Comments on: SIGNS GUARD INVALIDS FROM HONKING CARS (Feb, 1932)

By: nlpnt

nlpnt — Sun, 11 May 2008 22:33:42 +0000

For being in England, those shield-shaped road signs have a very American look to them- sort of like the old-style U.S. Highway signs (as seen in “The Grapes of Wrath”.

By: David Moisan

David Moisan — Sun, 11 May 2008 22:03:25 +0000

You don’t see “quiet” signs outside hospitals anymore, except in Warner Brothers cartoons.

By: Slim

Slim — Sun, 11 May 2008 18:37:03 +0000

For some reason these remind me of the “Baby on board” placards. I wonder if they were just as effective.

By: Rick Auricchio

Rick Auricchio — Sun, 11 May 2008 18:15:11 +0000

So while one driver is distracted looking for “don’t honk” signs, the other driver almost hits him and has to honk.

By: fluffy

fluffy — Sun, 11 May 2008 18:10:23 +0000

It still amazes me that at one time, “invalid” was an acceptable term for someone who was bedridden.