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[-] helmet91@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Apart from what some commenters already pointed out (about the orientation of the roads there), I'm not sure how it's going in the US, but in Europe, we have a hierarchy, where the sign on a pole takes precedence over the sign painted on the road.

The hierarchy is:

  1. Police officer's hand signs
  2. Traffic lights
  3. Signs on a pole
  4. Signs painted on the road

According to this, you cannot turn left, even though it looks like a left turning lane.

Is there such a thing in the US?

[-] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 40 points 1 year ago

Is there such a thing in the US?

Yeah.

  1. Whatever the heck I want, because "ma freedom"
  2. Police officer's hand signs
  3. Traffic lights
  4. Signs on a pole
  5. Signs painted on the road
[-] bleistift2@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

in Europe, we have a hierarchy

This is definitely not true for all of Europe. In Germany, for instance, signs on roads have equal precedence to signs on poles.

[-] shasta@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

What do you do if they contradict?

[-] bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year ago

Sit there untill either the sign or the paint fade away

[-] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Here in Finland we just wait for snow, then you can't see the painted one.

Which is why it was such a great idea to replace our solid "you can't pass here" lines from their old bright yellow to EU matching white so that that self driving cars understand them correctly. So now during the winter both of us and the machines can't see them equally well.

[-] bleistift2@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

That’s the neat part: They don’t. At least I have never seen confusing signage/markings.

[-] shasta@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

You sure have a lot of faith in people.

[-] bleistift2@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

In Germany we actually test people before we let them drive cars. If you’re from the US, this concept might be unfamiliar :D

[-] shasta@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

This has nothing to do with the drivers, and more to do with municipal workers putting up signage.

[-] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Lately the trend is for temporary signs to have yellow background instead of white. So if you see road construction you'll see a yellow background sign.

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 8 points 1 year ago

Orange you sure that construction signs shouldn't be a different color?

[-] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Yes, not yellow, not sure what I was talking about.

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Oh, I was always told the yellow signs are suggestions

[-] icedterminal@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Yellow signs are suggestions or warnings. Always have been. Construction (temporary) are orange. As seen in the OP.

When it comes to what order on how you should follow them:

  • Orange
  • White
  • Yellow
[-] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

They are I just said the wrong color.

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