SammyTheSnake wrote:I found one of these very recently, coming around a corner in an NSL, there were (30) signs on both sides of the road about 5m before the first house of the village the 30 was for, *both* signs were partially obscured by trees.
Generally there will be some warning that you're coming upon a built up area. If you keep your eyes up you may see buildings in the distance on approach. There may be a church tower or steeple. There is often a name plate some distance before the village boundary. There is often the start of street lighting. There is sometimes a 'pedestrians in road' sign which tells you there are likely to be people on foot, which generally means people live there, and there are no footpaths on one or both sides of the road. In addition you will probably have past numerous direction signs that include a distance to the next village, so if you checked your odometer, you will know when to expect a built up area.