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Road Signs & Traffic Signs
are signage that are placed or erected on highways,
roads, and streets to provide information to
travelers, residents, or any road users. With the
general increase in distractions on our roads and
highways, the tendency is to adopt pictorial or
iconic signs, or otherwise simplify and standardize
signs, to facilitate recognition and eliminate
language differences that can create barriers and in
general to reduce the risks in driving. Such
pictorial signs use symbols in place of words and
are usually a result of international standards and
common sense (sometimes!). Such signs were first
developed in Europe, and have been adopted by most
countries to varying degrees. Traffic lights
are a sub-set of traffic signs.
However, as we see in this
collection, road or traffic signs are not always
standardized, or common sense. In fact, some
are actually quite bizarre. Road signs,
traffic signs, highway signs, and street signs, also
are used to provide a sense of uniqueness for a
country, or community. Some countries, such as
India or Australia, delight in the strangeness of
some of their signs. But unfortunately, these
rogue information or warning signs are rapidly
becoming a thing of the past, as attorneys force us
to commonize everything in life to limit liability.
Perhaps we need more "Hang Lawyer" signs?
The result though is a
wide array of funny road signs, strange traffic
signs, humorous hazard signs, weird warning signs,
silly street signs, and hilarious highway signs.
Some are as unique as the countries they are from,
and some are funny just because we look at them from
the perspective of a different culture - Asian Signs
are a good example!
Road, Traffic, Warning
& Hazard Signs, have also become something of an art
form. Digital and traditional artists form
around the world create new warning sign forms, and
sculptors craft public works of art from them.
We hope you enjoy this
odd collection of wacky traffic and road signs,
and please feel free to send us more! You can
also leave us comments on each of the sign gallery's
pages.
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Lawful Highway Signage
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A Brief History Of Traffic
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