You want a good example of this? Try sitting in a C5 Corvette, then get in an Audi, BMW, or the like.
The German cars (and other nationality cars as well) have little icons for everything. Except for one notable thing. US law prevents the use of the ( ! ) emergency brake icon. Instead, that icon must be replaced with BRAKE or PARK BRAKE. Go figure. In my Peugeot, I fixed it so it doesn't light up BRAKE, it lights up the proper ( ! ). Anyway...back to the C5 Corvette. It's funny. You see switches like POWER WINDOWS, POWER LOCKS. Im serious..they write POWER WINDOWS on the door switches. There are words for everything and very little use of icons. Just one of the small details I really dislike about American cars...although some are getting better. At 11:20 2002-05-25 -0400, kilopascal wrote: >2002-05-25 > >American signs are very wasteful of materials. American signs that use >pictograms also add text. The persons designing or specifying the design of >the sign must be very ignorant and can't comprehend picture symbols. It is >one of those cases where if I don't understand something, nobody else does >either. So, lets dumb it down, no matter what the cost. > >The mentality that is keeping America at bay with SI is the same mentality >that is keeping the dollar coin in limited use and the sole use of pictogram >signs. The extra text can also be considered an accident hazard. By the >time you "read" all the text, you could be in the back seat of the car in >front of you. > >Since the new regulations have a period of time for public comment, why >don't you and others write to them and bring up this very point? What is >the price difference between producing an American type sign and an >international one? > >Also, the signs you are speaking of are not German. They are international. >They are meant to be language independent. > >John > > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Saturday, 2002-05-25 10:12 >Subject: [USMA:20198] Re: New proposed revision of the USA Federal MUTCD now >available - LOTS of interesting metric stuff in it. > > > > I got it > > > > have you ever seen german signs? > > > > US signs are a real waste of money, which pupose has all the useless > > supplementary text? this causes a bigger sign and more costs! > > > > german signs are almost pictures or pictograms! > > > > > > > It's chapter 2B - Regulatory Signs > > > > > > http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/pdfs/millennium/pr2/2br2.pdf > > > > > > Pages 8 and 17 have examples of the new sign. > > > > > > Pages 31 and 56 show the yellow "metric" tab that > > > was part of the existing standard for km/h speed limit > > > signage. > > > > > > Stephen Gallagher > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Wizard of OS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: May 24, 2002 22:10 > > > Subject: [USMA:20196] Re: New proposed revision of the USA Federal MUTCD > > > now > > > available - LOTS of interesting metric stuff in it. > > > > > > > > > > could you refer to the proper PDF?! > > > > > > > > in my opinion, US sings are really really bad, ever seen german signs? > > > > absolutely clear! > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Michael G. Koerner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 8:52 PM > > > > Subject: [USMA:20195] New proposed revision of the USA Federal MUTCD >now > > > > available - LOTS of interesting metric stuff in it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Within the past couple of weeks, the US Department of >Transportation, > > > > > Federal Highway Administration has released the latest proposed > > > > > revisions to the USA Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices > > > ('MUTCD'). > > > > > > > > > > There are some VERY INTERESTING metric things in it, including a > > > > > proposal for dropping the yellow 'METRIC' tabs from the tops of km/h > > > > > speed limit signage and to put ALL 'km/h' speed numbers in circles. > > > > > 'km/h' speed limits would be in red circles, similar to current > > > European > > > > usage. > > > > > > > > > > There are a few errors (mostly relating to symbolism), but it is an > > > > > interesting evolution. It is available at: > > > > > http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/kno-millennium_npa.htm (note, the >sections > > > > > are fairly large .pdf files). > > > > > > > > > > There is a public commentary period that will expire in mid august. > > > > > > > > > > Enjoy!!! > > > > > > > > > > a > > > > > -- > > > > > ___________________________________________ ____ > > > > _______________ > > > > > Regards, | |\ ____ > > > > > | | | | |\ > > > > > Michael G. Koerner May they | | | | | | >rise > > > > again! > > > > > Appleton, Wisconsin USA | | | | | | > > > > > ___________________________________________ | | | | | | > > > > _______________ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. > > http://www.gmx.net > >
