Reading Between the Signs

[ralphmelton]

I've often maintained that warning signs indicate what the signmakers are really worried about, which implies that they consider it common enough to worry about. With that in mind, I share these signs that I've seen around Cupertino:

- "Red light violation has minimum fine of $281" (Seen at almost every red light)
- "Right turn on red only from far right lane"
- "U-turn only from far left lane"
- "Driving includes Stopping" (Seen on a bus, with a picture of a stop sign)

The conclusions, I think, are self-evident.

Comments

[cellio]

:-)

The last ("last" as in "final") time that I drove in Boston, I observed the following. I was on a road that had three lanes going in my direction. As we approached an intersection, someone in the right-most lane signalled left. Foolish Pittsburgher that I was, I thought this meant he was going to shift into the center lane. I was completely unprepared for the U turn he actually made. A native later explained to me that people don't signal lane changes, so the only ambibuity was in whether he was making a left turn or a U turn.

[eub.livejournal.com]

Route 99 by our house has signs on the streetlights saying "Special Drugs and Prostitution Surveillance Corridor". Seems to me the practical semiotics would be little changed by leaving out the "Surveillance".

[ralphmelton.livejournal.com]

Some people like to watch.

[ralphmelton.livejournal.com]

I have now observed two incidents of running red lights in serious ways.