Old & New Red Triangles
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Old & New Red Triangles
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 2 Nov 2022
The red triangle has been the standard warning symbol on traffic signs for a long time. The two signs here are separated by many decades. I found this on the web "The 1934 national British signs included: a red disc (for a prohibition), a red open triangle (for a warning or hazard), a red ring (for an order), and a red open triangle in a circle for a new warning with an order (which had the plates 'SLOW - MAJOR ROAD AHEAD' and 'HALT AT MAJOR ROAD AHEAD', the predecessors of 'GIVE WAY' and 'STOP' signs respectively)." It doesn't say when red triangles were first used, but they've been about for a long time.
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Image Location
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52.074896
Longitude
-2.365446