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What the hell is that thing?! Is that normal in the US?
by hadrien01 6y ago
What the hell is that thing?! Is that normal in the US?
- lordnacho 6y agoI rented a car there and I was amazed at how much text there was, instead of symbols. Eg they have signs in turning lanes that say "Right lane must turn right". By the time you've read that, you've turned right.
- DominikPeters 6y agoWikipedia is interesting on this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_signs_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_signs_in_the_United_State... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manual_on_Uniform_Traffic_Control_Devices https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manual_on_Uniform_Traffic_Cont...
- hadrien01 6y agoThere's also a comparison between English-speaking countries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_traffic_signs_in_English-speaking_countries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_traffic_signs_in... I find it interesting how the US uses text for almost everything, and how Canada is sort of a mix of US-style and European-style signs.
- mthoms 6y agoCanada is officially bilingual, so it makes sense that text-only signs are less common. Thanks for link, it was interesting to see.
- fennecfoxen 6y agoThat is not normal. That said, it’s not too bad. It’s long and the organization is bad but the policy is reasonableish. There’s street cleaning one day a week (year round) 11am-1pm, and you can’t ever park then. It’s a school zone as well; when school is in session you can park for 15 minutes in the afternoon to drop a kid off or for 1 hour to pick the kid up. When school is out you just need to avoid the street cleaning.