To touch back on semiotics and the meaning behind signs. I found a blogger who listed his top five 'weird signs' and I'm interested in seeing what other peoples interpretations of them would be. The last one, of the airplane hitting the car confuses me the most. I'm guessing wherever this is from, they must have airplanes hitting cars quite frequently to post that sign! I wasn't aware that airplanes in the sky hit cars on the ground..who knew? I should keep my eye on the sky while driving from now on. It could be that it's near an airport, and planes have had issues taking off, and hit cars on the passing road...what do you think?
Number 3 is interesting too. It's all about the placement of this sign. If it was moved to the divider rail in the center of the roadway instead near the water, the message would be clear. Bikes on the left, cars on the right. Because it is placed on the edge, it appears as if the cars should be in the water! Not sure that's practicing safe driving...
What do you think of the others?
http://stevenguerin.blogspot.com/2009/02/strange-road-signs-top-five-list.html
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ReplyDeleteThose signs are pretty funny. I guess it goes to show you that 1. the placement of the sign can alter its meaning completely and 2. that absolutely anything can be interpreted an infinite number of different ways. The "sharp edges" sign is probably the weirdest one, in my opinion. The one that confuses me the most is the "hula-hoop" one..any guesses?
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