In such cases several hoardings overlap each other. This not only presents an ugly skyline but also offends aesthetic sense. Certain spots are too solemn or dignified to merit these huge structures in their proximity. However they continue to cause visual pollution near religious and educational institutions and even at crematoriums. Recently I came across a huge billboard extolling the virtues of a new model of a coir- mattress outside a cemetery.
Conclusions are for the reader to draw.
There are clear guidelines regarding the size and placement of hoardings on roadsides but these are observed more in breach than in practice. The traffic rules also do not permit any distraction for a driver's eye in the zone of acute vision, a 30 cone from the eye to 50 metres away. The mind takes cognisance of any distraction, visual or otherwise in this zone. But in reality this is not possible. In easy driving conditions, absentmindedness is probably the greatest danger.