Wednesday, December 5, 2012

reverse

new school crossing signs have appeared in my neighbourhood
the black background took me by surprise as usually 
the figures are black on a yellow background
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17 comments:

RedPat said...

I haven't seen these yet.

Gemma Wiseman said...

That does not look unusual! Even the shape of the sign is different! Ours are usually round!

Marleen said...

Maybe the sign is noticed more now because of the unusual colours.

Linda said...

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Clytie said...

Ours crossing signs are usually black on yellow too - this one sure would catch MY eye!

Andy said...

In my neighbourhood there's still a mixture of green signs and the older yellow ones. This is the first I've seen with the black background. Have ever noticed the poor kids on the sign have no necks, hands or feet?

Lesley said...

and I can't help thinking the boy especially has rather long legs for a kid!

we also still have some of the blue signs from way back, but only in the older established areas.

Melbourne Australia Photos said...

Hmmm, I thought it was a "caution elderly crossing" sign at first, but then there was no cane and books instead. Yes, rather tall for kids...
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Wayne said...

I like it, very bright!

Anonymous said...

New color - perhaps determined to be more noticeable? Compared to here, that's a fairly high speed for a school zone. Ours range from 15-25 mph.

~mrsbearfoot (Lindy)

Gerald (SK14) said...

At first sight it looked like an "eldery persons" sign to me too. 40 sounds a bit fast - it is 30 in urban areas here anyway and around schools and suchlike usually a max of 20.

Zyzzyz said...

It is very different from the ones in the UK.

Kathy said...

Maybe changing the signs would be helpful since I believe most of us get so complacent with such things we finally get to the point where we don't even see them.

Jim said...

We have some of the old round design ones now in fluoro yellow but I don't like that colour for these signs.

Halcyon said...

Let's hope the change in color is making them more visible to drivers. I'm always amazed at how fast some people zip through my residential area. :S

Nonnie said...

It does catch one's attention, which is good. But 40 mph in a school zone? If indeed this is Canada's version of a school zone sign, the speed limit is much higher than in our school zones.

Catches the Eye said...

Actually I quite like that quite eye catching.