[wahyinghung]

By The Associated Press
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LONDON - Stop smooching.

That's the message of a new sign that went up outside a train station in northern England on Monday.

The sign shows a profile of a couple kissing, with a diagonal red line across their image.

The goal is to stop departing passengers from pulling up in their cars at a crowded drop-off point and pausing to kiss each other farewell.

Virgin Rail says it installed the sign while refurbishing the station after a local business networking group said the place had to become more efficient.

But profit margins may have been a factor, too.

Virgin Rail says that if passengers want to share an embrace before they part company, they should pay to park their cars nearby where they can kiss all they want.

[Synaptik]

WTB: nanny state

[Philly74]

what's next ban holding hands. To make pathway more efficient

[metal]

Might as well ban carrying any luggage in your trunk, cus you'd have to take a minute to go and get that outta the trunk.

[Rikaro]

you won't understand how busy and how much more efficient the UK really is.

Vancouver is a fucking slow city. I'm sure there's at lease 1 coworker in your workplace that is either super lazy, or just plain stupid and slow

[_Hotsauce_]

^
Sounds like the entire Government work force!!

[Culture_Vulture]

wth LOL

But profit margins may have been a factor, too.

Virgin Rail says that if passengers want to share an embrace before they part company, they should pay to park their cars nearby where they can kiss all they want.
What a bs factor hahaha

[achiam]

I think the UK is more efficient because their rail system goes everywhere. The other thing, is that clocks are literally everywhere - I often think this freaks people out and increases their efficiency.

[orange7]

soon London will ban guys from jerking off..
then gg...

so many unnecessary laws...

why can't they just let orange7 make the rules for them??? :confused:

[Mancini]

It doesn't sound like it's enforced. I would never fail to give my wife a kiss when departing on a trip.

[hotjoint]

stupid

[Jason00S2000]

Londonistan soon won't have to worry, when the majority of women will be wearing the veil!

[Relyc]

you won't understand how busy and how much more efficient the UK really is.

Vancouver is a fucking slow city. I'm sure there's at lease 1 coworker in your workplace that is either super lazy, or just plain stupid and slow

No kidding. Anyone ever been on an escalator in Europe? It's like driving, if you're going slow you stand on the right and people can pass you. It's pretty unbelievable.

[twitchyzero]

^ well the universal etiquette for escalators is if you're not moving..you stand to the right and let whoever's in a rush on the left pass you just like driving.

[q0192837465]

lol, no wonder TopGear had a motion to remove all stupid signs. It's really ridiculous.

[tiger_handheld]

^ its diff in vancouver, you stand on the right and the left while on an escalator.
Just like driving.

[nipples]

^ well the universal etiquette for escalators is if you're not moving..you stand to the right and let whoever's in a rush on the left pass you just like driving.

there's actually government campaigns to stop this as they believe that it leads to the premature breakdown of the escalators from the uneven weight distribution lol

[static]

hongkong is like this too, it's common courtesy. Vancouver is just that, too laid back to give a damn.

[Mancini]

hongkong is like this too, it's common courtesy. Vancouver is just that, too laid back to give a damn.

QFT. Amen and amen.

[van_driver]

there's actually government campaigns to stop this as they believe that it leads to the premature breakdown of the escalators from the uneven weight distribution lol

:lol:lol

no way!

[Vansterdam]

saw this on the news