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| Yield to girls with bows walking with an older brother? Vienna, Austria |
As my Facebook friends know, I had a slight obsession with photographing street signs throughout Europe. My European friends often asked me, "Are they really that different?" while Keith kept telling me, "Meg, you cannot stand in the middle of the street, even if it is to take a photo."
Well, I'm here to show you how different these 'yield to pedestrian signs' varied not only from the U.S., but from each other (in the same city) too! And to show Keith that nearly getting ran down by a car(s) was well worth it.
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| Yield to Roley Poly Children Pécs, Hungary | | |
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| Yield to these goofy looking silhouettes Pécs, Hungary |
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| Yield to Fathers with Daughters Pécs, Hungary |
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| Yield to aggressively helpful men with their woman Pécs, Hungary |
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| Yield to the Family Circus Children...? Pécs, Hungary |
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| Okay...This one someone spray painted near Babits...I just thought it was funny. Pécs, Hungary |
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| I think this girl's head looks like a lollipop Ljubljana, Slovenia |
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| This one is just out of control....Ljubljana, Slovenia |
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| Yield to Athletes Only Pécs, Hungary | | |
Do we really need the variation? Are we sending the message to only yield to certain people or the message that everyone is different? OR - which is most likely but less fun - has a standard sign just not been created? For those of you who are curious, here is the yield to pedestrian sign in the U.S.
So this is the sign used to let drivers know there is a cross walk ahead and to yield to pedestrians. In Europe, I found a whole different slew of signage for this:
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| Businessman Crosswalk Ahead Pécs, Hungary |
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| Average Joe Crosswalk Ahead Pécs, Hungary |
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| Daddies, Daughters and Bicycles are A.O.K. Pécs Hungary |
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| ....but not okay here Pécs, Hungary |
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| Frumpy Man Crosswalk Ahead Pécs, Hungary |
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| Men with Hats Crosswalk Ahead Bratislava, Slovakia |
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| Men with Strong Profiles Crosswalk Ahead Vienna, Austria |
I have a lot more photographs of signs that look different, but indicate the same thing. I don't understand the need for variations...between countries, I understand, but variation within the same city seems a bit excessive for my taste. The last sign I leave you with is from Plitvice, Croatia. I have absolutely NO idea what it mean. Hopefully you can interpret it for me.
The last one: NO beach partying ;)
ReplyDeleteHello Meg - I was delighted to come across these, as it has been my fascination ever since on a family holiday in the Netherlands we crossed the border into Germany and could hardly believe how different the 'children crossing' sign was in Germany compared to the Netherlands (which is very different from that in the UK) - and it just seemed to ooze Germanic character! Friends have sent me examples from the old USSR, south Africa and Tenerife (which identical to Slovenia's!). I could share these with you if I knew how. Perhaps I could post them on your facebook page.
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