You think this will hit Canada?

[MWR34]

I do know it is implemented in alot of street signs locally, but I dont know if it is enforced to be that way or not.

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Is There No Detail Too Small For The Feds To Regulate?
from Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion by William A. Jacobson
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The federal government is forcing states and municipalities to change the lettering on street signs from all CAPS to initial Caps because it supposedly is easier for motorists to read, and therefore will save milliseconds of driver attention which might, I repeat, MIGHT, save lives.

I understand uniformity of traffic signs on major highways and roads, but street name signs?

As reported by the NEW YORK POST, sorry, New York Post, $27 million to change NYC signs from all-caps:

Federal copy editors are demanding the city change its 250,900 street signs -- such as these for Perry Avenue in The Bronx -- from the all-caps style used for more than a century to ones that capitalize only the first letters.

Changing BROADWAY to Broadway will save lives, the Federal Highway Administration contends in its updated Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, citing improved readability. At $110 per sign, it will also cost the state $27.6 million, city officials said....

Studies have shown that it is harder to read all-caps signs, and those extra milliseconds spent staring away from the road have been shown to increase the likelihood of accidents, particularly among older drivers, federal documents say.

The new regulations also require a change in font from the standard highway typeface to Clearview, which was specially developed for this purpose.

As a result, even numbered street signs will have to be replaced.

Interestingly, the article notes that the rules do not apply to traffic on the internet:

"On the Internet, writing in all caps means you are shouting," she said. "Our new signs can quiet down, as well."

Or should I say, don't apply, YET.

[tool001]

doesn't matter, if people can read signs or not, they will still hog right lane. c-lai's will take 10 min to park, people will still change lanes without checking.... list goes on..

[gdoh]

Originally Posted by tool001

doesn't matter, if people can read signs or not, they will still hog right lane. c-lai's will take 10 min to park, people will still change lanes without checking.... list goes on..

this

[sonick]

lol I fail.

[Gumby]

Originally Posted by tool001

doesn't matter, if people can read signs or not, they will still hog right lane. c-lai's will take 10 min to park, people will still change lanes without checking.... list goes on..

C-lais can't/don't read signs anyway, so it won't have an effect.

Originally Posted by sonick

This is stupid. It's been known to typographists and designers that all caps make text HARDER to read at a glance since the letters are all of relatively even height. The human brain can 'guess' fairly well when you glance at text because you can see the dips and valleys of lowercase letters.

WITH CAPITAL LETTERS YOU MISS ALL OF THAT AS THEY ARE ALL THE SAME SIZE AND ALL YOU SEE IS A BLUR.

Read again. They're proposing to change it from BROADWAY to Broadway.

[Graeme S]

They did a thing about this on Top Gear where James interviewed a woman who'd been involved in developing the UK Motorway signage dealies.

Kind of a cool interview except for the extremely nerdy hero-worship from cap'n slow.
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[sonick]

Originally Posted by Gumby

Read again. They're proposing to change it from BROADWAY to Broadway.

Don't I look like an idiot lol.

It is a good idea.

[CP.AR]

YouTube

scroll to around 1:48

[PiuYi]

27 million can save alot of lives too.... and can do it producing a lot less garbage

[MG1]

Lots of research on stuff like this......

Typeface - serif fonts are better for text (books, newspaper, magazines), while non serif fonts are better for large signs and posters.

Fully justified text is best for books and newspapers.

This uppercase lowercase thing makes so much sense.

Now how about Chinese characters?

[rsx]

Sounds like a sweet gig contract for private companies.

Come on. Milliseconds?? When did people become illiterate all of a sudden. Why not change the drinking and driving law to ZERO if they really want to save lives.

[BNR32_Coupe]

in a cumulative sense, i guess this saves thousands of hours spent staring away from the road each year.

[FerrariEnzo]

now thats a waste of good money right there...

[bloodmack]

Originally Posted by Graeme S

They did a thing about this on Top Gear where James interviewed a woman who'd been involved in developing the UK Motorway signage dealies.

Kind of a cool interview except for the extremely nerdy hero-worship from cap'n slow.
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I like the one where the girl with big boobies holds up the speed sign

[Sgt_Koopa]

I'm opening up a company to print the signs and want this contract.

[AzNightmare]

Oh here's what ICBC can do.
During a driving test, one more thing you need to be tested on.
When instructed to do so, drive going 50km/h, and read out the signs (in ALL CAPS) while doing so.

This will train people to be better drivers, rather than having the city make it easier
for those that shouldn't have gotten license to be on the road in the first place.

I don't understand why the city encourage incompetent driving... seriously, fck, you would think ICBC would have
the smallest parking lots of all places because that's where the tests are held, but the last unofficial part of the
test is to pull into the biggest fkn parking lot that even a C-Lai parking in 45 degrees with her X5 would fit within the lines.

bullshit