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Name That Sign

I got them all right — but you’d be somehow disappointed if I didn’t, right? Not that it was very difficult (though I will admit to taking a flyer on the “hazardous materials” entry). For a real run for your money have a go at the U.K.’s Highway Code (my favorite is the warning sign that says, simply, “ford”; hint, it’s not product placement).

(thanks Peter)

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 at 8:36 pm and is filed under Traffic Signs. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2 Responses to “Name That Sign”

  1. C.Most Says:
    September 1st, 2009 at 8:52 pm

    Thrilled to find your site. Found it following a Nudge posting.
    Funny, we’ve always joked about the roadway signs in different countries and how you’ve really got to guess sometimes.

  2. Pete Says:
    September 2nd, 2009 at 8:07 am

    Love the blog, I just did your road sign test and scored 95%, not bad for a UK resident who has never visited the USA I think!

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How We Drive is the companion blog to Tom Vanderbilt’s New York Times bestselling book, Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us), published by Alfred A. Knopf in the U.S. and Canada, Penguin in the U.K, and in languages other than English by a number of other fine publishers worldwide.

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