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Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2024 07:10:54 No.2022126 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>2047433 >>2047462 >>2048134

Road signs. What do you think of them? Which country does them the best? Would you change anything in the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 18 Jun 2025 20:12:31 No.2045097 Report

Quoted By: >>2049635

>>2044694
>Mexicans move to America and refuse to learn English
>Mexicans live in Mexico and don't even know Spanish
it's all so tiresome

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 19 Jun 2025 23:34:52 No.2045269 Report

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>>2044679
conosur keeps winning

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 Jun 2025 01:23:34 No.2046617 Report

Quoted By: >>2046619

>>2044301
>ALTO
Rude
>>2044664
>PARE
I'll stop, you asked nicely.
Peru uses PARE btw.
And if you don't speak the language, that red shape is enough. And you shouldn't be driving if you're colorblind

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 Jun 2025 01:31:29 No.2046619 Report

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>>2046617
>And if you don't speak the language, that red shape is enough. And you shouldn't be driving if you're colorblind
True, which is why Mexican stop signs would unironically make more sense if there was no words on it at all

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 30 Jun 2025 09:31:33 No.2046659 Report

Quoted By: >>2046664

Just had an idea. Does any country do this? Imagine if the right turners get their own dedicated merge-in lane so they don't need to stop

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 Jun 2025 09:59:34 No.2046664 Report

Quoted By: >>2046708

>>2046659
Several states in the US already allow you to turn right on a red light/stop sign, including California, and you'll find many instances where inersections have dedicated right turn lanes.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 Jun 2025 16:55:43 No.2046708 Report

Quoted By: >>2046709

>>2046664
but how are those instances marked with road signs
>and you'll find many instances where inersections have dedicated right turn lanes.
well yeah, that's everywhere. what I'm about is the situation where different turns have different priority rules about stopping or just yielding.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 Jun 2025 17:04:14 No.2046709 Report

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>>2046708
>what I'm about is the situation where different turns have different priority rules about stopping or just yielding.
It's common for signaled intersections in the US to have yield signs for right turns rather than requiring a full stop. Usually intersections protected only by signs don't have a dedicated right turn lane in the first place so a yield for such a lane at such an intersection is uncommon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Jul 2025 08:22:10 No.2046789 Report

Quoted By: >>2046848

>>2035861

I find it to be a rather easy read, honestly. Just a sign saying "Stay here and it ought to be fine".

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Jul 2025 16:28:42 No.2046848 Report

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>>2046789
I don't like them because the arrow looks like it could be facing the other way when looking at it from far away

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 02 Jul 2025 09:49:34 No.2046948 Report

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>>2046848

I guess? Knowing the Dutch way of traffic constructions (and their utter haphazardness) it might be confusing for some, but usually I prefer it to not knowing which lane I should keep on things like those giant raised roundabouts in Amersfoort.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 05 Jul 2025 09:26:59 No.2047407 Report

Quoted By: >>2047419 >>2052400

in a 2003 international study, this road sign was the least understood

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 05 Jul 2025 14:32:27 No.2047419 Report

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>>2047407
isn't that just the maryland flag?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 05 Jul 2025 18:17:08 No.2047433 Report

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>>2022126
>YIELD
I kneel...

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 05 Jul 2025 21:04:45 No.2047462 Report

Quoted By: >>2047469 >>2048142 >>2053489

>>2022126
How do you guys do your route markers? US has the interstate and US highway markers as standard, but state highways are a free for all. Most popular trends are "number in a box" and "number inside an outline of the state".

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 05 Jul 2025 21:49:07 No.2047469 Report

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>>2047462
Just a plaque with color and number
but for the lower class roads it has a hidden feature of telling you the axle weight limit that you can tell by looking if the border is black, white or both

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Jul 2025 21:30:24 No.2048134 Report

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>>2022126
UK:
>add "NO ENTRY" to the no entry sign
>make it obvious (because it so often isn't) where the no entry line is by mandating a white line with spikes pointing out in the direction you can't enter from
>add a diagonal bar to the "no (this kind of vehicle)" sign like Australia
all I can think of
we need a new sign for "bike lane ends; give way to cyclists merging in" as well

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Jul 2025 21:33:38 No.2048135 Report

Quoted By: >>2049661

>>2035601
are the UK and Switzerland the only countries to still have a steam loco on their unbarriered level crossing signs?
In the UK it's supposedly a GWR Castle-class; I wonder what the swiss one is.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Jul 2025 22:29:29 No.2048142 Report

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>>2047462
>Most popular trends are "number in a box" and "number inside an outline of the state".
For most US states, both are the same.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 25 Jul 2025 20:42:50 No.2049624 Report

Quoted By: >>2049635

>>2044301
You should be ashamed of publicizing your immensurable imbecility: https://bibliamedieval.es/bibliateca.es/corominas/DATA/HTML/alto%20ii.html

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 25 Jul 2025 22:36:02 No.2049633 Report

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>>2030849
This sign is great. Still octagonal, but much more attention-grabbing.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 25 Jul 2025 22:49:24 No.2049635 Report

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>>2049624
Alto means tall, it doesn't mean stop. Pare means stop. "Alto" in the context of Mexican stop signs is a poorly rendered version of "Halto"
You can't argue with this Jose, literally every other LatAm country gets this right. Also see >>2045097

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Anonymous Sat 26 Jul 2025 02:30:50 No.2049661 Report

Quoted By: >>2049662

>>2048135
Portugal has it too. Our signs are pretty much the same as the UK ones. The most aesthetic type in my opinion.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 26 Jul 2025 02:32:32 No.2049662 Report

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>>2049661
speaking of Portuguese signs

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 27 Jul 2025 12:39:17 No.2049833 Report

Quoted By: >>2049899

US has a no hitchhiking sign

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Jul 2025 20:35:15 No.2049899 Report

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>>2049833
There are usually only setup near Federal Prisons so drivers are dissuaded from picking up potential escapees unknowingly
Although I haven't seen any of those signs in literally decades, probably because I don't live anywhere near a federal prison, and also probably because prison escapes are extremely rare to nonexistent nowadays with modern surveilance, which just makes those signs mostly just a formality.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 28 Jul 2025 19:46:18 No.2049974 Report

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How to show that there's going to be a restriction/prohibition sign ahead or after a turn on an intersection?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 28 Jul 2025 19:48:11 No.2049975 Report

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a warning sign doesn't introduce any new rules so we could have just a warning sign with a plaque underneath explaining that's it's x metres ahead or with an arrow like >>2045087

When it comes to prohibition signs I don't think having a sign itself with a plaque is a good idea and most countries don't either. It could be confusing and cause drivers to think the restriction applies immediately

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Anonymous Mon 28 Jul 2025 19:52:52 No.2049978 Report

Quoted By: >>2049986

how about something like this?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 28 Jul 2025 20:22:04 No.2049981 Report

Quoted By: >>2049986

this is how we currently do it

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 28 Jul 2025 21:38:53 No.2049985 Report

Quoted By: >>2050030

>>2023041
Glad we still can go 130 km/h on pretty much any highway. Fuck you Austrians and your 100 kmh limit you cucks.

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Anonymous Mon 28 Jul 2025 21:46:28 No.2049986 Report

Quoted By: >>2050027

>>2049981
>>2049978
You guys overcomplicate things. You just need to put a distance plate below the sign to show in what distance the prescription or warning will apply.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 29 Jul 2025 06:04:13 No.2050027 Report

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>>2049986
This is considered a warning sign so yes we do it with the yield sign and other warning
But for the reasons I explained it's different with obligation and prohibition signs.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 29 Jul 2025 06:43:37 No.2050030 Report

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>>2049985
100km/h is sensible when you have to share the road with Hungarian truckers.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 01 Aug 2025 06:57:42 No.2050256 Report

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>>2022982
what if you need to symbolise something abstract and unrepresentable like a restricted zone with exceptions for small traffic
just relying on colour would be silly too

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 01 Aug 2025 07:02:18 No.2050257 Report

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>>2023156
slowing down gradually by releasing throttle and rolling is a very good reason to dodge a ticket
youre trying to maintain safety after all

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Anonymous Mon 04 Aug 2025 06:06:30 No.2050466 Report

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I love how small Japanese road signs get on low speed residential streets
Having them too big when it's not necessary is visual pollution

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 04 Aug 2025 06:30:16 No.2050467 Report

Quoted By: >>2052418

I also like their painted markings in the middle of equal right of way intersections that show you where the other road joins. (The cross and T-shapes)

TIMMY

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TIMMY Fri 15 Aug 2025 01:47:01 No.2051333 Report

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Aircraft Crossing

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 26 Aug 2025 04:36:23 No.2052264 Report

Quoted By: >>2052369 >>2052419

>tfw no frog sign

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 26 Aug 2025 23:59:55 No.2052369 Report

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>>2052264
Moose need extra warnings. Hitting one of them can cause massive damage to the A pillars, and in a badly designed car, that's a potential decapitation moment.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 27 Aug 2025 08:53:05 No.2052400 Report

Quoted By: >>2052429

>>2047407
ancap?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 27 Aug 2025 13:51:15 No.2052418 Report

Quoted By: >>2052427

>>2050467
what does the diamond mean

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Anonymous Wed 27 Aug 2025 13:53:04 No.2052419 Report

Quoted By: >>2052433

>>2052264
we have them in holland

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 27 Aug 2025 16:35:56 No.2052427 Report

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>>2052418
pedestrian crossing

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 27 Aug 2025 16:42:06 No.2052429 Report

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>>2052400
End of the road. So, yes.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 27 Aug 2025 17:07:06 No.2052433 Report

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>>2052419
>white background with red border with white trim with red rim

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 08 Sep 2025 18:52:11 No.2053374 Report

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I wonder if some countries dont use the white blinking light at railway level crossings (meaning the crossing is functional and you can safely go ahead) because they'd be considered too annoying for residents living next to crossing

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 09 Sep 2025 03:28:59 No.2053409 Report

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>>2028044
This. America's color system conveys information quickly. That's real minimalism. Any text is supplementary.
red - prohibition
yellow - warning
orange - construction
white - regulatory info
green/blue/brown - general info

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 10 Sep 2025 06:37:07 No.2053489 Report

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>>2047462
The "Number inside an outline of the state" ones tend to look funny when they're used for 3 digit highways.

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