by pinning notices to lamp-posts and the walls of various buildings. surely in the age of the internet and social networking such notification methods should be totally obsolete. If you life outside the UK does your country do this too? Arthur Chappell

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Lynn Proctor

@ThankyouLord (698)

• St. Petersburg, Florida

19 Dec 15

Well, the internet is great, but there are so many people who still do not spend much time on it for the purpose of finding information. And the information you are describing would either fall under local news or a government run website, which no one would see. I think sometimes we rely too much on the internet to spread information. I think it is a tool, but not the only tool. Telephones, notices on telephone poles, letters, radio, TV, all are valid means of spreading the word.

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (44941)

• Preston, England

21 Dec 15

We should use those as well but often they are the only way the information is promoted

Koalemos

@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

3 Oct 15

It is probably considered far safer to display the information this way because less people will read a notice board and therefore very few will object to the proposal.

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (44941)

• Preston, England

3 Oct 15

yes, I think that is the intention though really radical political opponents are wise to it

Cahaya

@cahaya1983 (11116)

• Malaysia

2 Oct 15

No, the only notices you see on lamp posts here are notices by unlicensed money lenders and moving truck rentals. But they usually don't stay there very long.

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Jekca

@Jessicalynnt (50523)

• Centralia, Missouri

1 Oct 15

I am assuming it's habit now, I guess, lol, not sure this kind of thing has been done in America for years.

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Joanie

@Freelanzer (10782)

• Canada

2 Oct 15

No we don't. Actually it is frowned upon. They would mail notices to you but never on lamp posts. I don't like to see any notices on public buildings or lamp posts.

Fleur

@Fleura (34927)

• United Kingdom

2 Oct 15

The thing is that local people, the ones who are affected by whatever is on the notice, are likely to walk past the notice. All the other places they would have to make the effort to go and look for it and might not do so.

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (44941)

• Preston, England

2 Oct 15

The wording on such notices is so obtuse that few bother reading them anyway. They almost exist just for the authorities to say they did announce things whilst minimizing protests about road widenings and eviction notices.

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