![]() ![]() Roads like this are nicknamed “Snake Road” all across the country. The winding road ahead sign means that even if you’re in a BMW, you should drive slowly and carefully, and do not pass. They mean that you’re about to make a sharp turn to the right or to the left, so slow down and do not pass. Arrows are easy to understand in any language. It means that the road surface ahead is in poor condition and you’re about to have a bumpy ride, so slow down.” Traffic Crosses Ahead (So long as you can read English, that is.) Some signs also now read “Rough Road Ahead.” It is not called a “Lazy T” unless you’re a rancher with that kind of cattle brand. If the “T” is laying on its side, it means there’s a road entering from the right or the left. IMPORTANT: Traffic coming along the “top” of the “T” has the right of way! They mean that “another road is about to enter the road you are traveling on, so watch out for traffic from that new road.” So all of THESE road signs are traffic warning signs: T-junction Sign ![]() ![]() We already know that black lettering and a black border on a yellow diamond is a traffic warning sign, right? Right. Pretty cool, eh? Traffic signs are awesome and shouldn’t be taken for granted, folks! They’ve actually been around for a long time! Traffic signs are awesome and shouldn’t be taken for granted, folks! They’ve actually been around for a long time!įor example, did you know that the English erected “fingerposts” some 350 years ago to point the direction to the next town? Fingerposts also let coach drivers (the horse-drawn kind) know in Roman numerals how many miles they still had to travel. ![]()
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