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[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 2 points 9 hours ago

The green states should just secede.

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 30 points 2 days ago

Canada's building codes since around 2014 require the green man pictoral exit sign.

Old buildings have EXIT or SORTIE signs in red. Some renovated buildings have a mix of both.

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago

Ahh yes I was surprised that they have the European (or just international idk) one

[-] bob_lemon@feddit.org 8 points 1 day ago

It's because the pictogram doesn't require knowing French or English (depending on where in Canada you are)

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Ah that makes a lot of sense

[-] pupbiru@aussie.zone 6 points 1 day ago

australia has them as well, so i’d assume general international

[-] Donkter@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago

This is a funny map because it's super informative and I'm not sure I've gotten anything of substance out of it.

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 days ago

I'm sure it'll be super useful in a fire :)

[-] doug@lemmy.today 5 points 2 days ago

Is that a threat? W-why would they be in a fire?

[-] Ziglin@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

The same reason you might if you keep asking questions …

[-] Keeponstalin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

With defunding fire fighters and climate change, you never know. Thank God we have that space lazer to control the weather, otherwise I'd be worried

[-] XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

Because they keep moving people's desks and staplers. I saw a documentary.

[-] Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 2 days ago

Is it based on red being the color of an emergency or it doesn't look like a normal exit? Is it because they did studies on what is easier to see in smoke? Is it because green or red lights are cheaper?

I need answers

[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 22 points 2 days ago

The conclusion of a master's thesis at Lund University / LTH (Sweden) onto that topic provides some information on why green is chosen over red:

When it comes to the performance of green light in comparison to red light, we have seen that under white smoke conditions, on average, green light has performed better than red. While under black smoke conditions, red light was the better of the two, in line with the previous research. Nonetheless, the reason why green is the most commonly used color still remains independent of its performance against red light. As previous literature has proven, people perceive green as safe and tend to choose it over red in these situations.

https://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/9084340/file/9089830.pdf

[-] Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 day ago

Perfect, thanks

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago

You'll have to ask OSHA

[-] thessnake03@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

What's with NYC and yellow?

[-] Rogue@feddit.uk 7 points 2 days ago

I was intrigued too but it just seems to be red. Not sure why they've singled it out

https://www.emergencylights.net/blogs/product-knowledge/new-york-city-exit-signs-info

[-] Gaxsun@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago

I believe in Australia, by law it has to be green, except for parliment house because it'd ruin the aesthetic, so its allowed to be red (take with grain of salt, it's been a while since I went to Canberra).

[-] JeSuisUnHombre@lemm.ee 5 points 2 days ago

I apparently live in a red state but my workplace (in state) is green

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 days ago

It seems many states actually allow both

[-] jim@piefed.social 4 points 2 days ago

Now we just need to place them under the smoke at floor level

[-] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

And green. At the floor and green. Green, at floor level.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

fireexit

Because the hyphen or space keys are so far away.

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Becausethehyphenorspacekeysaresofaraway.

ftfy

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