I remember very well my first driving experience in USA back in 2004, when Adelheid and I went to GFM. I found the US traffic signs so confusing because of their extensive use of words instead of symbols. Reading does indeed take more time when you do not know what message to expect. After the first couple of days, however, the signs began to fall into familiar patterns and only quick glances were necessary.
It was a scary first couple of days, though... :-) Jostein 2008/9/21 Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Visual clutter. It is a well known phenomenon. Only the simplest > messages can be recieved at 30 mph on a busy street. That's why > symbols like the Golden Arches are so good. No words to read, no > points to scan, just communicates directly with your stomach. > Regards, Bob S. > > On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 3:30 AM, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> There are so many signs around, and they have crept in so gradually, >> that I think we hardly notice them anymore. I first realised how many >> there were several years ago when Greenwich was closed to traffic one >> summer because of roadworks. It really gave me the chance to look at >> the architecture without any cars disfiguring the view, almost as it >> was built. It was only as I tried mentally to strip away the modern >> accretions that I realised just how many signs there are, and how ugly >> they are. Greenwich is so busy with tourists that the signs are almost >> useless anyway - pedestrians just go where they want to, and stop the >> traffic. It was after that that I started to learn about the Naked >> Road movement, which I think is something to be welcomed and >> encouraged. >> >> I was once stopped by a policeman for making an illegal right turn. He >> asked me "do you know how many No Right Turn signs there are at that >> junction, sir?" I told him I hadn't noticed any. He replied "There are >> 12". Not much use really, if people don't notice them! >> >> Bob >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >>> Behalf Of John Coyle >>> Sent: 21 September 2008 03:03 >>> To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' >>> Subject: RE: OT (Bikey): A robust defence of Elle Macpherson >>> >>> How refreshing Simon's viewpoint is! Strangely enough, I >>> stopped during a >>> walk the other day on one not very busy intersection - two >>> suburban streets, >>> each having a partial one-way section - and counted the >>> number of street >>> signs. There were 20! How many road-users would take in all of >> those >>> messages, some of which were redundant - including one which >>> indicated the >>> route to a bikeway some 400 metres away on the riverbank 30 >>> meters below the >>> road... >>> >>> >> http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/19/transport.transpor >>> t >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
