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Children's crossing in Romania
We have now several samples from Romania and the situation doesn't look very comforting for us roadsign collecting people. All panels in good shape are drawn in the modern sketchy way. Gone are the old fashioned signs.

Let's take a look at the Sintana and Maramures finds.
A junior roadsign research assistant probably would probably classify them with the UK-group of signs. A quick look at Great-Britain's page reveals that this can't be correct.

  • The girl is not big enough; she must be the sturdiest.
  • The UK-children never carry a bookbag
  • and they don't run. They walk.
Godines (prov. Gorj); VII.2007; pict. De Knijf & Demolder
 
Sintana; VII.2000;
pict. W. Van Landuyt		 Maramures; 27.VI.2009;
pict. J. Koelstra		 Titerlesti (prov. Mehedinti); 18.VII.2007;
pict. De Knijf & Demolder
 
Though both roadsigns belong amongst to the ugliest on the market they are interesting because this constellation is only found in a couple of countries (e.g. The Netherlands, Spain (Sarvisé), Italy). The find from Titerlesti is most likely the precursor of the previous designs. We see basically the same scene but mirorred and that's exactly what usually happens when an older design is modernized.
 
The find at hand is similar to the modern Italian Children's Crossings and also found in many countries around the Mediterranean Sea (See Malta for an explanation).

But the roadsign kept a primitive feature in the horizontal stroke. This line was also present in the older designs of the real Mediterranean countries, but it wasn't preserved in the new drawing.
Godines (prov. Gorj); 17.VII.2007;
pict. De Knijf & Demolder
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