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Road markings are often written in the bottom-to-top order that you drive over them, rather than in top-to-bottom order that English text is typically read. ht

Road markings are often written in the bottom-to-top order that you drive over them, rather than in top-to-bottom order that English text is typically read. https://external-preview.redd.it/_3aW7Flq4ATeZSTqkEnbU0PHOYU05vSoll2XrEgwv08.jpg?auto=webp&s=823652f9489882d017375467b09048e96561ee9b https://external-preview.redd.it/_3aW7Flq4ATeZSTqkEnbU0PHOYU... Therefore you'll typically see "XING PED" or even "XING PED NO" which are both intended to be read in reverse, as the driver drives. Text that's written left-to-right and then right-to-left and then left-to-right again is named, in Greek, "boustophedron" after how the ox plows. I wonder what bottom-to-top road writing is called in the jargon lingo?

WirelessGigabit 4y ago
That seems to be the case in the US. In Europe they are written as you'd read them, so top to bottom. You'll see STOP BUS. BUS STOP _____ o o |x | | | o o ===== Which looking at it on page makes total sense right? But while driving it doesn't. It reads opposite. Yet it doesn't mean that a bus needs to stop there. It's a place for the bus to stop, should it drop off passengers, and / or there are people waiting to get on. But since you're driving you read bottom to top and you'll see STOP BUS. In the US they're smarter, and you'll see STOP BUS _____ o o |x | | | o o ===== PS What do you think of my car's spoiler?
- iggldiggl 4y ago
  > In the US they're smarter While I get the logic of that idea, in practice at least for shorter texts that e.g. fit on two or maybe even three lines you're often/usually? still able to read the whole thing in one go and in the regular top-to-bottom order, so now you're wondering what a "Lane Fire" is supposed to be.
  - WirelessGigabit 4y ago
    Absolutely, definitely at lower speeds. But that's the thing. When you're driving there should be consistency. You get behind the wheel, you read the way things com to you (or you go towards them).

WirelessGigabit 4y ago

That seems to be the case in the US. In Europe they are written as you'd read them, so top to bottom. You'll see STOP BUS. BUS STOP _____ o o |x | | | o o ===== Which looking at it on page makes total sense right? But while driving it doesn't. It reads opposite. Yet it doesn't mean that a bus needs to stop there. It's a place for the bus to stop, should it drop off passengers, and / or there are people waiting to get on. But since you're driving you read bottom to top and you'll see STOP BUS. In the US they're smarter, and you'll see STOP BUS _____ o o |x | | | o o ===== PS What do you think of my car's spoiler?

iggldiggl 4y ago
> In the US they're smarter While I get the logic of that idea, in practice at least for shorter texts that e.g. fit on two or maybe even three lines you're often/usually? still able to read the whole thing in one go and in the regular top-to-bottom order, so now you're wondering what a "Lane Fire" is supposed to be.
- WirelessGigabit 4y ago
  Absolutely, definitely at lower speeds. But that's the thing. When you're driving there should be consistency. You get behind the wheel, you read the way things com to you (or you go towards them).