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2. Barber's pole - Wikipedia

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   A barber's pole is a type of sign used by barbers to signify the place or shop where they perform their craft. The trade sign is, by a tradition dating back to the Middle Ages , a staff or pole with a helix of colored stripes (often red and white in many countries, but usually red, white and blue in Canada, Japan, the Philippines, South Korea ...

3. Traffic sign - Wikipedia

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   Traffic signs or road signs are signs erected at the side of or above roads to give instructions or provide information to road users. The earliest signs were simple wooden or stone milestones . Later, signs with directional arms were introduced, for example the fingerposts in the United Kingdom and their wooden counterparts in Saxony .

4. Traffic signs by country - Wikipedia

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   Traffic signing in the UK conforms broadly to European norms, though a number of signs are unique to Britain and direction signs omit European route numbers. The current sign system, introduced on 1 January 1965, was developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s by the Anderson Committee, which established the motorway signing system, and by the ...

5. Padstool (signage) - Wikipedia

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   Cyclists can look down on padstool signs, rather than having to look up away from the path. [5] The signs are designed to be read quickly; [1] [3] there is a principle in the Netherlands that cyclists should not be slowed or stopped, even to read signage. A constant speed is more comfortable and efficient, and makes for shorter travel times.

6. North American railroad signals - Wikipedia

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   A 4 feet (1.2 m) disc, painted red and mounted on a revolving pole; it indicated "stop" when positioned to face an approaching train. A pivoted board, called a "smashboard", which could be operated to swing into position across the track. [2]: 136 The Reading Railroad used vane signals mounted on wooden towers. Painted boards (vanes) of various ...

7. Mysterious ‘traffic’ signs with Donald Trump’s face pop up ...

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   Mysterious “traffic” signs featuring former President Donald Trump’s silhouetted profile have been popping up around Staten Island, Bay Ridge and other parts of the city, garnering a mix of ...