Having just returned from a three day field study, wherein I took copious notes, visited various historic sites, and examined numerous scenic view points from a geographer's point of view, I have decided to post a (humorous) tourist's guide to Israeli traffic signs (having had ample opportunity to observe them in recent days).
Today's lesson is on reasons to SLOW DOWN!
1. Letters in the road:
Yeah, the recycled-O is pretty dangerous, and so is the tetris-T. Not sure if that is a Z or an N, but that's probably why its dangerous. Too much ambiguity.
2. Vehicles of various sorts.
Yes, this includes light rail cars, trains, tractors, dancing cars, and two kinds of bicycles.
3. Animals. Or People.
Deer, Ibex, Camel. Big person with small person. Big person with undetermined tool. Dancing male and female with boxes. All of these will make your road experience that much more exciting.
4. Geometric Shapes
5. Various. Basically, there are lots of these signs all over the place.
To summarize the signs above, watch out for snakes, exclamations points (how did they get on the road anyway?), mole hills (which may disguise land mines), rock and roll, black and white 30-60-90 triangles, colored circles, octagonal hands, and people landing on their heads.
Yes, Israeli roads are very dangerous places. So watch the signs and be safe.
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