Stop Signs were YELLOW in the current USA history until 1954. | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 77564438 United States 04/16/2019 08:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | remember when Stop signs were yellow, at least in Baltimore they were. I remember as a little kid when they switched over to red, which upset me greatly. Then Baltimore TV station WAAM became WJZ, and I couldn't sleep for weeks. I HATE CHANGE. which drives my wife crazy. |
JADR+ (OP) User ID: 77547809 Australia 04/16/2019 08:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Unfortunately I'm old enough (72) to Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77564438 remember when Stop signs were yellow, at least in Baltimore they were. I remember as a little kid when they switched over to red, which upset me greatly. Then Baltimore TV station WAAM became WJZ, and I couldn't sleep for weeks. I HATE CHANGE. which drives my wife crazy. when you close your eyes, and think of a stop sign, do you still see yellow? I'm a J & proud zio. OrangeManBad NFTs: [link to opensea.io (secure)] FE Challenge: Provide a formula which calculates the exact distance between 2 GPS coordinates that does not use the Earth's radius of 6,371 km in it's assumptions JADR+ |
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JADR+ (OP) User ID: 77547809 Australia 04/16/2019 09:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I do. I'm a J & proud zio. OrangeManBad NFTs: [link to opensea.io (secure)] FE Challenge: Provide a formula which calculates the exact distance between 2 GPS coordinates that does not use the Earth's radius of 6,371 km in it's assumptions JADR+ |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 77272669 United States 04/17/2019 01:38 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.trafficsign.us] Quoting: JADR+ "Yes - in fact, yellow was the standard color for STOP signs for nearly 30 years. The first STOP sign appeared in 1915 in Detroit, Michigan. There were a variety of colors used for STOP signs until the late 1920s, when the background color was standardized on yellow for maximum day and night visibility. Remember that this was a number of years before the invention of glass-bead retroreflectorization for sign faces, so a red sign looked very dark at night. By 1954, signmakers were able to use durable fade-resistant red coatings for sign faces, so the background color of the STOP sign was changed to the red color you see today. This change also served to distinguish the regulatory STOP sign from yellow warning signs, and also made the color consistent with that of red traffic signal indications, which for decades had used red to signal "stop"." I voted to unpin this irrelevant thread because hey it just is. Irrelevant. P.S. STOP has always been STOP no matter what the color of the sign was and or presently is. |
JADR+ (OP) User ID: 77547809 Australia 04/17/2019 01:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.trafficsign.us] Quoting: JADR+ "Yes - in fact, yellow was the standard color for STOP signs for nearly 30 years. The first STOP sign appeared in 1915 in Detroit, Michigan. There were a variety of colors used for STOP signs until the late 1920s, when the background color was standardized on yellow for maximum day and night visibility. Remember that this was a number of years before the invention of glass-bead retroreflectorization for sign faces, so a red sign looked very dark at night. By 1954, signmakers were able to use durable fade-resistant red coatings for sign faces, so the background color of the STOP sign was changed to the red color you see today. This change also served to distinguish the regulatory STOP sign from yellow warning signs, and also made the color consistent with that of red traffic signal indications, which for decades had used red to signal "stop"." I voted to unpin this irrelevant thread because hey it just is. Irrelevant. P.S. STOP has always been STOP no matter what the color of the sign was and or presently is. Don't care - I'll re-pin it! I'm a J & proud zio. OrangeManBad NFTs: [link to opensea.io (secure)] FE Challenge: Provide a formula which calculates the exact distance between 2 GPS coordinates that does not use the Earth's radius of 6,371 km in it's assumptions JADR+ |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 77568101 United States 04/17/2019 09:30 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Unfortunately I'm old enough (72) to Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77564438 remember when Stop signs were yellow, at least in Baltimore they were. I remember as a little kid when they switched over to red, which upset me greatly. Then Baltimore TV station WAAM became WJZ, and I couldn't sleep for weeks. I HATE CHANGE. which drives my wife crazy. when you close your eyes, and think of a stop sign, do you still see yellow? Nope, I see red. Red for anger that they couldn't leave well enough alone. |