Signs that make you look twice — Part 2
My old friend and college classmate Sharon Roth sends this tangle of a sign, which she snapped on the mean streets of Park Ridge, Illinois.
The “Stop Means Stop” addendum at the bottom could be effective, she says. But there’s so much clutter and noise surrounding it that many drivers tune out rather than slow down. (In other words, writers aren’t the only people who need editors? — Ed.)
“Stop Means Stop” above the bike route sign – now that would be an attention-grabber. A good idea that almost made it to greatness.
Here is another one: http://noisydecentgraphics.typepad.com/design/2009/07/clarity-diversion.html
Dan,
This isn’t a comment on this story so much as a “cool” sign I thought would make you chuckle.
I’m not sure which category of sign it goes into (emotionally intelligent, perhaps not). It made me laugh.
When did we reach a point that we need a sign to tell us that opening a window on a railway line will mean that it will get noisier in our hotel room? This was at a hotel in Melbourne (Australia) recently.
check out the picture here: http://www.cindytonkin.com/images/railway_noise_sign.jpg
happy to email it to you if you want it.
cindy
p.s. love your stuff!!
Dan – I’d be interested in hearing why she thinks that extra sign would be helpful. Clearly everybody knows that the stop sign means. What would be more effective would be a cop hanging out around the corner every once in a while to give tickets to people who choose to ignore the law.
Steve, I agree, most everyone knows what stop means. However, around the Chicago area (I’m a Park Ridge native myself), we’re famous for our “rolling stops.” Almost no one performs anything close to resembling a full and complete stop, which is even more of a problem around school zones (this sign is posted along a route a lot of children use to walk to school).