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The ped xing sign is a small rectangle of auxiliary text below the graphic sign. There isn't room for spelled out "crossing" without compromising legibility at
by kevin_thibedeau 4y ago
The ped xing sign is a small rectangle of auxiliary text below the graphic sign. There isn't room for spelled out "crossing" without compromising legibility at distance.
- Symbiote 4y agoThe pedestrian should be obvious from the graphic, so just "CROSSING" would be clearer. Most of the world uses a graphic-only sign for this [1, 2] so I'd think the text is redundant. (A Google Image search shows examples of "PED XING" alone, but I don't know if this is official or common.) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Denmark_road_sign_A17.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Denmark_road_sign_A17.svg [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Denmark_road_sign_E17.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Denmark_road_sign_E17.svg (Red triangles are warnings, and blue rectangles are information. The blue sign is used at the crossing, and the red one some distance before if if that's necessary -- typically on faster roads.)
- dragonwriter 4y ago> The pedestrian should be obvious from the graphic The text is intentionally fully-redundant with the graphic, when both are used.
- Symbiote 4y agoPersonally I think the text decreases understanding, since it's using a very unusual abbreviation.