In the rural area where my father lived when I was a young child, the areas of the road where the solid yellow center stripe indicated that it is was unsafe to pass the car in front of you were also marked by signs that declared DO NOT PASS. When I got old enough to read I was horrified to think that we were breaking the law over and over by passing these signs that clearly forbade it, but how else are you supposed to get where you're going?
A childhood belief about road signs
others believed things like this
- I used to believe the Do Not Pass signs on the roads meant you were'nt aloud to pass the sign. I was 14.Anon
- I used to think that we were breaking a law every time my mom passed a "Do Not Pass" sign on the road. — Kyra
- No passing zones on the highway. How come we just kep passing those signs? — Colleen
- I thought you were supposed to drive down the center of the road.— Cassiopeia
- I used to think that "No standing signs" meant that you weren't allowed to actually stand in the area!Anon
- Having seen enough red octagonal STOP signs in my time, I used to look out for green circular GO signs.— Gary