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Unlike in France, where for some reason a lot of symbolic signs come with text instructions on a separate sign: http://s3.freefoto.com/images/41/03/41_03_88_we

by snaily 10y ago

Unlike in France, where for some reason a lot of symbolic signs come with text instructions on a separate sign: http://s3.freefoto.com/images/41/03/41_03_88_web.jpg http://s3.freefoto.com/images/41/03/41_03_88_web.jpg (English: "Give way")

Declanomous 10y ago
The same is true in the United States to a certain extent, though the instructions are a bit more complicated usually. The Yield sign and the Stop sign will have the relevant text within them, but below those signs you will have instructions for the given intersection, especially with stop signs: "4 Way" or "All Way" -- Indicates that every entrance to the intersection has a stop sign. I understand all way stops are either uncommon or unheard of in Europe. "Cross Traffic Does Not Stop" - often used with "Two Way" stop "Traffic from the left/right does not stop" -- often used when one direction is coming off a signaled light or crossing railroad tracks, or other cases when traffic from one direction needs to continue to flow to prevent a backup that could be dangerous.
- fkistner 10y ago
  Crosswalk signal instructions regulatory sign -- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MUTCD_R10-3b.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MUTCD_R10-3b.svg
- pluma 10y ago
  Judging by what I've seen in photographs, the instructions on US signs often either state what should be obvious or are unnecessarily complicated (often because there are unnecessary exceptions other countries would simply omit).
rciorba 10y ago
Actually that's a really nice way for people to learn what traffic signs mean, way before they start studying for a driving license.
- majewsky 10y ago
  I don't own a driver's license either. I just pick this stuff up. Sometimes I ask my current driver what a certain sign on the road means.
- pluma 10y ago
  Or you could teach it in school. In Germany we had bicycle excursions in school, including a mock "cycling license exam" where we drove on a test track with various road signs and traffic lights.

by snaily 10y ago

Declanomous 10y ago

The same is true in the United States to a certain extent, though the instructions are a bit more complicated usually. The Yield sign and the Stop sign will have the relevant text within them, but below those signs you will have instructions for the given intersection, especially with stop signs: "4 Way" or "All Way" -- Indicates that every entrance to the intersection has a stop sign. I understand all way stops are either uncommon or unheard of in Europe. "Cross Traffic Does Not Stop" - often used with "Two Way" stop "Traffic from the left/right does not stop" -- often used when one direction is coming off a signaled light or crossing railroad tracks, or other cases when traffic from one direction needs to continue to flow to prevent a backup that could be dangerous.

fkistner 10y ago
Crosswalk signal instructions regulatory sign -- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MUTCD_R10-3b.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MUTCD_R10-3b.svg
pluma 10y ago
Judging by what I've seen in photographs, the instructions on US signs often either state what should be obvious or are unnecessarily complicated (often because there are unnecessary exceptions other countries would simply omit).

rciorba 10y ago

Actually that's a really nice way for people to learn what traffic signs mean, way before they start studying for a driving license.

majewsky 10y ago
I don't own a driver's license either. I just pick this stuff up. Sometimes I ask my current driver what a certain sign on the road means.
pluma 10y ago
Or you could teach it in school. In Germany we had bicycle excursions in school, including a mock "cycling license exam" where we drove on a test track with various road signs and traffic lights.