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kyyanno:
I must say that driving from the UK to EF was a pleasant and fortuitously uneventful affair. Maybe a page/FAQ on some of the more commonly seen Road Signs could be helpful though to those of us not used to them (and who probably won't see them again until next year). The only thing I found confusing were the part time traffic lights (especially at the crossroads at the top of the hill in Suhl before you hit the mountain road to the hotel), and the instructions for the car wash :P

Suran:

--- Quote from: kyyanno on 16.09.2009, 17:05:15 ---I must say that driving from the UK to EF was a pleasant and fortuitously uneventful affair. Maybe a page/FAQ on some of the more commonly seen Road Signs could be helpful though to those of us not used to them (and who probably won't see them again until next year). The only thing I found confusing were the part time traffic lights (especially at the crossroads at the top of the hill in Suhl before you hit the mountain road to the hotel), and the instructions for the car wash :P

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I wouldn't suggest that "car wash"-part but there where definately issues reading street-signs before the fursuit-walk in Suhl.
So this MAY be an issue that COULD be addressed. Then again, it's the responsibility of the driver, not the convention.

Wawik:

--- Quote from: kyyanno on 16.09.2009, 17:05:15 ---I must say that driving from the UK to EF was a pleasant and fortuitously uneventful affair. Maybe a page/FAQ on some of the more commonly seen Road Signs could be helpful though to those of us not used to them (and who probably won't see them again until next year). The only thing I found confusing were the part time traffic lights (especially at the crossroads at the top of the hill in Suhl before you hit the mountain road to the hotel), and the instructions for the car wash :P

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FWIW, I've had a little panel back at EF13 called "Germany in 90 minutes" that dealt with that issue among other things - the (poor) presentation from that talk can still be found on the web here. Maybe one day I'll get to update that thing when I have too much spare time on my hands.

o'wolf:

--- Quote from: kyyanno on 16.09.2009, 17:05:15 ---I must say that driving from the UK to EF was a pleasant and fortuitously uneventful affair. Maybe a page/FAQ on some of the more commonly seen Road Signs could be helpful though to those of us not used to them
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Something like "Getting Around in Germany", perhaps?
It won't help you with the instructions for a car wash, though.

kyyanno:
A lot of road signs could be found on various "Driving in Germany/Europe" websites before the trip, but there were still some that weren't shown, and hence caused some confusion.


(Obviously the car wash comment is a light-hearted, non-serious one, I wouldn't expect "How to use car washes" to be part of travel info :P  though it was fun using trial and error working it out XD )

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