http://www.ablogaboutsigns.com Just a Blog about Signs Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:59:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://www.ablogaboutsigns.com/2008/05/15/history-of-signs/ http://www.ablogaboutsigns.com/2008/05/15/history-of-signs/#comments Thu, 15 May 2008 21:44:38 +0000 Bogel3 http://www.ablogaboutsigns.com/?p=4 The earliest road signs gave directions; for example, the Romans erected stone columns throughout their empire giving the distance to Rome. In the Middle Ages multidirectional signs at intersections became common, giving directions to cities and towns. Traffic signs became more important with the development of automobiles. The basic patterns of most traffic signs were set at the 1908 International Road Congress in Rome. Since then there have been considerable change. Today they are almost all metal rather than wood and are coated with retroreflective sheetings of various types …

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