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To: HPilot who wrote (563927)	5/2/2010 5:07:34 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572598

Do the southern states not use internationsl signage? No and I have not traveled in a state that does. I was as far north as Ohio and New York last year. Chicago the year before. We do have symbols on some warning signs, but many have english. Signs such as "Bridge Out", warnings of new laws, "No Outlet", etc are common throughout the US. When in England and Ireland I don't think I saw one English written road sign. I really liked the ones of a car toppling off a cliff. Though there are the "SLOW" warning on roads in Ireland. I don't like the way Ireland has 85 Km/hr speed limits on narrow roads, then puts a "SLOW" warning on the road, with no warning sign. You only see a splash of yellow on the road from a distance, and if not familiar with it you cannot read it till to late. Scuffed the hubcap on my rental that way. Interesting. I have not been out east in quite a while. Here we have mostly international signage or the equivalent. For an example, at traffic crosswalks, when the light is about to change, the pedestrian is given a six second count and then it switches to a pedestrian with a slash through him/her. That's probably the same in CA. We still have 'Stop' signs in English but most signage is without words.