<story><title>Sydney tunnel water screen stop sign for oversized vehicles [video]</title><url>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoTMC-uxJoo</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>speeder</author><text>And I think some people will STILL crash on the tunnel anyway.&lt;p&gt;I made a arcade game once: www.abril.com.br/blog/campus-party/2011/01/19/fanatico-por-jogos-leva-seu-proprio-fliperama-para-a-arena/&lt;p&gt;It has instructions printed on the sides of the screen... It was VERY, VERY, VERY common to someone ask people around them what a button do (sometimes to even random passerby people, or for example a couple arrived at the machine, and the guy would start to play and ask stuff to his girlfriend), and then the asked either looked confused, or pointed to the instructions, and the people asking would behave surprised, confused and shamed.&lt;p&gt;Why people ignored the instructions and asked for example their girlfriends, random people and so on instead?&lt;p&gt;Why people see a huge sign blocking the way to a ATM saying it is out of order, they remove the sign from the way and attempt to use it anyway?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>base698</author><text>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.joelonsoftware.com/uibook/chapters/fog0000000062.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.joelonsoftware.com/uibook/chapters/fog0000000062....&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;When you design user interfaces, it&apos;s a good idea to keep two principles in mind:&lt;p&gt;1. Users don&apos;t have the manual, and if they did, they wouldn&apos;t read it.&lt;p&gt;2. In fact, users can&apos;t read anything, and if they could, they wouldn&apos;t want to.</text></comment>
<story><title>Sydney tunnel water screen stop sign for oversized vehicles [video]</title><url>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoTMC-uxJoo</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>speeder</author><text>And I think some people will STILL crash on the tunnel anyway.&lt;p&gt;I made a arcade game once: www.abril.com.br/blog/campus-party/2011/01/19/fanatico-por-jogos-leva-seu-proprio-fliperama-para-a-arena/&lt;p&gt;It has instructions printed on the sides of the screen... It was VERY, VERY, VERY common to someone ask people around them what a button do (sometimes to even random passerby people, or for example a couple arrived at the machine, and the guy would start to play and ask stuff to his girlfriend), and then the asked either looked confused, or pointed to the instructions, and the people asking would behave surprised, confused and shamed.&lt;p&gt;Why people ignored the instructions and asked for example their girlfriends, random people and so on instead?&lt;p&gt;Why people see a huge sign blocking the way to a ATM saying it is out of order, they remove the sign from the way and attempt to use it anyway?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>gambiting</author><text>You should talk to my mum about it. When anything comes up on her computers&apos; screen, she will just panic and call me or my dad or anyone else, BEFORE even reading what is says. Most conversations look like this:
&quot;Hi son, my computer just broke, something came up on the screen and it won&apos;t go away&quot;
&quot;ok mom, what does it say?&quot;
&quot;I don&apos;t know, I haven&apos;t read it&quot;&lt;p&gt;People are exceedingly good at ignoring information if they don&apos;t want to get involved....</text></comment>