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Children's crossing in Finland
(Finland); 1996   Sodankylä (Finnish Lapland);
2001; pict. V. Väisänen
  (left) Iceland has the very same sign of the UK-group (explained there; more examples in the U.K.).

One of the extra benefits of roadsign collecting is that because roadsigns are country specific, you can't get lost once you know your signs.

The widespread use of this sign makes it almost useless to know where you are. We find it on many places in the northern hemisphere and also well south of the equator. We need more to calculate a unequivocal position.
Some short hints from the team field-guide:
+ it's raining; workmen desperately trying to put up an umbrella = Great Britain
+ pumice stone chafing your ears = Iceland
+ horizon with piramids = Egypt
+ workers don't wear wellingtons; hyenas crossing your path = Southern Africa

  
  (right) Road signs never stop to surprise. This sign (found in front of Jeesiönranta junior high school - Jeesiönrannan yläaste) is very different and has no duplicates in other countries. The children don't hold hands. We have similar signs from Iran, The Netherlands and Italy but all show differences in the arms, legs or clothing.
 
Vuotso - Sodankylä (Lapland);
14.VII.2001; pict. V. Väisänen		 Venla Väisänen wrote me:  
  It is located in front of the Vuotso elementary school.
The sign includes words PYSÄHDY (stop) and VARO (look out). Also a small inscription TALJA can be read. Talja was a traffic security oriented organization until the 1980's. The sign probably dates from the 1960's.

This roadsign is interesting in several aspects.
+ First we have the amazing detail in the drawing:
the car with driver, the clothing, the shadows.
Compare with the equally detailed Katmandu children.

  
+ Then see how the children walk away from us.
They do most often walk in the plane of the sign.
Find a second (less obvious) case in Ireland

+ The girl keeps the boy from stepping on the road. She puts her hand on his shoulder. This is typical behaviour for children of the UK-group.

   + The general approach is very peculiar.
Signs usually are designed from the car's viewpoint. They warn for objects or people that could be in the way.
This sign shows the dangerous situation: the possible victims and the target of the message.
Visit Ireland for a discussion in depth.
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