[dmckeon]

> the traditional American crossbuck, the simple X-shaped railroad sign that warns drivers to yield to an oncoming train.

I would guess that roadway signage in the US runs about 80:20 textual:symbolic, but that the EU runs about 20:80, with much heavier use of symbols, and use of text only to modify or explain something not covered by the available symbolic palette. Could any EU->US or US->EU migratory drivers make their own estimates?

[supernova87a]

"How did you not realize that the empty circle means no parking from the hours of 1000-1600??"

[brnt]

Is signage not in the driving exam in your locale?

[supernova87a]

For someone coming to a European country and driving by virtue of reciprocal driving license permission (not having to take an exam), those signs are not at all intuitive.

[brnt]

They're not meant to be intuitive, you're meant to learn them.