Caution: Children violating the frame!

Today in my ongoing series of photos from my travels, this beautiful street-sign logo from Belgrade, Serbia, warning drivers of kids crossing -- but doing so with positively Scott McCloud-esque frame-bursting infographic goodness. Link


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"Use explosives to escape the pyramid."
It seems to say "School Crossing."
I particularly like the dog-boy in the middle with the big floppy ears.
"Run This Way to Explode!" Wouldn't it be fun to see signs like this in Disney Land?
Pazi Schkola
Hrm...
I think Ill Lich may be right.
Good shooting, too. Looks like the impact is right below the center of the O.
I speak a tiny bit of Russian, which is a Slavic tongue and uses about the same alphabet. They're not identical, though. You can tell by the trouble I had in translating the first word. I thought it was "dashe," which I thought meant "children," but then I realized "dashenka" is something like "young daughter. I now think think the first word is "paze," but I really don't know what that means, so I'll just stop commenting and making a fool of myself. 8-)
privet, menya zavoot haaz, e ya NE zanayo kak gaboreet pa-ruskee!
Rounded rectangles, check. Starbust, check. Bright colors, check.
It's Web 2.0!
I love these school crossing signs. I think they're a master piece of design and used it as inspiration for my current wordpress theme. They seem to be used throughout the former Yugoslavia.
"Screw this job, it doesn't pay enough. Stick figures on strike!"
Gender reassignment was so much easier in those days - just wear a bow, or take it off.
AFAIK "pazi" means "heads up!" or "look!" in South Slav languages, as in pazi ovo "Check this out!" So that sign would technically be saying... "Watch out, school zone"?
I'm a little surprised I even managed to read it, since it's been 2 years since I gave up on studying the language (well, Croatian really but it's similar enough to Serbian sans Cyrillic alphabet).
Love the exploding kids, though.
Reminds me a bit of that threadless shirt, only in reverse.
http://www.threadless.com/product/1091/Work_In_Progress
The sign means "Watch out scholl zone", and it's not one of the kind. Actualy, trough all Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and probably Croatia (I was in Croatia 15 years ago) this is commonly used sign. Bursted triangle means that kids are not to be taken seriously in respecting traffic rules, so the drivers ought to take extra care in that area, even if the street is mean to be for faster driving. Actually, the sign is very effective and elegant, it really draws attention from drivers.
Thanks, Thecelavi!