[headers]

Originally Posted by iraghava

The kind that has a girl friend & wants to retain her!

Originally Posted by esteem_lover

Now, why didn't i think of that ?

Now..this is getting interesting..guys!

[Murugan]

Chennai [Madras], the city of mega vinyl hoardings, is sporting a new look after the removal of more than 4000 'unauthorised' hoardings.

The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : Not for total ban on hoarding industry, says civic group

Signboards as hoardings catch Corp eye - Newindpress.com

Many of us are seeing buildings and trees that have been hidden for several years.

Personally I am for a total ban on advertisement hoardings on the roads for the following reasons

1. They are distracting to motorists
2. Occupy the pedestrian path and hinder their safe passage
3. During a thundershower or squall some of them fall down injuring and some times even killing people. See the link below for an example
The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad News : One killed, four injured as hoarding collapses on car
4. Cars also get crushed as desribed in the link above
5. Waste a lot of electricity with their high power bulbs
6. Obscure the view of buildings and trees behind them
7. Sometimes they even partially hide the signals
8. Block the ventilation and free movement of wind at times
9. Are eco-unfriendly due to the use of large vinyl sheets
10. Trees or their branches are sometimes cut down to make the hoardings more easily visible
The Hindu : Branches of tree cut to make hoarding visible

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[GTO]

Originally Posted by bblost

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[Murugan]

Originally Posted by GTO

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Oops! Looks like I did not search properly before posting.

[Murugan]

Originally Posted by supremeBaleno

Hmm, I can see your viewpoint Bennyboy. I know what you are missing in moderation - hoardings like these, na ? All I can say is you are not alone there ... many of us miss the pretty girls on the vinyl hoardings.

OK, ok, don't let wifey know..

Originally Posted by Mission_Safari

I loved the Saravana Stores hoardings with all those beautiful girls in it..

Now most of us will have to settle with staring at the buildings behind the hoardings

Many hoarding advertisers must have imagined that Chennaiites have a fetish for women's under arms ! How else would one explain hoardings like this which thankfully disappeared.

[Mission_Safari]

Doctor,

You took this pic for posting here or is this something in your archive of fond memories.

[Murugan]

Originally Posted by Mission_Safari

Doctor,

You took this pic for posting here or is this something in your archive of fond memories.

Appreciate your sense of humor! Well, it is part of a very large archive of photos that I have taken over the years and use in several talks on prevention of head injuries due to road and other accidents. As I have mentioned before, such hoardings are definitely a source of distraction for vehicle drivers.

[thiyags22]

Next time I visit Chennai, would definetly go to Mount road to see the thousand lights-gemini flyover stretch without the huge hoardings. Cant remember seeing that place without the hoardings.

[given2fly]

Originally Posted by headers

Hi, The hoardings were an eyesore and spoilt the beauty of the city.
... Also, note that most modern cities of the world dont have hoardings as much as we did!!

Went to the website and saw the nice-looking pictures of the city. However, another modern city in India loves to sell everything it has to commercialization. Would love to see the wiped out of the highways of Mumbai as well. Stupid ads and hoardings are so irritating!