Plans to replace some British road signs with standardised European ones are "more sinister, controlling EU moves," says UKIP Deputy Leader Paul Nuttall.
"They want to control and nanny our every movement and employ armies of pen pushers – at our expense – to come up with more and more restrictive ideas,” he said.
"This proposal is designed to tie in with vehicle technology which can read road signs and talk to the driver. It follows earlier plans for the mandatory installation of black boxes in all cars to record 20 types of data including recent vehicle movements and vehicle speed.
"These new European Commission plans involve replacing our red circle speed signs and no entry signs on A Roads with signs which would be standard across the 28 member states.
"It is nonsense and would needlessly serve to confuse our motorists. It would also be a colossal waste of money, as would their other ridiculous plan of standardising road markings. The cost of repainting would run into hundreds of millions of pounds.
"These new European Commission plans involve replacing our red circle speed signs and no entry signs on A Roads with signs which would be standard across the 28 member states.
"It is nonsense and would needlessly serve to confuse our motorists. It would also be a colossal waste of money, as would their other ridiculous plan of standardising road markings. The cost of repainting would run into hundreds of millions of pounds.
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