India's lookslikethis, Mauritius' lookslikethis, in a fewcountriestherearethesecutewhiteborders, Japan's lookslikethis, slightlydifferentanglebutbasicallythesame.
In a technicalsense, thecarwasinventedin 1886 inGermanyby a guynamedKarlBenz, butin a patrioticsense, thecarwasinventedin 1908 inDetroit, Michiganby a guynamed
Butin 1927, theAmericanAssociationofStateHighwayOfficials, orASCHU, published a compactlynamedManualandSpecificationsfortheManufacture, Display, andErectionof U.S. StandardRoad
しかし1927年、ASCHU(American Association of State Highway Officials)は、「Manual and Specifications for Manufacture, Display, and Erection of U.S. Standard Road(米国標準道路の製造、展示、架設のためのマニュアルと仕様書)」というコンパクトな名前の本を出版した。
MarkersandSigns, orMass.
マーカーと標識、またはMass.
Modemursum, which, asyoumightsuspect, createdspecificationsforthemanufacture, display, anderectionof U.S. standardroadmarkersandsigns.
モデムルサムは、ご推察の通り、米国標準の道路標識や標識の製造、表示、建立のための仕様書を作成した。
Then, in 1930, a differentgroup, theNationalConferenceonStreetandHighwaySafety, or
そして1930年、別のグループである全米道路交通安全会議(National Conference on Street and Highway Safety)が設立された。
Seeingashavingtwostandardizationstandardswasn't a particularlystandardizedstandard, in 1931, a jointcommitteewasformed, whichultimatelygavebirthto a beautifulbouncingbabyboythatwecalltheManualonUniformTrafficControlDevices, a modifiedversionofwhichwestillusetoday.
Ohman, it's thenewlyformedandnot-yet-notoriously-ineffectiveUnitedNations, andtheywanttodevelop a worldwidestandardforroadsignssothatpeopledrivinginforeigncountriesdon't see a signsayingrailroadcrossing, notknowwhatthatmeans, andthengetpancakedintooblivionbyThomasandFriends.
See, technically, legally, roadsareunderthepurviewofthestates, notthefederalgovernment, andsothefederalgovernmentsigning a treatytellingthemhowtohandletheirroadsis a bitlegallymurky—althoughapparentlynotthatmurky, seeingasthe 1966
Thiswasproveninthe 1970s, whentheMuttKidtriedimplementingtheViennaConvention's focusonimage-basedinsteadofAmerica's moretext-basedsigns, whichturnedouttobe a terriblefailure, withdriverssoconfusedaboutwhatthingslikethismeantthatwefeltweneededtoaddbackinthetextexplainingthatthethinginfrontofthemwas a drawbridge, not a sickrampforkids.
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