But the ones that are in English without symbols are sometimes VERY important. Ignore them at your peril.
Look at your road signs closely.
How many have words?
Stop? Which is easily recognized by its unique shape.
Yield? Which is easily recognized by its unique shape.
Speed limits are large numbers, which correspond to the symbols on the dash. Understanding of what hte numbers mean, is not needed, just matching the numbers to what appears ont he dash is sufficient.
Almost all of the other road signs out there, are symbols.
pedestrian crossing, light ahead, curve ahead. These are all symbols on a yellow diamond.
Making road safety and compliance non-language specific has been a process years in the making.
... and when they are stuggling to read exit signs, mileage signs, construction warnings ( stuff that is not a shape ) and advertisement billboards and they read-end me what then. I don't care if we have no signs, learn our language or do not come here.
"Almost all of the other road signs out there, are symbols."
Everything seems to be icons. Can't we use both pictures and text?
I chuckle every time I pass the
"Library" sign -- no words, just a stick figure pretending to read.
But the ones that are in English without symbols are sometimes VERY important. Ignore them at your peril.
Another one that you have to read. Don't expect the child to hear your car approach or to hear your horn as a warning if he is in the way.
Another where you HAVE to read English to understand what is going on.