Re: [OT] top posting
On Jan 14, 2008 8:34 PM, Andrew Sackville-West
<andrew@farwestbilliards.com> 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
baloo@ursine.ca
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