• doingthestuff@lemy.lol
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    21 hours ago

    We go through all the trouble of making signage without language barriers and still can’t communicate, it’s ridiculous. I would 100% misunderstand European signs in a quick moment even knowing what they should mean, because I have to unlearn 40 years of sign instinct.

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      10 hours ago

      Yet you can understand a red light, even without a strike through. Europeans just consistently transferred the principle. A crossed out sign means the regulation ends there, which is extremely intuitive.

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      12 hours ago

      same for Europeans in America, we would think all your bike lanes are forbidden for bikes