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Some of them are terrible. "Release the ropes" (lifeboat) for eaxmple, as well as others, only mean something if you already know what they mean. A warning sign
by lbriner 4y ago
Some of them are terrible. "Release the ropes" (lifeboat) for eaxmple, as well as others, only mean something if you already know what they mean. A warning sign should be instinctive to most of the population.
It's as pointless as when you see a "danger" sign with the word "danger" underneath to explain what the sign means :-)
- wafriedemann 4y agoYou have to consider that these are placed next to the thing they're showing. They're obviously a lot harder to understand when you look at them detached from the thing.
- judofyr 4y ago> A warning sign should be instinctive to most of the population. Isn't it good to also have standarized signs for warnings that are meaningful for a smaller subset of the population (e.g. "rapid movement of workpiece in press brake machine")? It's not like you're going to see this sign on the street anyway. And if you happen to see the sign somewhere and don't understand it, at least you understand that it's a warning sign and know that you should ask someone what it means.
- teh_klev 4y ago> Some of them are terrible. "Release the ropes" (lifeboat) for eaxmple, as well as others, only mean something if you already know what they mean. Yes but the intended audience isn't the general public, it's going to be lifeboat crew and operators, and these folks will likely be trained to interpret these signs.