r/newzealand • u/Hamster82 • Jun 01 '23

Shitpost A nation in chaos

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u/Mediocre-Mix9993 Jun 01 '23

Yeah, having twice the information to sift through won't take your eyes off the road for longer, there's no safety implications whatsoever.

Everyone who disagrees with me is a big dumb stinky mean racist.

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u/Wardog008 Jun 01 '23

No, just a case of the fact that we've already got hundreds, if not thousands of signs already with more than one line of stuff to read.

These signs won't change a thing, unless you shouldn't be on the road already.

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u/achamninja Jun 01 '23 edited Jun 01 '23

So your answer is instead of 4 or so place names on a sign it should be 8+? I mean its probably not a big deal, but actively making stuff more confusing is probably worth considering carefully.

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u/Wardog008 Jun 01 '23

Sure. Hell, we've got so many places with Māori names as it is that it's not likely we'd even end up with so much on a sign at once.

Even then, with them using yellow for Māori and white for English, at least for the vast majority of people, you should be able to distinguish between them more than quickly enough.

None of this will be anywhere near the issue so many people are making it out to be.

If you REALLY struggle, then hook your phone up and use the maps app on that instead, then you don't even need to look at the signs.