Show U Uniform Signs Make for lor Highway Safety An Important step to promote highway highway highway high high- way safety was recently taken by the United States bur bureau au of public roads In J operation co-operation with the st stale te hIghway highway high hIgh- way departments in adopting uniform r standards for tor warning signs to le te e used 1 throughout the country The motorist will no longer be confused confused con con- fused by a multiplicity of signs of ot various designs and degrees of ot ity Hy Hazards will be Indicated by signs which will be uniform in all states and which will wUl plainly indicate the kind and degree of danger The new signs make use f a tem tern of different sh shapes pes ther thereby by increasing in in- creasing their value at night bight The shape indicates the degree of hazard and and I If u the motorist cannot read the 4 S legend the shape will tell him hIni the 4 of c caution catIon required Twenty vj 4 t t states states- are now actually engaged In n j w erecting these sta standard warning g signs an and other r states tate have signified their intention of f doing the same Scientific American r i |