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Friday, July 8, 2011

Let's Talk...Road Signs!

If you've been following along with my adventures you probably read that I didn't pass my driver's license test the first time around. Yeah, not my finest moment especially after I learned yesterday that it spent the last 4 weeks sitting somewhere waiting for me to rescue it. No slaying dragons required, but a score of 48 correct questions out of 50 was.

Well, the phone call notifying me my car was in kicked my motivation up from "eh, I can't even drive right now" to "I need to rescue my car before going TDY" in a matter of minutes. With the computer shut off for a while I actually got a good study session in- amazing right?

I want to share some of these hilarious signs with you. I think I've already told you about some of these because I was laughing so hard when I saw them for the first time. (Yeah, I was jetlagged- so what?!) I want to hear your guesses for all of these signs- let's number them off, starting with the car driving off into the water and then making your way left to right, down the 3 rows. (So the tank looking one in the lower right is the last one, being #14.)


Have you seen enough? For the few of you already "fluent" in Italian road signs don't go showing off- okay? I know a few of you have some different names for these songs so feel free to share!  (Yes Alida, I'm talking about you.)

I'll leave you all to this test- I've got some prep to do before I take off tomorrow. (Packing would be one thing.) Good luck! And yes, I did pass today with a 100%! Unfortunately the computer system was down to actually register my car, but I have insurance that kicks in on the 22nd & know what my license plate number is so overall today was productive!
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  1. RebeccaJuly 8, 2011 at 6:25 PM

    OK, I have no clue about Italian road signs, but here's my humorous guess list:
    1) Seriously...be careful, this is a dock and the water is not for cars.
    2) No horn honking
    3) Fire zone
    4) curvy road ahead
    5) (the one on top) sharp turns
    6) watch for ice
    7) hilly roads (i.e., your cell reception will be sporadic)
    8) the Omish live here, too
    9) watch out for the rocks in the road, they will jack up your hubcaps
    10) hmmm...cows?
    11) falling rocks (i.e., Hwy 1 down to Big Sur)
    12) see number 8
    13) slow the hell down!
    14) construction zone

    So, I got at least one right, yes?

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  2. Katie O.July 11, 2011 at 5:02 PM

    Thanks for playing Rebecca! You will need to study more before retaking the exam- you got the no horn one right but that's it. Came close with a few. "Cow pasture" was one of the test options for the cow one...but it's really just warning you about domestic animals. There's 2 versions of this sign and one of them looks like a video game cow or a PlaySkool toy. Yes, it's cute.

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