From: bc@nospicedham.freeuk.com   
      
   On 22/12/2017 12:01, Bernhard Schornak wrote:   
   > Bartc wrote:   
      
   >> I remember driving on the autobahn there when junctions were named   
   >> instead of being numbered.   
   >>   
   >> That meant that, if passing a junction (or ausfahrt), you had no idea   
   >> how many more junctions until your exit, or whether you'd already   
   >> passed your exit a couple of junctions back. Not unless you'd   
   >> memorised all the the names, or had a navigator.)   
   >   
   >   
   > Must be a long time ago - today, exits do have white numbers in   
   > white circles on the sign's blue background:   
      
   It would have been 90s and early 00s.   
      
   Funny though that the authorities decided to impose an ordered numbering   
   scheme on a set of entities that had been arbitrarily named!   
      
   >   
   > http://www.strassenschilder.de/richtzeichen/ankuendigungstafel/   
   >   
   > Street signs are quite similar in all EU countries:   
   >   
   > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_European_road_signs   
      
   (I couldn't get a closer look at new exit signs since Streetview doesn't   
   work in Germany.)   
      
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   bartc   
      
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