On Jan 14, 2008 8:34 PM, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 02:06:33PM +1000, Julian De Marchi wrote: > > <snip> > > > >> Only if the lines are also reversed, kind of like how STOP AHEAD is > >> painted on pavement with the word STOP first, then AHEAD after so you > >> pass over the first word in the statement before the second. > >> > > > > Well put! :-) > > continuing to veer wildly off-topic. > > I always hated that STOP AHEAD thing. I always figured if you are > close enough to the words that it mattered which one you drove over > first, you aren't looking far enough up the road.
Pavement markings are designed to be viewed from a relatively close distance, possibly in heavy, slow moving traffic. There are some pavement markings that are more than two words, as well: "WELCOME TO <STATE>" and "HIGHWAY ENDS CUSTOMS AHEAD" are pavement markings I've seen before, the first word is always the first one you run over. -- Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
