Regulatory Signs You Take for Granted
Regulatory signs are all around us every day, telling us when to Stop, where to Enter and how to Park. It’s not until they are missing, or in a different language that we realize how much we rely on them. Here’s a roundup of the Top 10 Signs We Take for Granted!
10. Speed Bump Signs in the winter
They may seem painfully obvious in July, but when the snow is falling and parking lots aren’t cleared well, a big yellow sign helps keep your bumper attached to your car.
9. Trail Signs
A trail through the woods can seem perfectly clear…until it isn’t. In a situation where staying on track can be a matter of life or death, having trail markers along the way gets us home safely.
We still need to find locations by address, even in a GPS world. Address numbers on a home can seem like decoration until you’re trying to find a friend’s house, squinting at mailboxes and dark porches, desperately hoping for any kind of a clue you’re on the right block.
They’re not just to cover liability for property owners! A wipeout on a wet tile floor isn’t fun for anyone. People in the United States take them for granted so much that we assume a commercial floor is bone-dry if one isn’t posted.
How else would we know not to honk at the idiot going 10 under the speed limit in the left lane?
The next time you think the utilitarian green exit sign disrupts the feng shui of an antique theater, remember if all the lights go off in a fire, you’re going to be happy to see how to get out.
4. Push and Pull Signs on doors
Wait until you visit a foreign country where you don’t speak the language to appreciate how these little indicators keep us from walking into doors face-first.
It’s a law of nature- when you are driving on an unfamiliar road and see a police car, there will be NO speed limit sign for the next five miles, while there seem to be 100 of them in your neighborhood.
2. Street Signs
Take a left on Lincoln Ave. Was that Lincoln? Did I just pass it? There wasn’t a sign but I don’t think it was this far…so goes the mental agony of a missing street sign.
It only takes one embarrassing case of mistaken bathroom identity to fully appreciate a well-identified restroom
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