Lifeboat

scotland -89, originally uploaded by gugs.

picture taken on a ferryboat in Scotland.

Shark prevention

HK3_3872, originally uploaded by gugs.

seen on an island in Hong Kong on the beach...

Escalator sign

D2X_8197, originally uploaded by gugs.

a classical escalator warning sign, this version spotted in the Antalya airport in Turkey.

Don't jump

D2X_8006, originally uploaded by gugs.

self-explanatory. Seen in Palmiye, Turkey.

Cliffs

scotland -32, originally uploaded by gugs.

A normal warning sign: something interesting, it is much more common in English speaking countries to use text for warnings (assuming that everybody knows the language) or to combine text and symbols.

Dog 2

scotland -24, originally uploaded by gugs.

another one (see previous post), same principle...

Dog

scotland -28, originally uploaded by gugs.

this is a kind of sign you see a lot in the UK. Maybe a bit too explicit. Never seen often in other countries (there is an example in Hong Kong further in this blog)

Strange

scotland -85, originally uploaded by gugs.

this is a funny combination. I found this one in Scotland, just before taking the ferry on the Isle of Skye.

Instructions for skiers

VA3_9155, originally uploaded by gugs.

if you want to access any transportation facility for skiers, please take the stairs down, this passage is prohibited...

Gstaad

VA3_9298, originally uploaded by gugs.

A residential/commercial area sign in Gstaad, Switzerland. Speed is limited to 20 km/h, a speed not so easy to stay under with a modern car...

No skis

DSC_4096, originally uploaded by gugs.

seen in a hotel: don't enter here with skis or ski shoes...

Unique train

DSC_4141, originally uploaded by gugs.

This is a unique sign, it announces a railway station in a salt mine in Switzerland, the train itself is extremely small (about a meter high) to be able to move through the galleries in the mine.

Track

DSC_4142, originally uploaded by gugs.

don't walk on the track. Shot in a very special place, a salt mine in Switzerland, more than 2.5 km inside the mountain.

Hong Kong boat

HK3_3758, originally uploaded by gugs.

strange symbols... I didn't find them as clear as the usual icons being used...

Dog

HK3_3685, originally uploaded by gugs.

clean up after your dog... self-explanatory
Seen in Hong-Kong

no fishing and climbing

HK3_3617, originally uploaded by gugs.

seen in Hong Kong along the water

Smoking

DSC_3615, originally uploaded by gugs.

An interesting combo, don't smoke and don't use matches (are lighters allowed ?)

Swimming pool

DSC_3602, originally uploaded by gugs.

Next to a swimming pool, two signs, don't run and don't dive...

No food

D2X_6809, originally uploaded by gugs.

don't bring food in there, the Belgian version: no fries, no ice cream...

Do not kill the animals

D2X_6818, originally uploaded by gugs.

Seen in an animal park in Belgium. This sign is clear (at least if you speak one of the following languages: French, Dutch or English): don't feed the animals, this will kill them.

Airport

DSC_3404, originally uploaded by gugs.

A sign indicating the airport in Cap Skirring, Casamance, Sénégal... the airport is as modern as the sign...

Birds

canada 068, originally uploaded by gugs.

don't let the birds escape... seen in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Oxymoron

HK3_4457, originally uploaded by gugs.

An oxymoron is a self-contradictory statement... This is a photographic oxymoron - this picture should not exist :D

Cable car

HK3_4577, originally uploaded by gugs.

Another one in the Hong Kong cable car...

High speed cable car

HK3_4660, originally uploaded by gugs.

This one is not too common. Spotted on the cable car in Hong Kong.... I liked the icon they use to show the "speed"