Unique, Odd, or Interesting Signs aka The good, the bad, and the ugly

[Stratuscaster]

If you see someone walking in a crosswalk, you wait for them to cross. 

Goes both ways. Would be nice for pedestrians to pay attention to the crosswalk signals - even nicer if they would follow them.

It's a team sport, not an individual competition.

[jakeroot]

It's a team sport, not an individual competition.

I think I agree, the only problem being that one team is full of big players who are powerful and fast, and the other team is weak and slow.

[Stratuscaster]

It's a team sport, not an individual competition.

I think I agree, the only problem being that one team is full of big players who are powerful and fast, and the other team is weak and slow.

In other words, just like high school.

[jeffandnicole]

If you see someone walking in a crosswalk, you wait for them to cross. 

Goes both ways. Would be nice for pedestrians to pay attention to the crosswalk signals - even nicer if they would follow them.

It's a team sport, not an individual competition.

Sigh...

Going back to the context of my response, which was more than that one line, in a mid-block or other location where one could normally expect to see a Yield To/Stop For Pedestrian sign, one should wait for the Ped. 

Yes, both should pay attention. Very annoying when the Ped crosses on a don't walk signal, then gets in a car and fails to yield to other pedestrians.

[Stratuscaster]

Agreed. Didn't mean to go out of text or generate confusion.

[freebrickproductions]

Not a real sign, but I found this in a local school. I have to wonder how a 3DI for I-π would signed. Maybe I-(x00+π), where x was a number between 1 and 9?
Also, what font does it use?

[Mapmikey]

Beltways can just be signed as "dπ"

Mapmikey

[vdeane]

I'm of the opinion that one should be able to blow on through as long as they would not conflict with the pedestrian legally crossing the street (in a crosswalk and not against a don't walk signal).  If the conflict does exist, one should only need to take the minimal action (slowing down, changing lanes, stopping, etc.) necessary to avert the conflict.

I was in Baltimore today, and there are seriously those who walk into traffic willy nilly as if cars don't exist.  I would expect that, by and large, THESE are the pedestrians that tend to get hit.  Why anyone has sympathy for them is beyond me.  If they want to win a Darwin Award, so be it, but don't make my life inconvenient just to accommodate their arrogance and stupidity.

It offends me when people carry out their lives with no regard for how their actions affect others.  I strive to make it so that my actions in life don't so much as inconvenience another person (well, another person who isn't a a-hole, at least).  I'm not perfect (and I do feel guilty when I don't meet my high standards that I set for both myself and the rest of humanity), but that's what I strive for.  Unfortunately, it seems I'm the only one with that goal.  If we were all more respectful of how we affect others, not only would traffic congestion be a thing of the past, but the world would be a better place.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

If you feel you have a chance to cross when it's not your turn and there's no traffic I can deal with that...except that I expect you to hustle your way across the street. I've had the experience of having to slow down for a guy crossing on a red who was taking his sweet time in doing so, and he certainly appeared capable of picking up the speed but simply chose not to.

[SignGeek101]

Not a real sign, but I found this in a local school. I have to wonder how a 3DI for I-π would signed. Maybe I-(x00+π), where x was a number between 1 and 9?
Also, what font does it use?

That font, my friend is Arial. Notice the capital R when comparing with Helvetica is "spread out" compared to the Helvetica R.

And, because it's pi day:



Used Series E with EM spacing for this one.

[vtk]

Not a real sign, but I found this in a local school. I have to wonder how a 3DI for I-π would signed. Maybe I-(x00+π), where x was a number between 1 and 9?
Also, what font does it use?

The latin-alphabet letters are Arial.  The letter π could be from any number of fonts, but my hunch is it's some easy-to-type letter in the font Symbol.

[Zeffy]

Couldn't resist (inspired by SignGeek101's sign, but my own twist):



It's fairly obvious, but if you read it from top to bottom, left to right, you'll get... yeah, you guessed it. Pity there's nowhere in the actual United States where these three routes meet.

[NE2]

If we were all more respectful of how we affect others, not only would traffic congestion be a thing of the past, but the world would be a better place.

You're right about this. Global warming's effects on civilization and its future would lead enough people to stop driving that we wouldn't have any congestion.

[vtk]

One way or another, eventually people will stop driving cars and there will be no traffic.  Eventually.

[roadfro]

The latin-alphabet letters are Arial.  The letter π could be from any number of fonts, but my hunch is it's some easy-to-type letter in the font Symbol.

I'm going to assume you meant the Greek letter "pi" (in the interstate shield)...

[vtk]

The latin-alphabet letters are Arial.  The letter π could be from any number of fonts, but my hunch is it's some easy-to-type letter in the font Symbol.

I'm going to assume you meant the Greek letter "pi" (in the interstate shield)...

Is there any other letter π on the sign?

[jakeroot]

The latin-alphabet letters are Arial.  The letter π could be from any number of fonts, but my hunch is it's some easy-to-type letter in the font Symbol.

I'm going to assume you meant the Greek letter "pi" (in the interstate shield)...

Is there any other letter π on the sign?

I would appear that internet fonts don't support the more detailed form of pi.

[Brandon]

One way or another, eventually people will stop driving cars and there will be no traffic.  Eventually.

Pardon me while I laugh my ass off.  Traffic was here before the automobile, and it will be here even if the automobile were to go away.  Ever see pictures of New York or London in the 19th century?  It's just as crowded as today.

[vdeane]

If we were all more respectful of how we affect others, not only would traffic congestion be a thing of the past, but the world would be a better place.

You're right about this. Global warming's effects on civilization and its future would lead enough people to stop driving that we wouldn't have any congestion.

Ever hear of solar power?  Or all electric cars?  Technology is improving, and I expect that a combination of solar, wind, and better batteries could easily eliminate our use of fossil fuels within a couple decades, if only we would put our research money into that instead of finding ever more difficult places to get oil.  I hate it when environmentalists refuse to acknowledge it.  It's like shooting yourself in the foot.

[NE2]

If we switched to all clean power, electric cars would be a reasonable way to go for some trips. But (a) a simple switch to electric cars without changing the method of electricity generation just shifts the pollution source and (b) fuel isn't the only environmental impact of driving.

[roadfro]

The latin-alphabet letters are Arial.  The letter π could be from any number of fonts, but my hunch is it's some easy-to-type letter in the font Symbol.

I'm going to assume you meant the Greek letter "pi" (in the interstate shield)...

Is there any other letter π on the sign?

I would appear that internet fonts don't support the more detailed form of pi.

When I posted originally, i was using Chrome on my iPad, and it definitely looked like the letter "n" was used.

Posting now from Firefox on a Windows desktop, it is obvious that a "pi" was typed. My apologies.

[freebrickproductions]

This is one way to post an arrow pointing to the right:
To I-565 by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

[vtk]

It would appear that internet fonts don't support the more detailed form of pi.

It's a matter of typography. In most sans-serif fonts, a lowercase pi is fairly simple and looks like a boxy lowercase en, because that's typical of sans-serif Greek text. The mathematical symbol, like almost everything else in math, is traditionally printed in a serif font.

One way or another, eventually people will stop driving cars and there will be no traffic.  Eventually.

Pardon me while I laugh my ass off.  Traffic was here before the automobile, and it will be here even if the automobile were to go away.  Ever see pictures of New York or London in the 19th century?  It's just as crowded as today.

Eventually. You're not thinking far enough ahead. (Ever see pictures of New York from 100,000 BC?)

[The Nature Boy]

I have it on good word that this is a picture of New York in 65 million BC:

[jakeroot]

It would appear that internet fonts don't support the more detailed form of pi.

It's a matter of typography. In most sans-serif fonts, a lowercase pi is fairly simple and looks like a boxy lowercase en, because that's typical of sans-serif Greek text. The mathematical symbol, like almost everything else in math, is traditionally printed in a serif font.