On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 8:48 AM, AlunFoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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... :-)
Most people at GFM don't see the "Don't feed Brooksy booz, or he;ll snore, but they just ignore that one all the time. Dave(chaser of bears)Brooks > > 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. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- 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.
