{"id":149,"date":"2011-06-05T04:56:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-05T04:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pim.famnit.upr.si\/wp\/?p=149"},"modified":"2021-11-17T11:21:25","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T11:21:25","slug":"symbol-of-a-traffic-camera-signs-do-and-will-they-make-sense-to-new-generations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pim.famnit.upr.si\/wp\/?p=149","title":{"rendered":"Symbol of a traffic camera signs – do and will they make sense to new generations?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I still remember the anecdote of Adobe whose Photoshop did not sell well in Japan. Why not? Because their splash screen contained an eye<\/a> which was offensive to Japanese. Today I drove down the road and I saw a speed camera sign (which UK is full of) <\/strong>and realized it is a symbol of an very old Brownie camera<\/a><\/strong>.  It maybe does not even look like camera to today’s standards. And I was wondering what would such image mean to generations to come<\/strong>. Their cameras won’t look similar to the one on a photo (design sheets from DFT<\/a>).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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H<\/span>ow do signs for traffic<\/strong> cameras <\/strong>(speed, red light, control) look around the world<\/strong>? Here’s how, and some designs are way better than UK’s: <\/p>\n

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Some EU countries like France, Italy
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Somewhere in USA
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USA Seattle
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Australia
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Another one in Australia
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Singapore 
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Norway
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Spain
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Poland
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USA – Iowa 
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USA – warning of a cam with no cam
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USA – Seattle
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USA – California
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USA Washington Bellevue
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New Zealand (no cam)
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Netherlands
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Netherlands
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Australia, Perth
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Canada, Quebec
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Australia, Sydney
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Canada Winnipeg<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Australia
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Canada, Quebec
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Which one do you like most?<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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