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Ep. 31: Signs, Signs, Everywhere - But Are You Reading Them?
Exploring the psychology behind "sign blindness" and why drivers miss 70% of highway signs despite looking directly at them. This episode covers:
The science of highway sign design - How Highway Gothic font and the 2.5-second processing rule at 65 mph shape federal sign standards
Psychology of sign blindness - Cognitive load, expectation bias, GPS dependency syndrome, and information overload affecting driver attention
Florida's innovative sign systems - Destination-based signing, lane diagrams, and color-coding that reduced wrong-way incidents by 78% at major interchanges
Professional sign…
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