From: blockedofcourse@foo.invalid   
      
   On 12/5/2025 11:44 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >> 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.   
      
   If you come upon such an interchange AT SPEED and have no prior experience   
   with it, you're faced with thinking on your feet.  In the case of this   
   one, there is nothing (besides the slight elevation of the curb   
   threshold, coming and going) to prevent your continuing on your   
   straight track.  So, you endure these bumps and its behind you!   
      
   >> 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:   
   >   
   >    
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   >   
   > 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.   
      
   Yellow diamonds (primarily) are warnings.  ORANGE diamonds alert to   
   construction activities.  Red is regulatory -- typically STOP, Do Not Enter,   
   WRONG WAY (how is this different from Do Not Enter?), Yield and specific   
   traffic patterns (no left turn, no U turn, etc. in "slashed circles").   
   Blue for services (?) like Hospital, Charging station.  Brown for   
   touristy stuff.   
      
   [Amusingly, the slashed red circle doesn't seem to be consistent in   
   signage, generally.  Sometimes, the slash is right to left while   
   others it is left to right:   
   ]   
      
   We have a (one!) stretch of highway, here, that is denominated in metric units.   
   How are drivers expected to make THAT adjustment at highway speeds?   
      
   > It is an international language. Except on the USA :-P   
      
   "We have a better way" -- until we change our mind (sort of like Microsoft!).   
      
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