Dear Editor: Signs!

Dear Editor,

Are you ready for another rant? I’m sure I’m not the only one, but I’m getting tired of the disturbing fact that no one pays attention to signs anymore! I say ‘no one’, but I realize there are some who still do; the sad fact is, though, that more and more just pass them by without taking any notice.

Signs do have an effect, don’t get me wrong, if nothing else, to post a warning, whether it’s the ‘recommended’ speed limit or when to merge with traffic, or what. In the past, I’ve patrolled a certain parking lot here in town because nobody seemed to pay attention to the posted sign.

I’m definitely not saying that signs are useless, because signs DO have a purpose! That purpose is to announce a certain situation to passersby & for the most part maybe, they seem to fulfill their intended purpose. However, there is a growing weight of evidence that indicates, for whatever reason, that more & more people are, willfully or otherwise, ignorant of the purpose of signage.

Rant over (for now),

Charles Haddon Shank