From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-12-05 15:45, Don Y wrote:   
   >>> And, it is one more convention of which drivers have to keep aware.   
   >>> Visitors are easily baffled by the seeming randomness of our traffic   
   >>> signalling patters (and, how it changes throughout the day!)   
   >>   
   >> Oh, for me traffic in Canada or USA is very baffling, because the   
   >> signage is very different, and some rules are different. I've never   
   >> driven across the pond.   
   >   
   > While things like signage and basic rules-of-the-road tend to stabilize   
   > across the country, given time, there are lots of regional differences   
   > and changes introduced over time.   
   >   
   > E.g., we don't have rotaries (traffic circles) here.  When a small (dia)   
   > one was installed, recently, drivers drove straight across it, not knowing   
   > how to navigate it.  (they have since erected some obstacles in the   
   > center to prevent such misuse).   
      
   ROTFL!   
      
   We had traffic rotaries here since before they were named, since before   
   I was born. I remember one, but we called it "Plaza", and cars went   
   around it. There was signage:   
      
   https://share.google/images/4tU37oqPTKblGw2Rh   (danger)   
   https://share.google/images/4tU37oqPTKblGw2Rh   (obligation)   
      
   Or perhaps older variants.   
      
   >   
   > In the years I've been here, I've watched our "lagging left" turn policy   
   > evolve to lagging or leading -- as the situation may suggest (to some   
   > traffic guru).   
   >   
   > I've seen photo traffic enforcement come -- and go.   
   >   
   > I've seen left turns replaced by traveling THROUGH the intersection and   
   > making a U-turn (from the left lane) onto the other-bound lane so   
   > a RIGHT turn could be executed.   
   >   
   > I've seen left turns implemented by turning right onto a dogleg that   
   > intersects with the original roadway at right angles to the original   
   > roadway.   
   >   
   > I've seen "reduced speed -- school zone" signs rolled into the roadway   
   > in the morning and afternoon hours when children might be crossing   
   > the street.   
   >   
   > I've seen "center lanes" whose direction changes based on time of day.   
   >   
   > I've seen center lanes SHARED for bidirectional traffic.   
   >   
   > I've seen large, yellow (cautionary) triangular "No Passing Zone" signs   
   > replaced with white, rectangular (regulatory) "DO NOT PASS" signs.   
   >   
   > I've seen street signs that were previously all caps, in a helvetica-like   
   > typeface replaced by an illegible, mixed-case font.   
   >   
   > "WATCH FOR FALLING ROCKS" is now depicted graphically.  As is "CATTLE   
   > CROSSING" and "WATCH FOR FARM EQUIPMENT".   
      
   It is a standard signage:   
      
      
      
      
      
   Danger of cattle or wild animals crossing.   
      
   A triangle with red edges mean danger. If it is filled in yellow, it   
   means danger because of road works.   
      
   It is an international language. Except on the USA :-P   
      
      
   >   
   > And this motorcycle stuff.   
   >   
   > I can understand how "visitors" could be overwhelmed when having to   
   > make these adjustments while in motion.  Friends from NYC are stunned   
   > by our typically exceeded 45MPH speedlimits *in town*!   
      
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
   ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;   
      
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