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The article traces the symbol to March 1931's League of Nations "Convention Concerning the Unification of Road Signs" in Geneva, Switzerland. But someone must
by dwheeler 3y ago
The article traces the symbol to March 1931's League of Nations "Convention Concerning the Unification of Road Signs" in Geneva, Switzerland.
But someone must have suggested it so it could be added to the convention. Who was that?
- lmm 3y agoAccording to https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/74386/what-is-the-origin-of-the-no-symbol https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/74386/what-is-th... it was developed by a subcommittee of the convention, apparently from scratch (or at least, from signs that didn't have a slash).
- red_admiral 3y agoMy guess is Pflug, the German delagate, to avoid the new international "no parking" sign being identical to the old German "parking allowed" sign.