NAC: Va Speeding Tax...oops, I Meant Ticket

[Huw Powell]

>>Um, I don't know if you've noticed, but road signs are in "sign"
>>language.  The only literacy required is to match the numbers on the
>>speed signs to the numbers on your dashboard.
> 
> 
> In MD there are signs that are plain english - not pictograms.  Some 
> that come immediately to mind are "Bridge Freezes Before Roadway", 
> "Exit Only", "School Zone" and "Work Area".  Nevermind the overhead 
> signs that are programmable and in english.

I ignore those ;)  Good point, though.  Although, around here, school 
zone signs always have a new, lower speed limit with a number, though. 
So do work areas.  "Exit only" is hard to disobey, and "bridge freezes 
before roadway" is physics, not law.  However, the programmable signs, 
which often matter a lot, do tend to be English-only.  Even here, where 
half our signs are in two of the three national languages (French and 
English, no Spanish).

>>Well, more than anything else, yup.  If I had to deal with an errant
>>driver, it's the thing I'd least like them to be doing.
> 
> Hmmm, I'd rather they not be armed, drunk, drugged, asleep, or 
> otherwise distracted...  excessive speed is another issue.

Actually, most of those are either rare or easy to deal with.  Unless 
they are doing 90 mph.

-- 
Huw Powell

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