in Europe, we have a hierarchy
This is definitely not true for all of Europe. In Germany, for instance, signs on roads have equal precedence to signs on poles.
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helmet91@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Apart from what some commenters already pointed out (about the orientation of the roads there), I’m not sure how it’s going in the US, but in Europe, we have a hierarchy, where the sign on a pole takes precedence over the sign painted on the road.
The hierarchy is:
- Police officers hand signs
- Traffic lights
- Signs on a pole
- Signs painted on the road
Is there such a thing in the US?
bleistift2@feddit.de 7 months ago
shasta@lemm.ee 7 months ago
What do you do if they contradict?
bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
Sit there untill either the sign or the paint fade away
JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
Here in Finland we just wait for snow, then you can’t see the painted one.
Which is why it was such a great idea to replace our solid “you can’t pass here” lines from their old bright yellow to EU matching white so that that self driving cars understand them correctly. Which during the winter means both of us or the machines can’t see shit.
bleistift2@feddit.de 7 months ago
That’s the neat part: They don’t. At least I have never seen confusing signage/markings.
MeanEYE@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Lately the trend is for temporary signs to have yellow background instead of white. So if you see road construction you’ll see a yellow background sign.
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 7 months ago
Orange you sure that construction signs shouldn’t be a different color?
MeanEYE@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Yes, not yellow, not sure what I was talking about.
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Oh, I was always told the yellow signs are suggestions
icedterminal@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Yellow signs are suggestions or warnings. Always have been. Construction (temporary) are orange. As seen in the OP.
When it comes to what order on how you should follow them:
- Orange
- White
- Yellow
MeanEYE@lemmy.world 7 months ago
They are I just said the wrong color.
GiddyGap@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Yeah.