In article , (Terry Harper) wrote:

Do the USAns have filter arrows, or is it a Europe-specific thing ?

Not usually, but they often have arrows above the lanes which are
supposed to go that way.

On a recent trip it struck me that in the USA there is far more actual
reading than here - although they do use arrows and other symbols,
there is much of "LEFT TURNS MUST TURN LEFT", "WRONG WAY",
"RIGHT HAND LANE ENDS IN 100 FEET" and the like. Also that they
tend to use "feet" rather than "yards" for horizontal distances (we
have "feet" for vertical, though).

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Peter Beale

Peter Beale writes:
On a recent trip it struck me that in the USA there is far more actual
reading than here...

Quite true. This comes from being a country with one dominant language
and not having signs harmonized with other countries with other languages.

Canadian signage is mostly like the US, but with greater use of symbols.

- although they do use arrows and other symbols,
there is much of "LEFT TURNS MUST TURN LEFT",

Would you believe "LEFT LANE MUST TURN LEFT"?

"WRONG WAY", "RIGHT HAND LANE ENDS IN 100 FEET" and the like. Also
that they tend to use "feet" rather than "yards" for horizontal
distances ...

Well, sure. Yards are for football. In real life people use feet
(unless they're Canadian and use metric).

Ob London Transport: for the first-time North American visitor to London,
the most amusing commonly seen sign is probably "WAY OUT".
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On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 12:35:49 -0000, Mark Brader wrote:

Ob London Transport: for the first-time North American visitor to London,
the most amusing commonly seen sign is probably "WAY OUT".

Friend sent me a pic of a sign on an American beach that read

"Dont be a tosser - take your litter with you"

Totally innocent if you are a Yank, priceless if you are British

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In article , (Mark Brader) wrote:

Ob London Transport: for the first-time North American visitor to
London,
the most amusing commonly seen sign is probably "WAY OUT".

I saw a sign while in the States (not a highway one) which read
"NO TRESPASSING WITHOUT PERMISSION". I am not sure where
one obtains permits to trespass.

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In article ,
(Terry Harper) wrote:

Do the USAns have filter arrows, or is it a Europe-specific
thing ?

Not usually, but they often have arrows above the lanes which are
supposed to go that way.

On a recent trip it struck me that in the USA there is far more
actual reading than here - although they do use arrows and other
symbols, there is much of "LEFT TURNS MUST TURN LEFT", "WRONG
WAY", "RIGHT HAND LANE ENDS IN 100 FEET" and the like. Also that
they tend to use "feet" rather than "yards" for horizontal
distances (we have "feet" for vertical, though).

Even the speed limit signs say "SPEED LIMIT 30" or whatever, instead of
just a 30 in a red circle.

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