Driving (Part 2)

Posted bybentleyjwPosted inUncategorized

In most of the world, if you have a driver’s license from the US you are allowed to drive in that other country. Since being here, I have started to doubt the wisdom of that policy.

In particular, I’ve realized that I don’t understand what a lot of road signs mean. See if you can guess what the following signs mean.

Are you done guessing? Ready for the answers?

No peaking until you have guessed.

Ready?

Yield (I knew this one).
Crossroads with a road joining from the left but you have priority.
End of speed 50kph speed limit. No clue what the new speed limit is. It’s whatever it was before the 50kph limit, so you need to remember at least 3 signs ago.
Road closed. No entry.
One way road. No entry from this direction.
No parking or stopping.
No bicycles allowed on this road (I originally thought this sign meant “watch out for bicycles”).
Route for hazardous materials (I would have assumed this was a detour sign or something like “proceed this way with caution”, not a “hazardous materials ahead!” sign).
You have priority over oncoming traffic.
Oncoming traffic has priority over you. Yield to oncoming traffic.

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