We no longer even notice them, but meanwhile they are everywhere. Wherever we go and go, no matter what we buy or whatever we use, everywhere you can see signs, stamps and badges, often immediately completely incomprehensible, but carrying a lot of useful and accurate, sometimes binding, information . Most often we see information signs on goods.
What do you need to know about this?
Information signs - this is most often a way to provide the necessary information about a product or cargo in a compressed, often encoded form. It is important for drivers on the road to understand the road symbols. The most understandable of them look like tablets with one written word.
The most complex ones contain letters and symbols, and sometimes some symbols. In order to be able to read information from them, it is necessary to understand the meaning and meaning of these letters and designations. They are quite simple and it is enough to learn about them once to understand them wherever they are applied.
Of all the characters, the so-called barcodes and QR codes are distinguished.
Barcodes are commonly used in commerce. In order to understand the information contained in them, you must have a barcode scanner. The scanned code is processed by special software and the data that the seller needs is displayed on the monitor screen. In order for the average consumer to read this code, a series of numbers is located under the strokes. And on the Internet there is a lot of information about what figure indicates depending on its location under the strokes.
QR codes are generally designed to be read by mobile phones. The application installed on them processes this code and performs the appropriate actions.
If, for example, the text is encrypted in the code, it is displayed on the screen. If the site address is encrypted, then the phone browser opens this site. In general, any data and any information can be encrypted in a QR code.
Classification
A separate group of traffic signs. They are described in detail in books on the rules of the road and during training in driving schools. Their knowledge and understanding is mandatory for any driver who drives a car or other road equipment.
Basically, information marking signs are designed to be placed on all types of goods and goods. They are divided into several groups:
- Brand Names.
- Trade marks.
- Signs of country of origin.
- Compliance and quality.
- Component
- Dimensional.
- Operational.
- Manipulation.
- Warning.
- Ecological signs.
Road signs
Traffic signs are usually located on the side of the roadway. The exception is the direction indicators and the headland, installed on the dividing strip, to the left of the direction of movement. These signs are most often informed of speed limits. There are also signs indicating the direction of movement, the distance to the settlements and the route number (road). They can suggest the name of a remarkable object, past which the road passes, for example, the name of the river, and give information about bypass routes. They warn that there is a dead end or travel ban for trucks ahead. The Stop sign is obligatory for execution with a red traffic light or a lowered barrier.
Trademarks, country of origin and trademarks
These types of information signs carry information about the manufacturer. Its name, the country where it is registered as a resident, or where it produces its products. Indicate the place of origin of goods.They help distinguish products from one manufacturer from similar products from another manufacturer. For example, Moldovan wines and Georgian wines. Indian tea or Kenyan tea can be packaged in the UK and Russia ...
Marks of conformity, quality and component marks
To obtain sign of conformity products must strictly comply with the parameters prescribed in state standards or technical specifications of a country or group of countries (for example, EU countries). The quality mark may indicate not only high-quality goods, but also products that meet certain safety requirements or suitability for use as raw materials for the production of another product. In turn, component signs indicate the presence of certain types of additives in the composition of a usually food product. These are the well-known various E-components: dyes, emulsifiers, preservatives, flavor enhancers ...
Dimensional signs indicate in which units the quantity of goods is measured: weight, volume, length ...
Operational and handling signs
They suggest how to properly care for the product, they are usually used for marking clothes and bedding. They will advise on the best way to mount and operate machinery and equipment. They will help to keep the cargo in proper form during storage, transportation and loading.
Warning and environmental signs
Warning signs mark dangerous goods for people and nature. It can be “Flammable!” Or “Poisonous!”, “Explosive!” Or “Caustic!”. Environmental, on the contrary, talk about the environmental safety of the product, about its biological purity.
Recommend ways of disposing of goods without harming nature.
Obviously, with their presence, information signs help people behave correctly on the roads and when using various types of substances and objects. A correct reading of them allows you to save lives and health of people, preserve property intact and avoid harming nature.
