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Photography: Traffic
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Traffic Photographs

All images are copyright Ilan Kelman.

Photos are in the following categories:

A car crashed into the railing along Quai du Mont Blanc at Rue du Mont Blanc with the hood on fire and police running past (2009).

A crash in Geneva (2009).



A burned out truck cab on a highway in Singapore (2013).

A truck fire in Singapore (2013).



A burned out car in Barbados (1999).

A burned out car in Barbados (1999).



A smashed car on a slope near Christchurch (2004).

An abandoned car near Christchurch, New Zealand (2004).



A car crash at a Toronto intersection (2016).

A crash in Toronto, Ontario (2016).



Two cars having hit each other on a motorway in Hong Kong (2016).

A crash in Hong Kong (2016).



A car with smashed windows in Sagene, Oslo (2013).

Not doing so well in Oslo, Norway (2013).



A car with a smashed front and the airbag released in Bloomsbury, London, U.K. (2017).

Nor in London, U.K. (2017).



Bus fire at Milton Keynes Central Station, U.K. (2014).

A bus fire at Milton Keynes Central Station, U.K. (2014).



A car with a smashed front in Havana, Cuba (2019).

Some repairs needed in Havana, Cuba. (2019).



Signs
See also Stop Signs and Other Risk Signs.



A sign on an open gate stating that the gate should be kept closed (London, U.K., 2014).

One out of two (London, U.K., 2014).



Two traffic signs with arrows pointing in opposite directions (Ireland, 1997).

Sorry, which way? (Ireland, 1997).



Two traffic signs with arrows pointing in opposite directions (Barbados, 1999).

Not any more helpful (Barbados, 1999).



Happy face sign (Vík, Iceland, 2001).

Drivers, be happy (Vík, Iceland, 2001).



Upside-down 'Wrong Way' Sign (Boulder, Colorado, 2005).

Self-referential sign? (Boulder, Colorado, 2005).



Danger: This sign might be shot at (North Island, New Zealand, 2004).

Danger: This sign might be shot at (North Island, New Zealand, 2004).



Caution: Buses rolling in the hay (North Island, New Zealand, 2004).

Caution: Buses rolling in the hay (North Island, New Zealand, 2004).



Wait for a gap in the traffic before crossing the road (Toronto, Ontario, 2005).

We need to tell peds not to cross when cars are coming? (Toronto, Ontario, 2005).



A sign pointing the way for pedestrians beside a sign forbidding pedestrians in the same direction (Hill Island, Ontario, 2009).

Peds or not? That is the question. (Hill Island, Ontario, 2009).



Progress in society: We have to plead not to vandalize a camera (London, U.K., 2004).

Progress in society: We have to plead not to vandalize a camera (London, U.K., 2004).



Speed Limits



Speed limit 4.5 mph (near Port Glasgow, Lake Erie, Ontario, 1998).

Be specific (near Port Glasgow, Lake Erie, Ontario, 1998).



Speed limit 7 mph (Boulder, Colorado, 2005).

A private 7 mph (Boulder, Colorado, 2005).



Speed limit 8.75 mph (Horwood Estate, near Milton Keynes, U.K., 2019).

Be very specific (Horwood Estate, near Milton Keynes, U.K., 2019).



Speed limit 12 mph (near the Thames Barrier, London, U.K., 2015).

Speed limit 12 mph (near the Thames Barrier, London, U.K., 2015).



Speed limit 12 mph with both bicycles and pedestrians depicted (Hampstead Heath, London, U.K., 2019).

A 12 mph limit for bicycles and pedestrians (Hampstead Heath, London, U.K., 2019).



Speed limit 12 mph (Boulder, Colorado, 2005).

12 mph one way (above); 14 mph the other way (below)
(Boulder, Colorado, 2005).

Speed limit 12 mph (Boulder, Colorado, 2005).



Speed limit 15 mph with a seesaw image above as well as a one way sign (Washington, D.C., 2012).

A 15 mph limit for seesaws going one way (Washington, D.C., 2012).



Speed limit 25 mph with a seesaw image above (Honolulu, Hawai'i, 2018).

Faster two-way seesaws at 25 mph (Honolulu, Hawai'i, 2018).



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