Comments on: ‘Speed Zone Ahead’ and Other Types of Road Ambiguity http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/03/29/speed-zone-ahead-and-other-types-of-road-ambiguity/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:09:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Charlie Lehardy http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/03/29/speed-zone-ahead-and-other-types-of-road-ambiguity/#comment-6772 Charlie Lehardy Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:31:36 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=763#comment-6772 My dad wrote this article about some road signs we saw in New Mexico. Right along the lines of this post: http://www.anotherthink.com/contents/humor/20081218_a_debate_rages_in_new_mexico.html My dad wrote this article about some road signs we saw in New Mexico. Right along the lines of this post: http://www.anotherthink.com/contents/humor/20081218_a_debate_rages_in_new_mexico.html

]]> By: Joel http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/03/29/speed-zone-ahead-and-other-types-of-road-ambiguity/#comment-6761 Joel Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:05:20 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=763#comment-6761 This sign is legendary among motorcyclists (I think some western states have it up).... http://farm1.static.flickr.com/209/440391503_135d69a217_o.jpg I think it means that when you see a rainbow, you should stand up on the seat and perform a stunt for onlookers. This sign is legendary among motorcyclists (I think some western states have it up)….

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/209/440391503_135d69a217_o.jpg

I think it means that when you see a rainbow, you should stand up on the seat and perform a stunt for onlookers.

]]> By: Kameron http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/03/29/speed-zone-ahead-and-other-types-of-road-ambiguity/#comment-6751 Kameron Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:28:18 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=763#comment-6751 A few weeks ago, I took this photo of a sign while driving north on Utah State Highway 6, just before entering Spanish Fork, Utah: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I2WMO6Z72Xw/SbVpiq74TEI/AAAAAAAACmo/SltToiR6TI0/s1600-h/1.JPG A few weeks ago, I took this photo of a sign while driving north on Utah State Highway 6, just before entering Spanish Fork, Utah:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I2WMO6Z72Xw/SbVpiq74TEI/AAAAAAAACmo/SltToiR6TI0/s1600-h/1.JPG

]]> By: thm http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/03/29/speed-zone-ahead-and-other-types-of-road-ambiguity/#comment-6750 thm Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:44:25 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=763#comment-6750 In a parking garage recently, I saw side-by-side signs saying "Pedestrians Prohibited" and "Watch for Pedestrians." This seems like an appropriate thread in which to mention Donald Knuth's <a href="http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/diamondsigns/diam.html" rel="nofollow">Diamond Sign photograph collection</a>. (Knuth is an absolute legend in computer science; he's more than earned the right to have a website design that looks to be from about 1993.) In a parking garage recently, I saw side-by-side signs saying “Pedestrians Prohibited” and “Watch for Pedestrians.”

This seems like an appropriate thread in which to mention Donald Knuth’s Diamond Sign photograph collection. (Knuth is an absolute legend in computer science; he’s more than earned the right to have a website design that looks to be from about 1993.)

]]> By: Joey http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/03/29/speed-zone-ahead-and-other-types-of-road-ambiguity/#comment-6746 Joey Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:57:41 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=763#comment-6746 What does "sunken grade" mean? What does “sunken grade” mean?

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