Bad Design #8 — aah, now I understand, I think

 Wait wait wait, I got this, I got this!

IF today = Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday THEN

     IF time between 0600 hrs & 1000 hrs THEN

          CLEARWAY = NO PARKING EITHER SIDE OF SIGN

     ELSE_IF time between 1000 hrs & 1500 hrs THEN

          IF parking on left of sign THEN

               LOADING ZONE ONLY

          ELSE parking on right of sign THEN

               PARKING ALLOWED; BUT

                    30 min ONLY &

                    PAYMENT REQUIRED METERED

     ELSE_IF time between 1500 hrs & 1900 hrs THEN

          CLEARWAY = NO PARKING EITHER SIDE OF SIGN

     ELSE_IF time between 1900 hrs & 0000 hrs THEN

          IF parking on left of sign THEN

               FREE PARKING

          ELSE parking on right of sign THEN

               PARKING ALLOWED; BUT

                    2 hrs ONLY &

                    PAYMENT REQUIRED METERED

     ELSE time between 0000 hrs & 0600 THEN

          FREE PARKING

ELSE today is Weekend THEN

     IF today is Saturday THEN

          IF time between 0830 hrs & 1230 hrs THEN

               IF parking on left of sign THEN

                    LOADING ZONE ONLY

               ELSE parking on right of sign THEN

                    FREE PARKING; BUT

                    1 hr TIME LIMIT

          ELSE_IF time between 1230 hrs & 1500 hrs THEN

               IF parking on left of sign THEN

                    FREE PARKING

               ELSE parking on right of sign THEN

                    IF believe ambiguous sign THEN

                         30 min ONLY &

                         PAYMENT REQUIRED METERED

                    ELSE_NOT believe ambiguous sign THEN

                         FREE PARKING

          ELSE time between 1500 hrs & 0000 hrs THEN

               FREE PARKING

     ELSE today is Sunday THEN

          IF parking on left of sign THEN

               FREE PARKING

          ELSE parking on right of sign THEN

               IF believe ambiguous sign THEN

                    IF between 0000 hrs & 1000 hrs THEN

                         FREE PARKING

                    ELSE_IF between 1000 hrs & 1500 hrs THEN

                         30 min ONLY &

                         PAYMENT REQUIRED METERED

                    ELSE between 1500 hrs & 0000 hrs THEN

                         FREE PARKING

               ELSE_NOT believe ambiguous sign THEN

                    FREE PARKING

 

WHAT THE F……!!

So what’s the problem? Too many options? Confusing language? Bad communication? Wrong colours? Wrong location?

These signs are everywhere, so the opportunity here is huge.

Come on Visual Communication Designers, put on your thinking caps and fix this. 

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