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The first modern road signs was used on a wide scale were designed for riders of high or "ordinary" bicycles in the late 1870s and early 1880s
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Roman's used tall columns to tell them how far they had gone it was their mile marker
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Due to the invention of the automobile it created the need for better signing around the world.
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The International Leaguage of Touring in paris decides on standard signs to be used.
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The British want to have shapes for the whole world in order to be able to recognize signs where ever they go.
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The material changed from using wood and stones to now a sheet aluminium with adhesive plastic coatings.
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The intensive work on international road signs that took place between 1926 and 1949 eventually led to the development of the European road sign system.
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Today in the united states we have nine recognizable signs. Can you name them?
