Road signs: Children's crossing signs in Uzbekistan

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Children's Crossing Signs in Uzbekistan

Buchara, vii.2004;
pict. Vanacker & Kesteleyn

Sjachrisabz, vii.2004;
pict. Vanacker & Kesteleyn

Sjachrisabz, vii.2004;
pict. Vanacker & Kesteleyn

Russian make —the word design is hardly appropriate— which can be found in f.e. Russia, Lithuania, and Armenia to name a few of the countries who share the same hurtful road signs.

Someone should urgently go there and sort things out. Talk with suppliers, bring the right body parts together, number them, make a construction sheet with the numbered parts in the correct orientation at the correct spot. And convince people that nobody gets deported to Albania anymore for displaying a reasonable amount of good taste.

The third road sign is already an improvement: the children show more normal proportions, though they are slightly too fat. They probably originate from Belarus where Men at work are also on the fatter side than in the rest of the former Sovjet block.

Notice the white patch which shows that the canvas was used before. In the same city another recycled sign was found, but mounted at the wrong angle. While it is a rather common occurrence with Falling Rock signs (e.g. Armenia, Jordan, the Philippines), it is the only wrongly mounted Children's Crossing sign of the collection, and we have none in Men at Work.

Sjachrisabz, vii.2004;
pict. Vanacker & Kesteleyn

Tashkent, 06.iv.2014;
pict. Baeten & De Dier

The find from 2014 is a real improvement: the extremities are connected with the torso, which make the children less look like a jigsaw puzzle.

They even feature a neck which is rarely shown in this part of the world (e.g. Kazachstan, Kyrgyzstan).