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I get to go to the second installement of my Comedy Defensive Driving Class. Last night's instructor was fairly decent and kept us awake and entertained. Also, the chairs are more comfy then when I took it at Esther's Follies half a decade ago.

So far, we've learned that you're not supposed to run over pedestrians, that you want to yield to larger/faster vehicles and that Texans lead the nation in accidents involving trains and flash-floods.

One of his first questions was what the Yield Sign looks like and the majority of the people thought it was yellow & black. Yellow and black, WTF?!? Apparently that's the color it used to be thrity years ago and people have not noticed or something...

Thinking about the signs made me realize that I really had to work on picturing the common signs (can say what color and shape the "Road Narrows" sign is, is it text or some symbol?). On the other hand, I know perfectly what the corresponding signs look like in Europe (actually, most of the world uses the same traffic signs), although I hardly ever drive there - I guess trafic signs were more fascinating and memorable when I was little.

FYI: Here's the American "Road Narrows" sign and here's the corresponding international sign.