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Traffic

Oct 16, 2006 00:40

As they say, the big difference lies in the little details. Take street signs, for instance. Oh, they have the usual iconograms here in the US, the strangely universal octogonal and capitalized STOP sign, the intuitive No Right Turn and the ever-popular Road Work sign heralding another highway slowdown. But in the US more often than not you'll see ( Read more... )

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Not only... anonymous October 16 2006, 21:52:18 UTC

It's true for the internals of American made cars, too. Most the indicators and "buttons" are text-labeled and not iconed.
(How 'bout Amanda?)

luckluster October 17 2006, 14:10:51 UTC

I've noticed that too.

Israel is closer to Europe (and maybe the rest of the world) in the sense of of graphic representation of traffic rules.
I believe the Americans are aware of that as well:

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