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No, the road is closed. It’s the street that’s open.
Perhaps using a different sign would leave a less negative impression
Instead of saying the road is closed to cars, you say the street is open only to pedestrians.
The picture is seemingly from North America, so I’m not sure if a similar sign exists over there.If I were driving I would take this to mean crosswalk or watch for kids due to having seen similar signs.
I think it would be great to gain a new meaning however when posted in the middle of the road.
The sign I posted follows the 1967 Vienna Convention on road signs.
Afaik the US is not signatory to that treaty, but they probably have different signs with similar meaning
Perhaps something like this, based on the US bike lane sign?
Unfortunately, that’s limited to a single language, not international friendly. Having language at all makes it take longer to process too, but that’s not as much of an issue in this case.
That seems to be the standard in the US though. I’m only following what they already do over there.
Sadly, I don’t think you can have a wordless sign here that isn’t negative. The option is a “no cars” symbol. I don’t know how you’d do “pedestrians only” symbolicly.
I think that’s perfect.
Real life examples from Europe, where a “closed” road is showed as a positive message.
Italy:
Denmark:
Jfc I don’t think that road sign is trying to oppress anyone.
The road sign is technically correct, but it looks at the situation as “car by default”.
It reinforces the idea that in order to accommodate pedestrian friendly places, we must punish drivers by restricting them from going where they would otherwise be allowed to go. It assumes that cars are allowed to go anywhere, unless explicitely stated otherwise.
The way you communicate ideas is important if you want to get people on board, so maybe it is better to say the road is “open to pedestrians only”, rather than “closed to cars”
No they didn’t - road signs are generally for vehicles unless otherwise specified.
That’s the criticism in this picture. The sign is vehicle-centric where it should be explicitely pedestrian-centric.
at first i thought this was a joke about running everyone over with a car lmao
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You want to let cars onto the road full of people?!
The sign is addressing cars and for cars it’s closed but from a human perspective, it’s open
I know, I was just having a bit of fun with wordplay
Well do better next time and you won’t disappoint all the people you are reply to and those who agree with them
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Better than “self-driving” cars.
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