Talk:Warning sign

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The section on "Obstacles" currently conflates object markers (which in the US are not actually warning signs) and warning signs dealing with medians, diverges, etc. When I have time and motivation, I'll try to come up with better language that better differentiates and defines each of these.

RCMoeur 15 May 2005

Evacuation markers are guide signs, and this section should be moved accordingly. Triskele Jim 19:13, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

1 Mexian Sign
2 Warning Sign song
3 Example warning signs in each section
4 {{Globalize}}
5 Cleanup
6 Obstacles
7 Warnings in Wikipedia

[edit] Mexian Sign

Where's the link for the mexican sign.

Try to be a bit more PC? Anyway, I made it link to the article, but I don't know how to make the description of the footnote look anything more than a caret, so if someone can do that, that'd be great. Mmmkay? La Bicyclette 20:11, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Warning Sign song

Warning Sign by Coldplay is a song that I want to request. --Numberonedad 17:44, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

I requested it. --Numberonedad 17:49, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Example warning signs in each section

I've added a disproportionate quantity of Irish road signs as examples of the various types of warning sign. The reason is that they're good quality and a lot of types are uploaded.

We really need a majority of the example signs to be of the red triangle variant, as this is what most of the world uses. I do suggest however that each type of warning sign have a table with 6 (or 12) example signs on one (or two) row(s). Each row could have 2/3 triangle signs, 2/3 diamond signs, and 1/2 oddities (local signs), with double that where useful.

I would scrap the big images at the top of page, as they do not have any labelling, so while useful, could be superceded by individual labelled examples under the appropriate section.

I also suggest removing some/all of the photos, as they are cluttered (showing more than just the sign). People know that a road sign sits on a pole. All we need are good quality example images of the signs themselves.

One or two really good quality photos could be added to the top of page (I don't consider any of the current ones suitable). Something with just the sign in the foreground and sky, and wilderness/desert would be good. I'm specifically thinking of the stereotypical image of the kangaroo warning sign from Australia here, but the point is that only a properly composed photo is worthwhile putting in here as opposed to just example images.

zoney ♣ talk 12:46, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] {{Globalize}}

Added {{Globalize}}, because The main page only cover US-specifed signs --AzaToth ^talk 15:50, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

Actually, this tag can be removed as well.

[edit] Cleanup

I placed the cleanup tag on the article because there are currently far too many pictures — in fact, I believe that the images are taking up more space than the article text itself! We don't need multiple examples for each one; I think it'd be best to create an image gallery on commons: and link to that at the bottom of the page with {{commons}}. The article could use some serious copyediting and reorganization as well. æle ✆ 00:42, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

I will remove this tag now -- the page looks good, and since it's discussing SIGNS there's a good reason why it's filled with images.

[edit] Obstacles

The current section is unclear:

Diamond-shaped with reflectors are placed at point of curbs, dividers, or other lane obstacles. Rectangular signs with diagonal stripes indicate solid objects such as barricades, bridge abutments, utility poles or natural obstacles near the roadway. Left side obstacles are marked with stripes running high to low, left to right; right side obstacle signs use stripes running high to low, right to left; in a sense akin to International symbol of arrow pointing down toward side toward roadway.

What country's signage is this describing? The second sentence does a poor job of explaining what the signage actually looks like (really an image would be needed). As for the third sentence, it is even less clear what the (semi) described signage actually looks like.

Stay left

Stay either side

Roundabout (traffic flows anti-clockwise around)

Is this section describing hazard signage at the likes of traffic islands? I.e., signs which in Europe (and probably most of the world but not the US) for example, usually are circular, with a blue background, and a white arrow (or arrows) pointing diagonally down towards the road lane, directing traffic around the island. A special version is usually used for roundabouts, consisting of a blue circular sign, with three white arrows following each other around the circular sign in the direction of traffic flow (i.e. clockwise for UK, anti-clockwise on the continent). See images to right. zoney ♣ talk 15:59, 11 August 2006 (UTC)